Waters, who has served in the Senate since 2010, contested the leadership against Senators Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young.
Queensland Senator Larissa Waters has been elected the new leader of the Australian Greens, following a party room meeting in Melbourne on May 15.
The leadership change comes after the party’s former leader, Adam Bandt, unexpectedly lost his seat of Melbourne in the May 3 election.
Waters, who has served in the Senate since 2010, was selected from a field that included Senators Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young.
The decision makes her the fifth person to lead the Greens in federal parliament, following in the footsteps of Bob Brown, Christine Milne, Richard Di Natale, and Bandt.
Greens Lose Ground in Lower House, Hold Power in Senate
The party’s leadership reshuffle follows a disappointing federal election campaign, in which the Greens lost three of their four seats in the House of Representatives.
While their overall national primary vote only fell slightly, the losses were a significant blow for the party’s ambitions in the lower house.
Despite the setbacks, the Greens continues to wield considerable power in the Senate, where they have…
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