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Ged Kearney retains the Batman Division for the Australian Labor Party, despite earlier predictions that the Australian Greens would win.
2018-03-17

Canadian-born Larissa Waters resigns as a Senator, and as deputy leader of the Australian Greens, after discovering she remains a dual citizen of Canada, rendering her election unconstitutional under section 44. The move comes four days after Scott Ludlam, Waters' co-deputy, resigned due to his New Zealand citizenship.
2017-07-18

Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens Scott Ludlam resigns as a Senator after discovering that he holds dual citizenship with New Zealand, making him electorally ineligible under Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.
2017-07-14

Bob Brown, former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens, is arrested during a protest in the Tasmanian village of Lapoinya over proposed clear-fell logging of a nearby forest.
2016-01-25

Senator Christine Milne announces her resignation as leader of the Australian Greens. Senator Richard Di Natale is elected as the new leader.
2015-05-6

Malaysia detains Australian Senator Nick Xenophon who was visiting as part of a delegation to discuss forthcoming elections and seeks to deport him for taking part in a protest in Kuala Lumpur last year.
2013-02-16

Bob Brown, former leader of the Australian Greens, becomes the President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society leading the campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
2013-01-8

The Australian Senate votes to introduce a controversial carbon tax, a form of carbon pricing.
2011-11-8

An open letter is sent to Gillard requesting that she make a"strong statement" supporting Assange: signatories include renowned American scholar Noam Chomsky, Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown, army whistleblower Lance Collins and numerous Australian authors including Raimond Gaita, Christos Tsiolkas and Helen Garner.
2010-12-8

The Australian Greens agree to support a Gillard Labor minority government as negotiations continue to form a government after the recent election.
2010-09-1