Australian Greens Front Bench

A select number of members of the Australian Greens serve as official spokespersons for the party both inside and outside of Parliament on various issues, each member being assigned portfolios for their speaking duties. This allows the Greens to shadow government policies and actions from the party perspective.[1]

List

Spokesperson Portfolio
Richard Di Natale (Leader)
  • Prime Minister & Cabinet
  • Health
  • Multiculturalism
  • Sport
Scott Ludlam (Co-deputy leader)
  • Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Housing & Sustainable Cities
  • Nuclear
Larissa Waters (Co-deputy leader)
  • Climate change
  • Environment & Biodiversity
  • Resources, Mining & CSG
  • Women
Adam Bandt
  • Arts
  • Employment & Workplace Relations
  • Industry, Energy & Science
  • Treasury
Rachel Siewert
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Issues
  • Agriculture & Rural Affairs
  • Family, Ageing, Community & Disability Services
  • Marine
Sarah Hanson-Young
  • Early Childhood Education & Care
  • Immigration & Citizenship
  • Youth
Lee Rhiannon
  • Animal Welfare
  • Democracy
  • International Aid & Development
  • Local Government
Peter Whish-Wilson
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Defence
  • Finance
  • Fisheries, Marine (Tasmania) & Whaling
  • Trade
  • Veterans Affairs
Janet Rice
  • Forests
  • Gender Identity
  • Mental Health
  • Tourism
  • Transport & Infrastructure
Nick McKim
  • Attorney General
  • Innovation, Competition Policy, Small Business
  • Schools
Robert Simms
  • LGBTI & Marriage Equality
  • Tertiary, technical and further education
  • Water & Murray Darling Basin

References

  1. "Portfolios". The Australian Greens. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

External links

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