Larissa Waters elected new federal Greens leader with Mehreen Faruqi chosen as deputy

<p>Queensland senator chosen after minor party’s 11 senators and lone MP meet in Melbourne</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/15/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-indonesia-visit-russian-airbase-greens-leaders-sarah-hanson-young-mehreen-faruqi-ntwnfb">Australia news live: latest politics and federal election updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/07/results-2025-federal-election-live">Full federal election results: live Australian Senate seat count</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-election-2025">See our full coverage of the Australian election</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Queensland senator Larissa Waters has been elected the new federal Greens leader.</p><p>The minor party’s 11 senators and lone MP met in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon to agree on its fifth parliamentary leader after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/15/the-greens-are-about-to-choose-a-new-leader-heres-how-it-works-and-who-could-be-bandts-successor">Adam Bandt was unexpectedly ousted from Melbourne</a> at the May election.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/15/larissa-waters-elected-new-federal-greens-leader">Continue reading...</a>