Larissa Waters
Larissa Waters | |
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| Leader of the Australian Greens | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2025 | |
| Deputy | Mehreen Faruqi |
| Preceded by | Adam Bandt |
| Leader of the Greens in the Senate | |
| In office 4 February 2020 – 15 May 2025 | |
| Leader | Adam Bandt |
| Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens | |
| In office 4 December 2018 – 10 June 2022 | |
| Leader | Richard Di Natale Adam Bandt |
| Preceded by | Rachel Siewert |
| Succeeded by | Mehreen Faruqi |
| In office 6 May 2015 – 18 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Adam Bandt |
| Succeeded by | Adam Bandt and Rachel Siewert (acting) |
| Senator for Queensland | |
| Assumed office 6 September 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bartlett |
| In office 1 July 2011 – 18 July 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Bartlett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Larissa Joy Waters 8 February 1977 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Citizenship | Australia Canada (until 2017) |
| Political party | Greens |
| Residence(s) | Pullenvale, Queensland, Australia |
| Alma mater | Griffith University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Signature | |
| Website | greens |
Larissa Joy Waters (born 8 February 1977) is an Australian politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the leader of the Australian Greens since May 2025. She has also served as a Senator for Queensland from 2011 to 2017, and again since 2018.
Waters was first elected as a Senator for Queensland in 2010 and taking up her seat in 2011, she was forced to vacate the Senate in July 2017 in the parliamentary eligibility crisis, due to her holding Canadian citizenship in violation of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. Having renounced her Canadian citizenship, Waters was re-appointed to the Senate in 2018 by the Queensland Government to fill the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Senator Andrew Bartlett. She served as Greens co-deputy leader from May 2015 to July 2017 and again from December 2018 to June 2022, and as her party's Senate leader from February 2020. In May 2025, Waters was elected leader of the Australian Greens, following loss of the seat of Melbourne by then leader Adam Bandt in the 2025 Australian federal election.