Christine Milne led the Australian Greens from 2012 until 2015. During this period, members of parliament served as official spokespersons for the party both inside and outside of Parliament on various issues, each member being assigned portfolios for their speaking duties. This allows the Greens to shadow government policies and actions from the party perspective.

First arrangement

Spokesperson Portfolio[1]
Christine Milne
  • Leader
  • Arts
  • Climate change
    • Assisting on Climate and Energy
  • Defence & National Security
    • Assisting on Defence
    • Assisting on National Security
  • Finance & Administration
  • Food Security
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Forests (TAS)
  • Prime Minister & Cabinet
  • Regional Australia
  • Resources & Energy
  • Treasury
  • Whaling & Antarctica
Adam Bandt
  • Deputy leader
  • Assisting on Climate and Energy
  • Banking
  • Emergency Services
  • Employment & Workplace Relations
  • High Speed Rail
  • House of Representatives Reform
  • Innovation & Industry
  • Science & Research
Sarah Hanson-Young
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration & Citizenship
  • LGBTI
  • Murray Darling Basin
  • Tibet
  • Water
  • Youth, Early Childhood Education & Child Care
Rachel Siewert
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Issues
  • Ageing
  • Agriculture
  • Family, Community & Disability Services
  • Fisheries & Marine
  • Native Title
  • Natural Resource Management
  • The Kimberley & Northern Australia
Scott Ludlam
  • Assisting on Defence
  • Assisting on National Security
  • Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy
  • Burma
  • Heritage
  • Housing
  • Infrastructure
  • Mining (WA)
  • Nuclear
  • Sustainable Cities
Richard Di Natale
  • Dental Health
  • East Timor
  • Gambling
  • Health, including preventive
  • Multiculturalism
  • Sport
  • West Papua
Penny Wright
  • Attorney General
  • Mental Health
  • Schools & Education
  • Veterans Affairs
Larissa Waters
  • Cape York
  • Environment, Biodiversity & Natural Heritage
  • Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea
  • Mining
  • Population
  • World Heritage
Lee Rhiannon
  • Animal Welfare
  • Democracy
  • Forests
    • Forests (TAS)
  • Higher Education
  • International Aid & Development
  • Local Government
  • Transport
  • Women
Peter Whish-Wilson
  • Competition Policy & Small Business
  • Tourism
  • Trade
  • Waste

Final arrangement

Spokesperson Portfolio[2]
Christine Milne
  • Leader
  • Arts
  • Climate change
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Prime Minister & Cabinet
  • Treasury
Adam Bandt
  • Deputy leader
  • Employment & Workplace Relations
  • Finance
  • Innovation, Industry & Science
Rachel Siewert
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Issues
  • Agriculture & Rural Affairs
  • Family, Ageing, Community & Disability Services
  • Marine
Richard Di Natale
  • Health
  • Multiculturalism
  • Sport
Scott Ludlam
  • Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy
  • Defence
  • Housing & Sustainable Cities
  • Nuclear
Sarah Hanson-Young
  • Early Childhood Education & Care
  • Immigration & Citizenship
  • LGBTI & Marriage Equality
Penny Wright
  • Attorney General
  • Mental Health
  • Schools
Larissa Waters
  • Environment & Biodiversity
  • Resources, Mining and CSG
  • Women
Lee Rhiannon
  • Animal Welfare
  • Democracy & Local Government
  • Higher Education
  • International Aid & Development
  • Water & Murray Darling Basin
Peter Whish-Wilson
  • Competition Policy, Small Business & Consumer Affairs
  • Fisheries, Marine (Tasmania) & Whaling
  • Trade
  • Veterans Affairs
Janet Rice
  • Forests
  • Tourism
  • Transport & Infrastructure

References

  1. ^ "Portfolios". The Australian Greens. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Portfolios". The Australian Greens. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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