Australian Greens Portfolio Responsibilities
Yesterday, the Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, announced changes to portfolio responsibilities within the party to reflect its imminent expansion in the Senate. As of 1 July 2011, there will be nine Greens Senators in the Upper House, as four new Senators join the existing five. Including one MP in the Lower House, this brings the total number of federal parliamentarians representing the Greens to ten. Senator Brown’s press release is available here.
Details of the new portfolio responsibilities are outlined below:
| Bob Brown
Senator for Tasmania
Leader
|
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Treasury Foreign Affairs, Defence & National Security Schools, Education Forests (TAS) Whaling & Antarctica |
| Christine Milne
Senator for Tasmania
Deputy Leader
|
Climate change
Resources & Energy Trade Finance & Administration Competition Policy & Small Business Arts Food Security & Regional Australia |
| Rachel Siewert
Senator for Western Australia
Party Whip
|
Family, Community & Disability Services
Fisheries & Marine Ageing Indigenous Affairs & Indigenous Health Agriculture The Kimberley & Northern Australia Natural Resource Management |
| Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia
Party Room Chair
|
Immigration & Citizenship
Consumer Affairs Water & the Murray Darling Basin Human Rights GLBTI Youth, Childhood Education & Care Tibet |
| Scott Ludlam
Senator for Western Australia
|
Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy
Housing Nuclear Mining (WA) Transport, Infrastructure, Waste & Sustainable Cities Burma Assisting on Defence |
| Richard Di Natale
Senator for Victoria
|
Health, including preventive
Dental Health Sport Gambling Multiculturalism East Timor West Papua |
| Lee Rhiannon
Senator for New South Wales
|
Democracy
Local Government Higher Education Assisting on National Security Women International Aid & Development Animal Welfare Forests |
| Penny Wright
Senator for South Australia
|
Attorney General (excluding National Security)
Native Title Veterans Affairs Social Inclusion Mental Health Heritage |
| Larissa Waters
Senator for Queensland
|
Environment, Biodiversity & Natural Heritage
Population Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea Cape York World Heritage Tourism Mining |
| Adam Bandt
Member for Melbourne
|
Employment & Workplace Relations
Emergency Services Banking Innovation & Industry, including High Speed Rail Science & Research Assisting on Climate and Energy House of Representatives Reform |
The table below groups responsibilities as they relate to the portfolios established by the Government:
| Broad Portfolio Area | Principal Spokesperson | Specific Responsibilities |
| Prime Minister & Cabinet | Bob Brown | Democracy – Lee Rhiannon
House of Representatives Reform – Adam Bandt |
| Treasury & Finance | Treasury – Bob Brown
Finance & Administration – Christine Milne |
Competition Policy & Small Business – Christine Milne
Consumer Affairs – Sarah Hanson-Young Banking – Adam Bandt |
| Attorney-General | Penny Wright | National Security – Bob Brown
Assisting on National Security – Lee Rhiannon GLBTI, Human Rights – Sarah Hanson-Young Native Title – Penny Wright Emergency Services – Adam Bandt |
| Foreign Affairs & Trade | Foreign Affairs – Bob Brown
Trade – Christine Milne |
Tibet – Sarah Hanson-Young
Burma – Scott Ludlam East Timor, West Papua – Richard Di Natale International Aid & Development – Lee Rhiannon |
| Defence | Bob Brown | Assisting on Defence – Scott Ludlam
Veterans Affairs – Penny Wright |
| Health & Ageing | Health – Richard Di Natale
Ageing – Rachel Siewert |
Preventive Health, Dental Health – Richard Di Natale
Indigenous Health – Rachel Siewert Mental Health – Penny Wright |
| Sustainability, Environment, Water & Population
|
Larissa Waters | Waste & Sustainable Cities – Scott Ludlam
Water & the Murray Darling Basin – Sarah Hanson-Young Whaling & Antarctica – Bob Brown The Kimberley & Northern Australia – Rachel Siewert Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea, Cape York, Population, World Heritage – Larissa Waters Heritage – Penny Wright |
| Climate Change | Christine Milne | Assisting on Climate – Adam Bandt |
| Resources, Energy & Tourism | Resources & Energy – Christine Milne | Assisting on Energy – Adam Bandt
Mining, Tourism – Larissa Waters Nuclear, Mining (WA) – Scott Ludlam |
| Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries | Agriculture, Fisheries & Marine – Rachel Siewert
|
Food Security – Christine Milne
Forests, Animal Welfare – Lee Rhiannon Forests (Tas) – Bob Brown Natural Resource Management – Rachel Siewert |
| Education, Employment & Workplace Relations | Education – Bob Brown
Employment & Workplace Relations – Adam Bandt |
Youth, Childhood Education & Care – Sarah Hanson-Young
Higher Education – Lee Rhiannon |
| Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs | Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs – Rachel Siewert | Housing – Scott Ludlam
Sport, Gambling – Richard Di Natale Women – Lee Rhiannon Social Inclusion – Penny Wright Disability Services – Rachel Siewert |
| Immigration & Citizenship | Sarah Hanson-Young | Multiculturalism – Richard Di Natale |
| Infrastructure & Transport; Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy | Scott Ludlam | High Speed Rail – Adam Bandt |
| Industry, Innovation, Science & Research | Adam Bandt | |
| Regional Australia & The Arts | Christine Milne | Local Government – Lee Rhiannon |
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