Editing Australian Greens (section)

=== Richard Di Natale era 2015–2020 ===
[[Richard Di Natale|Di Natale]] was [[Australian Greens leadership elections|elected unopposed]] as parliamentary leader of the Greens party room on 6 May 2015 following the resignation of [[Christine Milne]] from the position.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Jane |date=2015-05-06 |title=Australian Greens: Richard Di Natale elected new leader after Christine Milne resignation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-06/greens-elect-richard-di-natale-as-new-leader/6448948 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=ABC News}}</ref>

At the [[2016 Australian federal election|2016 federal election]], the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] (lower house) primary vote increased to 10.23 percent (+1.58) but decreased in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] (upper house), with primary vote at 8.65 percent (−0.58). [[Adam Bandt]] was elected to a third term in his [[Division of Melbourne|Melbourne]] seat with a primary vote of 43.75 percent (+1.13) and a [[Two-party-preferred vote|two-candidate preferred]] vote of 68.48 percent (+13.21). Despite a campaign focus on winning additional seats in the lower house, The Greens failed to win any lower house contests.

The Greens also lost one Senate position in [[South Australia]], decreasing their Senate representation from ten to nine senators, to a total of ten Green members in the [[Parliament of Australia]]. The result was seen as disappointing, and caused internal divisions to flare up, with former Federal Leader [[Bob Brown]] calling upon Senator [[Lee Rhiannon]] to resign, citing the "need for renewal".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-29/bob-brown-says-nsw-greens-old-guard-should-quit/7673340|title=Bob Brown calls on Senator Lee Rhiannon to stand down|date=29 July 2016|work=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref>

==== 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis ====

In 2017, Senators [[Scott Ludlam]] and [[Larissa Waters]] were forced to resign during [[2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis]] after it was found that Ludlam had dual Australian–New Zealand citizenship and Waters had dual citizenship with [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Greens senator Scott Ludlam resigns over failure to renounce dual citizenship |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-14/senator-scott-ludlam-resign-constitution-dual-citizenship/8708606|access-date=14 July 2017|work=ABC News |date=14 July 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-18/larissa-waters-greens-resigns-senate-over-citizenship-bungle/8720066 |title=Larissa Waters, deputy Greens leader, quits in latest citizenship bungle |work=ABC News |date=18 July 2017 |access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> Subsequently, [[Adam Bandt]] and [[Rachel Siewert]] were named as temporary co-deputy leaders until the arrival of Ludlam and Waters' replacements in Canberra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/richard-di-natales-monthus-horribilis-where-to-now-for-the-greens-20170720-gxf5em.html |title=Richard Di Natale's monthus horribilis: where to now for the Greens? |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=20 July 2017 |access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref>

==== 2019 election ====
At the [[2019 Australian federal election|2019 federal election]], the Australian Greens received a primary vote of 10.4% in the House of Representatives, with a federal swing of +0.2%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2019/results/party-totals|title=Party Totals |work=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=18 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> The party's highest vote was captured in the Australian Capital Territory (16.8%), followed by Victoria (11.9%), Western Australia (11.6%), Queensland (10.3%), Northern Territory (10.2%), Tasmania (10.1%), South Australia (9.6%) and New South Wales (8.7%). The party retained the federal electorate of [[Division of Melbourne|Melbourne]] with [[Adam Bandt]] sitting at a 71.8% two-party preferred vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2019/results|title=Federal Election 2019 Results |work=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=18 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

In the Senate, the Greens received favourable swings in South Australia (+5.03%), Queensland (+3.12%), the Australian Capital Territory (+1.61%), Western Australia (+1.48%), Tasmania (+1.41%) and New South Wales (+1.32%). Small swings against the Greens in the Senate were observed in only Victoria (−0.25%) and the Northern Territory (−0.54%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2019/results/senate|title=Senate Results |work=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=18 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> All six Greens senators up for re-election retained their seats, including Senators [[Mehreen Faruqi]], [[Janet Rice]], [[Larissa Waters]], [[Sarah Hanson-Young]], [[Jordon Steele-John]] and [[Nick McKim]].

Three key seats were targeted by the Greens in Victoria, including [[Division of Kooyong|Kooyong]], [[Division of Higgins|Higgins]] and [[Division of Macnamara|Macnamara]].<ref name="Towell-2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/greens-swing-campaign-from-hipster-north-for-yuppie-south-20190408-p51c0t.html|title=Greens swing campaign from hipster north for yuppie south|last=Towell|first=Noel|date=8 April 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> Prominent barrister [[Julian Burnside]], who stood for Kooyong, came close to unseating treasurer and deputy Liberal leader [[Josh Frydenberg]], falling short by 5.7% in the two-party preferred vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/13/greens-within-striking-distance-in-josh-frydenbergs-seat-of-kooyong-poll-finds|title=Greens within striking distance in Josh Frydenberg's seat of Kooyong, poll finds|first=Katharine |last=Murphy |date=12 May 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=5 July 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Greens candidate [[Jason Ball (activist)|Jason Ball]], for the [[Division of Higgins]], failed to enter the two-party preferred vote, despite optimism within the Greens and a diminishing Liberal vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/06/jason-ball-scored-an-lgbt-first-in-football-now-his-goal-is-politics|title=Jason Ball scored an LGBT goal in football – now his sights are set on politics|last=Flanagan|first=Martin|date=5 September 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=5 July 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com/federal-election-2019/the-mood-has-turned-prized-seat-of-higgins-on-a-knife-edge-as-liberal-vote-heads-south-20190511-p51ma9.html|title='The mood has turned': Prized seat of Higgins on a knife-edge as Liberal vote heads south|last=Shields|first=Bevan|date=11 May 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=5 July 2019}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In Macnamara (formerly [[Division of Melbourne Ports|Melbourne Ports]]), a three-way contest emerged between the Liberals, Labor and Greens. Greens candidate [[Steph Hodgins-May]] had come within a few hundred votes in 2016 of taking the seat, however, redistributions in the electorate for the 2019 election were unfavourable for the Greens' vote, and the party's final vote sat at 24.2%.<ref name="Towell-2019" />

On 3 February 2020, [[Richard Di Natale|Di Natale]] resigned as leader of the Greens and announced his intention to resign from the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Worthington |first=Brett |date=2020-02-03 |title=Richard Di Natale resigns as Greens leader and plans to quit federal politics |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-03/greens-leader-richard-di-natale-to-quit-politics/11759490 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=ABC News}}</ref>