Australian Greens Front Bench

The Australian Greens Shadow Ministry consists of all Greens members of Parliament serving as the party's Shadow Ministry inside Parliament on various issues, each member being assigned shadow ministries for their speaking duties. This allows the Greens to shadow government policies and actions from the party perspective.[1]

The current ministry follows on from the frontbench of Richard Di Natale, former Greens leader. Under the new leadership of Adam Bandt, for the first time ever the party's leader sits in the lower house. Some of the major changes in this ministry included the Foreign Affairs portfolio being reallocated from Di Natale to Bandt, while new portfolios were created for Larissa Waters and Mehreen Faruqi to represent the leader on various issues in the Senate. The NBN was added to the digital rights and IT portfolio held by Nick McKim, and portfolios formerly held by Bandt were assigned to Janet Rice. Tourism and Gambling were reallocated from Waters to Sarah Hanson-Young and Rachel Siewert, respectively.[2] A new portfolio of Dental Health was also added to Hanson-Young's responsibilities, which the Senator welcomed, stating she "can't wait to sink her teeth into it".[3]

Second cabinet

Spokesperson	Portfolio
Adam Bandt (Leader)	Climate Emergency Energy Employment and Workplace Relations Public Sector
Larissa Waters (Leader in the Senate and Co-Deputy Leader)	Women Mining and Resources Democracy Local Government
Nick McKim (Co-Deputy Leader)	Digital Rights, I.T. and NBN Economic Justice Immigration and Citizenship Treasury & Finance
Rachel Siewert (Party Whip)	Health Family, Ageing and Community Services Mental Health Gambling
Janet Rice (Party Room Chair)	LGBTIQ+ Multiculturalism Science, Research and Innovation Transport and Infastructure Forests Foreign Affairs
Lidia Thorpe	Sport Justice First Nations
Mehreen Faruqi	Housing Education Animal Welfare Industry International Aid and Development Animal welfare Anti-racism
Jordon Steele-John	Disability Rights and Services Youth Trade Nuclear Peace and Disarmament (covers Defence) Veterans' Affairs
Sarah Hanson-Young	Dental Health Arts, Media and Communications Environment and Water Tourism
Peter Whish-Wilson	Agriculture and Rural Affairs Healthy Oceans Waste and Recycling Consumer Affairs Small Business

First cabinet

Spokesperson	Portfolio
Adam Bandt (Leader)	Climate Emergency Energy Employment and Workplace Relations Public Sector Foreign Affairs
Larissa Waters (Leader in the Senate and Co-Deputy Leader)	Women Mining and Resources Democracy Representing Leader on Climate Change and Energy in Senate Representing Leader on Foreign Affairs in Senate
Nick McKim (Co-Deputy Leader)	Digital Rights, I.T. and NBN Justice Immigration and Citizenship
Rachel Siewert (Party Whip)	First Nations Peoples' Issues Family, Ageing and Community Services Mental Health Gambling
Janet Rice (Party Room Chair)	LGBTIQ Issues Sport Agriculture and Rural Affairs Forests Sustainable Cities Transport and Infrastructure Science, Research and Innovation
Richard Di Natale	Health Multiculturalism
Mehreen Faruqi	Housing Education Animal Welfare Industry International Aid and Development Local Government Representing Leader on Employment, Workplace Relations and Public Sector in the Senate
Jordon Steele-John	Disability Rights and Services Youth Trade Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (covers Defence) Veterans' Affairs
Sarah Hanson-Young	Dental Health Arts, Media and Communications Environment and Water Tourism
Peter Whish-Wilson	Treasury and Finance Healthy Oceans Waste and Recycling Consumer Affairs Small Business

References

1. "Portfolios". The Australian Greens. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
2. Kelly, Will (2020-02-27). "Australian Greens Portfolio Allocations". greensmps.org.au. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
3. Kelly, Will (2020-02-27). "Australian Greens Portfolio Allocations". greensmps.org.au. Retrieved 2020-02-27.

External links

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