Leaders of the Australian Greens

On Saturday 12 November 2005 at the national conference in Hobart the Australian Greens abandoned their long-standing tradition of having no official leader and approved a process whereby a parliamentary leader could be elected by the Greens Parliamentary Party Room. On Monday 28 November 2005, Bob Brown – who had long been regarded as de facto leader by many inside the party, and most people outside the party – was elected unopposed as the Parliamentary Party Leader.[1]

Most of the Green parties which have joined the Australian Greens do not have a formal leader, and instead they have a shared leadership structure.[2] However, Tasmania, Victoria, and the ACT, have adopted singular leadership structures into their party.[2]

The federal Leaders of the Australian Greens have been as follows:

#	Leader		State	Term start	Term end	Time in office
1		Bob Brown	Tasmania	28 November 2005	13 April 2012	6 years, 137 days
2		Christine Milne	Tasmania	13 April 2012	6 May 2015	3 years, 23 days
3		Richard Di Natale	Victoria	6 May 2015	3 February 2020	4 years, 273 days
4		Adam Bandt	Victoria	4 February 2020	Incumbent	349 days

Shown in chronological order of leadership

#	Deputy Leader		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Leader
1		Christine Milne	10 November 2008	13 April 2012	3 years, 155 days	Bob Brown
2		Adam Bandt	13 April 2012	6 May 2015	3 years, 23 days	Christine Milne

#	Deputy Co-Leader		Deputy Co-Leader		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Leader
3		Scott Ludlam		Larissa Waters	6 May 2015	18 July 2017	2 years, 73 days	Richard Di Natale
4		Adam Bandt		Larissa Waters	21 July 2017	4 February 2020	2 years, 198 days	Richard Di Natale
5		Nick McKim		Larissa Waters	4 February 2020	Incumbent	349 days	Adam Bandt