Federal Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown has announced his party’s portfolio responsibilities as they prepare to take control of the country’s Upper House.

 

Senator Brown has also announced that the party will split its foreign affairs portfolios into country-focused responsibilities.

 

The portfolio breakdown is as follows:

  • Bob Brown – Senator for Tasmania; Prime Minister & Cabinet; Treasury; Foreign Affairs; Defence and National Security; Schools and Education and Whaling and Antarctica
  • Christine Milne – Deputy Leader; Senator for Tasmania; Climate Change; Resources and Energy; Trade; Finance and Administration; Competition Policy and Small Business; Arts and Food Security and Regional Australia
  • Rachel Siewert  - Party Whip; Senator for Western Australia; Family; Community and Disability Services; Fisheries and Marine; Ageing; Indigenous Affairs and Indigenous Health; Agriculture; The Kimberly and Northern Australia; Natural Resource Management.
  • Sarah Hanson-Young – Party Room Chair; Senator for South Australia; Immigration and Citizenship; Consumer Affairs; Water & the Murray Darling Basin; Human Rights; Gay; Lesbian; Bisexual and Transgender Issues; Youth; Childhood Education & Care; and Tibet.
  • Scott Ludlam; Senator for Western Australia: Broadband; Communications & Digital Economy; Housing; Nuclear; Mining (WA); Transport; Infrastructure; Waste & Sustainable Cities; Burma; and Assisting on Defence.
  • Richard di Natale; Senator for Victoria, Health; including preventive; Dental Health; Sport; Gambling; Multiculturalism; East Timor; and West Papua.
  • Lee Rhiannon; Senator for New South Wales: Democracy; Local Government; Higher Education; Assisting on National Security; Women; International Aid & Development; Animal Welfare; and Forests.
  • Penny Wright; Senator for South Australia: Attorney General (excluding National Security); Native Title; Veterans Affairs; Social Inclusion; Mental Health; and Heritage.
  • Larissa Waters; Senator for Queensland: Environment; Biodiversity & Natural Heritage; Population; Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea; Cape York; World Heritage; Tourism; and 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; and House of Representatives Reform.