The Australian Greens is one of the newest political parties in Australia. It is a phenomenon of the 1980s, arising out of a number of environmental battles of that time, such as the fight to save the Franklin Dam in Tasmania. The party was formally launched on August 30, 1992, but state-based Greens parties had existed since the early 1980s.
The Greens first came to prominence in Tasmania, where 5 Greens held the balance of power in the Tasmanian Legislative Assembly between 1989-92.
Two Greens senators represented Western Australia during the early 1990s, but Senator Bob Brown from Tasmania was the only representative of the party in the Federal Parliament between 1996-2002. By 2005, there were four Greens Senators. Following the 2007 election, there were five.
The Greens had their greatest success so far at the 2010 and 2013 Federal elections. Adam Bandt won the Melbourne electorate in the House of Representatives in 2010 and was comfortably re-elected in 2013. From July 1, 2011, 9 Greens Senators held the balance of power in the Senate. Following the 2013 Federal election, the Greens held 10 senators and shared the balance of power with a range of crossbenchers.
Senator Christine Milne replaced Senator Bob Brown as leader of the party in 2012. She retired in 2015 and was replaced by Victorian Senator Richard Di Natale.
Organisation and History
- 2014 – Charter and National Constitution
- 2002 – Charter and National Constitution
- 2000 – Charter of the Australian Greens
- 1999 – An Early History of the Australian Greens
Policies
- 2013 – Federal Election Platform
- 2012 – All Greens Policies
- 2011 – Greens Policy Statements (Hawker Britton)
- 2007 – All Greens Policies
Personnel
- Aug 9, 2016: Greens Leadership Team Reaffirmed
- 2012 – Senator Christine Milne biography
- 2007 – Senator Bob Brown biography
Official Web Sites
- Australian Greens
- YouTube
- ACT Greens
- NSW Greens
- NT Greens
- Queensland Greens
- The Greens South Australia
- Tasmanian Greens
- Victorian Greens
- The Greens Western Australia
- Bob Brown Foundation
News Items
Archived Posts
- Dec 05, 2017: Sen. Andrew Bartlett (Greens-Qld) – Maiden Speech
- Nov 29, 2017: Sen. Jordon Steele-John (Greens-WA) – Maiden Speech
- Jul 14, 2017: Scott Ludlam Resigns From The Senate; Victim Of Section 44 Dual Citizenship Rule
- May 10, 2017: Women In The 45th Australian Parliament
- Apr 01, 2017: Who’s Left – The Surviving Members Of Every House Of Representatives Since 1949
- Feb 07, 2017: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Sep 15, 2016: Final Two-Party Figures: Coalition Won 2016 Election With 50.36%; Swing To Labor Of 3.13%
- Sep 12, 2016: Shorten And Bandt Introduce Bills To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage
- Aug 31, 2016: Coalition-Labor Deal On Rotation Of Members Confirmed By Senate
- Aug 30, 2016: 45th Parliament Opens; Members And Senators Sworn In; House Speaker And Senate President Re-Elected Unopposed
- Aug 30, 2016: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Aug 29, 2016: Xenophon Senators Will Oppose Same-Sex Marriage Plebiscite; Senate Now Seems Certain To Oppose Poll
- Aug 24, 2016: 2016 House Of Representatives Primary Votes: State-By-State Breakdown
- Aug 22, 2016: 2016 Senate Votes: A Higher But Fragmented Vote For Minor And Micro Parties
- Aug 21, 2016: The New Senate: The Defeated, The Retired, The New And The Returning
- Aug 20, 2016: MPs Who Won Their Seats On First Preferences In The 2016 Federal Election
- Aug 17, 2016: Election Funding Payments: 2016 Federal Election
- Aug 12, 2016: Government And ALP Agree On Senate Terms; First Elected To Get 6 Years
- Aug 10, 2016: Andrew Leigh: “If They Can’t Manage The Census, How Can They Manage The Other Arms Of Government?”
- Aug 09, 2016: Greens Leadership Team Re-Elected Unopposed
- Aug 04, 2016: Getting Things Done In The New Senate
- Aug 04, 2016: One Nation Wins Another Seat In NSW; Coalition Loses One More, Leyonhjelm Returns; Crossbench Grows To 20
- Aug 04, 2016: One Nation Wins Two Queensland Senate Seats; Coalition Loses Ground; ALP And Greens Unchanged
- Aug 03, 2016: Victorian Senate Results Finalised; Liberals Gain 1, Greens Keep 2, Hinch Elected
- Aug 02, 2016: South Australian Senate Results Finalised; Xenophon Soars As Liberals, ALP And Greens Lose Ground; Bob Day Re-Elected
- Aug 01, 2016: Western Australian Senate Results Finalised; One Nation Wins Second Seat
- Jul 27, 2016: Tasmanian Senate Results Finalised; ALP, Liberals, Greens And Lambie Take All 12 Seats
- Jul 27, 2016: Election Funding Payments: 2016 Federal Election
- Jul 11, 2016: Is Melbourne Ports Going To Be The Surprise Result In The Election?
- Jul 06, 2016: Undecided Seats: Turnbull Edges Towards Narrow Victory
- Jul 05, 2016: Update On Undecided Seats – Hung Parliament Looks Most Likely
- Jul 03, 2016: House Of Representatives Undecided Seats: Latest Figures
- Jul 03, 2016: Provisional List Of House Of Representatives Seat Winners
- Jul 03, 2016: Turnbull Likely To Win Narrowly As Voters Punish Coalition; ALP Secures Nationwide Swing Of 3.18% But Falls Short
- Jun 24, 2016: Greens Commercial: Vision For Western Australia
- Jun 15, 2016: The Greening Of Labor: Liberals Step Up Attack On Greens Influence
- Jun 14, 2016: Stand Up For What Matters: Greens Television Advertisement
- Jun 12, 2016: Election Gets Willing As Preference Deals Announced; Turnbull Says Libs Will Put Greens Last
- Jun 11, 2016: A Cautionary Tale: Senate Votes In The 2013 Federal Election
- Jun 10, 2016: Parties And Groups Contesting The Senate In The 2016 Federal Election
- Jun 10, 2016: Breakdown Of House Nominations: 2016 Federal Election
- Jun 10, 2016: Nominations – House of Representatives & Senate 2016
- May 08, 2016: Double Disappointment Day: Greens React To Election Announcement
- Feb 22, 2016: Turnbull Announces Senate Voting Reforms; Group Voting Tickets Abolished
- Feb 11, 2016: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Sep 21, 2015: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Dec 01, 2014: Charter And Constitution Of The Australian Greens – 2014
- Sep 18, 2014: Islamic State Beheadings Plot Alleged Following Terrorist Raid Arrests In Sydney And Brisbane
- Sep 14, 2014: ALP Supports Military Commitment To Iraq, Greens Opposed
- Sep 02, 2014: Mining Tax Abolished As Government Deals With Palmer
- Aug 27, 2014: Sen. Janet Rice (Greens-Vic) – Maiden Speech
- Jul 17, 2014: Greens React To Repeal Of Carbon Tax
- Jul 17, 2014: Labor Reacts To Repeal Of Carbon Tax With Commitment To Emissions Trading Scheme
- Jul 15, 2014: As Defeat Looms, Christine Milne Speaks Against Repeal Of Carbon Tax
- Jul 07, 2014: Senators Sworn In; New Balance Of Power As 2013 Federal Election Finally Complete
- Jun 25, 2014: Greg Hunt Says Carbon Tax Set To Be Abolished But Government Will Negotiate With Palmer
- Jun 23, 2014: Julie Bishop Treads Carefully In Reaction To Jailing Of Australian Journalist Peter Greste
- May 26, 2014: Scott Morrison Releases Robert Cornall Report Into Manus Island And Death Of Reza Berati
- May 23, 2014: Busting The Budget: Greens MP Condones Blocking Of Appropriation Bills By Senate
- May 15, 2014: Christine Milne Delivers Greens Response To Federal Budget; Pledges To Oppose Key Measures
- May 01, 2014: ALP And Greens Condemn Government Over Audit Commission Report
- Apr 06, 2014: Liberals Clinging To Three Seats In WA Senate Election; Labor Thrashed As Greens Triumph And Palmer Surges
- Mar 15, 2014: Liberals Win Outright Majority In Tasmania; Labor Crushed, Greens Punished
- Mar 03, 2014: Scott Ludlam Invites Tony Abbott To Western Australia: “We Want Our Country Back”
- Feb 08, 2014: Terri Butler Wins Griffith By-Election For ALP; Status Quo Result Sees 0.68% Swing To Liberals
- Jan 16, 2014: Tasmanian Election On March 15; Giddings Sacks Greens Ministers And Recalls Parliament
- Dec 30, 2013: Clive Palmer Releases Memorandum Of Understanding With Motoring Enthusiast Party
- Dec 18, 2013: Weatherill: Government Response To Holden Closure Pathetic
- Dec 18, 2013: High Court Throws Out NSW Election Donation Laws; Victory For Unions And Corporations
- Dec 17, 2013: MYEFO: Greens Say Focus Should Be On How To Raise Revenue, Call For End To Panic On Debt
- Dec 16, 2013: The Greens On Abbott: 100 Days, 40 Failures; Secretive, Cruel And Chaotic
- Dec 04, 2013: Greens Strike Deal With Abbott Government To Abolish Debt Ceiling
- Nov 29, 2013: Greens And Palmer Back GrainCorp Decision; ALP Says Hockey Acts In The Nationals Interest
- Nov 27, 2013: AEC Finalises $58 Million Of Election Funding To Candidates In Federal Election
- Nov 27, 2013: Election Funding Payments: 2013 Federal Election
- Nov 09, 2013: Government Tightens Rules On Parliamentarians’ Expenses Claims
- Nov 08, 2013: Missing W.A. Senate Votes Would Have Produced A One-Vote Turnaround
- Nov 04, 2013: W.A. Senate Result Declared
- Nov 02, 2013: Greens And Sports Party Prevail In WA Senate Count; Next Stop Court Of Disputed Returns
- Oct 31, 2013: AEC Loses 1,375 Votes In WA Senate Count; Mick Keelty To Investigate
- Oct 31, 2013: Seats Changing Hands At The 2013 Federal Election
- Oct 15, 2013: Abbott And Hunt Release Carbon Tax Repeal Legislation
- Oct 14, 2013: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Oct 10, 2013: Electoral Commissioner Orders Senate Recount In Western Australia
- Oct 04, 2013: AEC Defers Declaration Of W.A. Senate Poll To Consider Recount Request
- Oct 03, 2013: Electoral Commission Refuses Request For Senate Recount In W.A. – Greens To Appeal
- Oct 03, 2013: The New Senate Numbers And The Abbott Government
- Oct 02, 2013: Greens Seek Recount After Scott Ludlam Loses Western Australian Senate Seat
- Oct 01, 2013: Palmer Wins By 7 Votes, Triggering Recount; Final Senate Results Now On Way
- Sep 23, 2013: Christine Milne And Adam Bandt Re-Elected To Lead Greens
- Sep 07, 2013: Abbott Leads Coalition To Decisive Victory; Rudd Saves The Furniture And Quits ALP Leadership; Labor Loses 14 Seats With Lowest Primary Vote Since 1931
- Sep 06, 2013: Australian Greens 2013 Federal Election Platform
- Aug 24, 2013: Searching For The Nation’s Soul: Greens Launch Campaign For Federal Election
- Aug 04, 2013: Greens Leader Christine Milne Responds To Election Announcement
- Jun 27, 2013: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Feb 19, 2013: Senator Christine Milne’s Address To The National Press Club
- Feb 19, 2013: Greens End Agreement With Gillard Government
- Feb 13, 2013: Act Of Recognition Passes In House Of Representatives
- Feb 04, 2013: Current Federal Parliamentary Leaders
- Nov 21, 2012: Gillard Government Moves Yet Closer To Howard On Asylum Seekers
- Nov 01, 2012: Current Federal Parliamentary Party Leaders
- Sep 01, 2012: Liberals Remember The Labor-Greens Anniversary
- Jul 01, 2012: Australian Greens Policies – 2012
- Apr 13, 2012: Biography Of Senator Christine Milne, Australian Greens Leader
- Apr 13, 2012: Bob Brown Resigns; Christine Milne New Greens Leader
- Mar 23, 2012: “Fellow Earthians” – Bob Brown’s Green Oration
- Feb 08, 2012: Balancing Act: The Australian Greens 2008-2011
- Feb 06, 2012: Gillard Presses On As Brown Claims Criticism Is Sexist
- Jun 01, 2011: Greens Policy Statements – Hawker Britton
- May 19, 2011: Bob Brown Jousts With The “Hate Media”
- Feb 24, 2011: Details Of The Proposed Carbon Pricing Mechanism
- Feb 24, 2011: Gillard, Greens And Independents Agree On Carbon Price And Future ETS
- Jan 17, 2011: Coal Barons Should Help Pay For Catastrophes: Greens
- Dec 02, 2010: The March of Political Time
- Nov 15, 2010: House of Representatives Debates Gay Marriage Resolution
- Nov 15, 2010: Victorian Liberals Put The Greens Last As Labor Stitches Up A Deal
- Nov 05, 2010: Baillieu and Brumby Meet in Election Debate
- Nov 04, 2010: Giving Substance To The Words
- Oct 29, 2010: Election Funding Payments: 2010 Federal Election
- Oct 27, 2010: Kennett Savages Senator Helen Kroger Over Green Preferences
- Sep 30, 2010: Seats Changing Hands At The 2010 Federal Election
- Sep 07, 2010: Bob Brown Comments On Election Of Gillard Minority Government
- Sep 01, 2010: Greens Sign Agreement To Support Gillard
- Aug 18, 2010: Day 32: Look, They’re Voting
- Aug 16, 2010: Melbourne: Two Kinds Of Politics
- Aug 02, 2010: The ALP Is Losing And They Know It
- Jul 22, 2010: Day 5: In The Arena
- Nov 05, 2008: Greens Welcome Obama Election
- Oct 20, 2008: Australia Becoming Greener: Brown
- Oct 19, 2008: ACT Government Teeters; ALP Massacred In NSW By-Elections
- Oct 05, 2008: Queensland Labor MP Defects To Greens
- Jul 07, 2008: Tasmanian Greens MP Peg Putt’s Resignation Speech
- Dec 20, 2007: Seats Changing Hands At The 2007 Federal Election
- Nov 24, 2007: 2007 Federal Election Night Reports
- Oct 14, 2007: Howard Fails Vision For Australia Say Greens
- Sep 17, 2007: Current Federal Parliamentary Party Leaders
- May 10, 2007: Biography Of Senator Bob Brown, Australian Greens Leader
- May 10, 2007: Greens Budget Reply Speech: Senator Bob Brown
- May 08, 2007: Costello Is Frittering Away The Future Say Greens
- Mar 15, 2007: Australian Greens Policies – 2007
- Dec 13, 2005: PM Fails Australia As Racist Division Continues: Brown
- Dec 09, 2005: Voluntary Student Unions Bill: Speech By Senator Kerry Nettle
- Nov 30, 2005: Martin Ferguson Attacks Greens Over Forests Policy
- Aug 07, 2005: Greens Say They Will Test New Senate On Day One
- Dec 09, 2004: Election Funding Payments: 2004 Federal Election
- Oct 31, 2004: Seats Changing Hands At The 2004 Federal Election
- Aug 29, 2004: Greens Welcome Spring Election
- Apr 25, 2004: Greens Accuse Howard Of Partisan Political Behaviour Over Anzac Iraq Visit
- Apr 14, 2004: Greens Renew Call For Royal Commission On Iraq Intelligence
- Mar 25, 2004: Greens Say Schieffer Should Butt Out
- Oct 25, 2003: Greens Claim Presiding Officers ‘Kowtowed’ To Chinese President
- Oct 23, 2003: President Bush Addresses Australian Parliament; Greens Ejected
- May 23, 2003: Greens Condemn Howard Over Hollingworth
- May 13, 2003: Greens Say Budget Lacks Humanity And Robs Environment
- May 11, 2003: Step Out Not Down: Bob Brown
- May 05, 2003: Minor Parties Oppose US Free Trade Agreement
- Oct 19, 2002: Greens Win Cunningham In Historic By-Election
- Sep 15, 2002: Australian Greens 2002 National Constitution
- Aug 21, 2002: Greens Senator Kerry Nettle’s First Speech
- Jun 01, 2002: Greens Reaffirm Opposition To Privatisation Of Telstra
- Dec 06, 2001: Election Funding Payments: 2001 Federal Election
- Nov 10, 2001: Senator Bob Brown (Greens-Tas) Bass How-To-Vote Card 2001
- Apr 15, 2001: Victorian Greens Nominate Senate Candidate
- Feb 17, 2001: Greens Win Balance Of Power In Western Australian Upper House
- Oct 01, 2000: Charter Of The Australian Greens – 2000
- Aug 12, 2000: Labor Wins Isaacs By-Election With 7.75% Primary Swing
- Sep 02, 1999: Bob Brown On Climate Change
- Mar 31, 1999: Greens Win Protection Of Voting Rights For Youth And Prisoners
- Jan 01, 1999: An Early History Of The Australian Greens
- Nov 27, 1998: Election Funding Payments: 1998 Federal Election
- Oct 04, 1998: VCEpolitics.com: 1998 Federal Election – Week 6 Aftermath
- Aug 20, 1997: Bob Brown: The Greens, Hanson And The Death Of The Two-Party System
- Sep 10, 1996: Senator Bob Brown’s Maiden Speech to the Senate
- May 13, 1989: 1989 Tasmanian State Election
