Australian Greens
The Australian Greens | |
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| Leader | Adam Bandt |
| Deputy Leader | Mehreen Faruqi |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | GPO Box 1108 Canberra GPO ACT 2601 |
| Ideology | Green politics Left-wing populism Progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Global Greens Asia-Pacific Green Network |
| Colours | Green |
| House of Representatives | 4 / 151 |
| Senate | 11 / 76 |
| Website | |
| www.greens.org.au | |
The Australian Greens is a green political party in Australia founded in 1992. They are the third-biggest political party in Australia, based on how many votes they got in the 2019 federal election. The leader of the party right now is Adam Bandt. Eleven members of the Senate and four member of the House of Representatives are a part of the Greens.
Bob Brown lead the party in federal parliament from 2005 to 2012. In 2010 Adam Bandt was elected to the seat of Melbourne and became one of several crossbenchers providing support to the Gillard Labor minority government.
The Greens also discuss other issues than the environment, such as equality, human rights, peace and non-violence.
