Australian Greens
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| The Australian Greens | |
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| Leader | Christine Milne |
| Deputy Leader | Adam Bandt |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | GPO Box 1108 Canberra GPO ACT 2601 |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| International affiliation | Global Greens Asia-Pacific Green Network |
| Colours | Green |
| House of Representatives |
1 / 150
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| Senate |
9 / 76
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| Website | |
| www.greens.org.au | |
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The Australian Greens is a green political party in Australia founded in 1992. it is well known for having Bob Brown the former Tasmanian Greens MP leading it in federal parliament from 2005 to 2012 and has been a Senator for Tasmania since 1996 and will resign in June 2012. Christine Milne, the current leader also in the 1980s campaigned against the Franklin Dam in Tasmania with Bob Brown and was jailed along with Brown. in 2010 Adam Bandt was elected to the seat of Melbourne and he is one of several crossbenchers providing confidence and supply to the Gillard Labor minority government.
