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Greens Leader Makes Shock Announcement
Larissa Waters steps aside after citing illness, and the Greens will choose a new leader in a secret ballot later this week.
- On Monday, Greens Leader Senator Larissa Waters announced her resignation as party leader due to worsening chronic kidney disease, though she will remain a Senator for Queensland after taking medical leave.
- Waters, who assumed leadership in May 2025 after Adam Bandt's election defeat, described her kidney disease as having declined "significantly" over recent months, making the "demands of leadership" incompatible with recovery.
- During her 19-month tenure, the party secured an overhaul of Australia's environmental laws and helped pass revamped gun laws through the Senate; recently, her party delayed reforms aimed at cutting NDIS spending.
- The Greens will hold a secret ballot of its MPs later this week to elect a new leader, with potential contenders including NSW Senator David Shoebridge, Tasmanian senator Nick McKim, Sarah Hanson-Young, and deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi.
- Some Greens MPs, including Faruqi, have expressed frustration that the party has failed to replicate the populist-left success of New York City's Democrat Zohran Mamdani and UK Greens leader Zach Polanski.
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Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness
The party will hold a secret ballot of its MPs later this week to elect a new leader.
·North Sydney, Australia
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Total News Sources11
Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
C 27%
R 27%
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