Adam Bandt pledges to push for Australian Green New Deal after being elected Greens leader
Adam Bandt has been elected Greens leader unopposed, with Larissa Waters and Nick McKim to serve as co-deputy leaders.
The Greens party whip Rachel Siewert delivered the result of the Greens’ party room meeting on Tuesday, settling the leadership question created when Richard Di Natale announced his resignation on Monday. Waters was also elected Senate leader and McKim will become deputy Senate leader.
Bandt immediately announced the Greens would campaign on a platform of a Green New Deal, rebranding policies to include dental care in Medicare, make education free by abolishing public school fees, and to phase out fossil fuel extraction in favour of an advanced mining and manufacturing sector powered by renewable energy.
