Australian Greens

The Australian Greens is the national Greens party in Australia. It was formed as a coalition of the various state Greens parties, although the Greens (Western Australia) preserved a separate identity for some time. At the federal level there are four Greens in the Australian Senate (Senators Bob Brown, Kerry Nettle, Christine Milne and Rachel Siewert). There was one MP in the Australian House of Representatives (Michael Organ), who was elected at a by-election in 2002, but he lost his seat at the 2004 elections. The Australian Greens do not have a formal leadership, but Senator Brown of Tasmania is treated in the media as the party's leader.

2005 NSW By-Elections

On September 17 the Greens contested three by-elections held in seats vacated by the retirement in late July 2005, of Premier Bob Carr and two senior ministers. The Greens performed strongly in polls preceding the by-election in the seat of Marrickville in inner city Sydney. While ulitmately not winning the seat, the Greens increased their vote by 11% to 38.96% from the 28.47% they received http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au/electoral_districts_menu/district_index/results_by_district/Results_marrickville_3551.html in the 2003 State election they received; this result http://www.election.nsw.gov.au/election.htm was the highest lower house vote yet for a Greens candidate in Australia.

Related Topics:
Bob Carr - Marrickville

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