Australian Greens
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Australian Greens
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| Leader | Richard Di Natale |
| Deputy leaders | Larissa Waters, Scott Ludlam |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | 23/85 Northbourne Avenue Turner ACT 2612 |
| Newspaper | Green Magazine |
| Youth wing | Young Greens |
| Membership |
 15,000+ (2016)
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| Ideology | Green politics |
| International affiliation |
Global Greens Asia-Pacific Green Network |
| Colours | Green |
| House of Representatives |
1 / 150
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| Senate |
9 / 76
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| www.greens.org.au | |
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New South Wales seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
3 / 93
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| Legislative Council |
5 / 42
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Victorian seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
2 / 88
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| Legislative Council |
5 / 40
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Tasmanian seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
3 / 25
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| Legislative Council |
0 / 15
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South Australian seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
0 / 47
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| Legislative Council |
2 / 22
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Western Australian Seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
0 / 59
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| Legislative Council |
2 / 36
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Queensland Seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
0 / 89
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Australian Capital Territory seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
2 / 25
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Northern Territory seats
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| Legislative Assembly |
0 / 25
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The Australian Greens (commonly known as The Greens) is an Australian green political party.
The party was formed in 1992 and is today a confederation of eight state and territory parties. In addition to environmentalism the party cites four core values: ecological sustainability, social justice, grassroots democracy and peace and non-violence.
Party constituencies can be traced to various origins – notably the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group (UTG), one of the first green parties in the world, but also the nuclear disarmament movement in Western Australia and sections of the industrial left in New South Wales. Co-ordination between environmentalist groups occurred in the 1980s with various significant protests. Key people involved in these campaigns included Bob Brown and Christine Milne who went on to contest and win seats in the Tasmanian Parliament and eventually form the Tasmanian Greens; both Brown and Milne subsequently became leaders of the federal party.
Federally, following the 2016 Australian federal election, the Greens have nine senators and one member in the lower house, 23 elected representatives across state and territory parliaments, more than 100 local councillors, and over 15,000 party members (as of 2016).
The Australian Greens are part of the global "green politics" movement. The charter of the Australian Greens identifies the following as the four pillars of the party's policy: "social justice", "sustainability", "grassroots democracy" and "peace and non-violence". Major policy initiatives of recent years have also included taxation reform, review of the American alliance, implementation of harm minimisation in relation to drug use.
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