Rachel Siewert

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Senator Rachel Siewert (b. November 4, 1961) is an Australian politician from the Australian Greens.

She was elected to represent the State of Western Australia in the Senate at the 2004 federal election. From 1987 until her election campaign, Rachel Siewert had pioneered the establishment and expansion of the Conservation Council of Western Australia. This was at a time when the public awareness grew around environmental issues involving forests, water, mining (particularly uranium mining), urban planning, biodiversity loss and lack of regulation. She was awarded the Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Award in 2003.

The other Green elected at the 2004 election was Christine Milne (Tasmania). They joined Australian Greens Senators Bob Brown (Tasmania) and Kerry Nettle (New South Wales) who's Senate seats were not up for election under the half Senate election rule.

Previous Greens senators for Western Australia have been Dee Margetts, Christabel Chamarette and Jo Vallentine.