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.

External links

Official

• Australian Greens official website
• ACT Greens
• NSW Greens
• South Australian Greens
• Tasmanian Greens
• NT Greens
• Victorian Greens
• West Australian Greens
• Queensland Greens
• Senator Bob Brown's site
• Senator Kerry Nettle's site

Other

• Liberal Party comment on Green's policies: 2004 Election campaign interview with John Howard (see pp5 &6)
• Democrats' views of the Greens: National Press Club speech by Senator Bartlett 28 September 2004
• Press Council adjudication of Bob Brown's complaint against the Herald Sun
• Greens media release about the complaint
• Greens article about the failed appeal by the Herald Sun