2025 Australian Greens leadership election
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15 May 2025
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The 2025 Australian Greens leadership election was held on 15 May 2025 to elect the leader of the Australian Greens.[1]
Larissa Waters was elected unopposed to replace Adam Bandt, who resigned the leadership after losing his seat of Melbourne at the 2025 federal election.[2] Mehreen Faruqi was re-elected deputy leader after defeating Dorinda Cox nine votes to three.[3]
The Greens hold an automatic leadership election following every federal election.[4][5] The leadership is decided by consensus within the party room (or a party room vote if consensus cannot be reached), and all previous Greens leaders have been elected unopposed.[6][7]
Following the federal election held on 3 May 2025, the Greens conceded defeat in Brisbane and Griffith, but were expected to retain Melbourne on the night of 3 May.[8] Bandt also said he intended to remain Greens leader, "but obviously that's up to my colleagues".[9]
On 7 May 2025, major media outlets projected that Bandt would lose Melbourne to Labor candidate Sarah Witty.[10][11] He conceded defeat the following day.[12][13] Tasmanian senator Nick McKim was appointed acting leader and stated that he would not contest the leadership election.[14][15]
Candidates
On 14 May 2025 (one day before the leadership vote), news.com.au reported that Faruqi, Hanson-Young and Waters could all three be declared as co-leaders.[16]
Leader
Declared
| Candidate | Electorate | Portfolio(s) | ||
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Larissa Waters[17][18] | Senator for Queensland |
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Declined
| Candidate | Electorate | Declined | Portfolio(s) | ||
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Nick McKim[19] | Senator for Tasmania | 9 May 2025[15] |
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David Shoebridge[20] | Senator for New South Wales | 11 May 2025[21] | ||
Speculated
| Candidate | Electorate | Portfolio(s) | ||
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Mehreen Faruqi[22] | Senator for New South Wales |
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Sarah Hanson-Young[19] | Senator for South Australia |
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Jordon Steele-John[20] | Senator for Western Australia |
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Deputy leader
Declared
| Candidate | Electorate | Portfolio(s) | ||
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Mehreen Faruqi[3] | Senator for New South Wales |
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Dorinda Cox[3] | Senator for Western Australia | ||
Speculated
| Candidate | Electorate | Portfolio(s) | ||
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David Shoebridge[19] | Senator for New South Wales |
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