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From a high of 16 MPs after the 22 election, the party has lost its leader and a handful of MPs to have just 11 in the new parliament.

Betrayal over breakfast: How Dorinda Cox’s shock defection was a year in the making

Hours before Dorinda Cox put herself forward to be deputy leader of the Greens, she was spotted having breakfast with unusual dining companions.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and James Massola

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Dorinda Cox said she had lost confidence in the Greens and felt her values aligned with Labor.

Greens call on defector to do ‘honourable thing’ and resign

The comment is an escalation of the party’s criticism of its former senator, Dorinda Cox, who it had previously wished well.

  • Paul Sakkal
Greens-turned Labor senator Dorinda Cox and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Greens defector’s use of slur against fellow senator exposed in text leak

The leak from a party source comes as Greens leader Larissa Waters also wrote of Cox’s “betrayal” in an email to members, in a sign of escalating tensions between the minor party and the government.

  • Paul Sakkal, James Massola and Olivia Ireland
Greens leader Larissa Waters.

Greens to push for super tax indexation

On Friday, Waters said the Greens partyroom would discuss the policy and likely advocate a similar position to the one before the election.

  • Olivia Ireland
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Albanese may have changed the way politics operates – for now

Like Albanese, the new party leaders share one important characteristic. This parliament will be different from the last one.

  • Sean Kelly
Newly elected Greens leader Larissa Waters is promising a constructive approach to the next parliament.

This former lawyer and single mum wants the Greens to be a constructive force

With the Greens set to hold more power in the Senate, new leader Larissa Waters says Labor has no excuses: “We are here saying ‘we want to get work done for you’.”

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Newly elected Greens leader Larissa Waters in Melbourne on Thursday.

Larissa Waters to make the Greens’ progressive push from Paddington 

Queensland is still home to federal party leaders. No sooner had Peter Dutton left the Liberal scene, the Greens looked north for their own champion.

  • Cameron Atfield
Newly elected Greens leader Larissa Waters.

Greens new leader Larissa Waters, deputy Mehreen Faruqi double down on Gaza

Greens senator Larissa Waters has been elected as the new leader of the minor party, with Mehreen Faruqi remaining as deputy.

  • Olivia Ireland and Rachel Eddie
Larissa Waters, Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young.

The Greens have no frontrunner to lead them. It might be a job-share

The minor party is weighing the option of a power-sharing leadership model after its devastating election losses.

  • Mike Foley and Olivia Ireland
Larissa Waters, Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young.

‘It’s uncomfortable’: Greens in uncharted territory as leadership contenders jostle

Greens insiders said the party was bracing for its first genuinely competitive leadership ballot after the shock loss of Bandt’s seat of Melbourne.

  • Matthew Knott

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