Larissa Waters
| Senator Larissa Waters | |
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| Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2015 Serving with Scott Ludlam | |
| Preceded by | Adam Bandt |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 February 1977 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Greens |
| Residence | Bardon, Queensland |
| Alma mater | Griffith University |
| Profession |
Lawyer politician |
| Website | Larissa Waters |
Larissa Joy Waters (born 8 February 1977) is an Australian Greens Senator for Queensland. She is currently responsible for the federal party portfolios of environment and biodiversity; women; resources, mining and coal seam gas.
Biography
Waters was born in Winnipeg, Canada, grew up in Brisbane and as of 2010 lived in Bardon with her partner and their daughter.[1] She has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from Griffith University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the New South Wales College of Law. From 2000–2001 she was a Legal Researcher at the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal (predecessor of the Land Court of Queensland), from 2001–2002 a Lawyer at Freehills, and from 2002–2011 was a Lawyer with the Environmental Defenders Office.[2]
Political career
Waters was the Convener of the Queensland Greens North Brisbane Branch from 2006–2007.
She ran first on the Queensland Green Senate ticket at the 2007 federal election and received 7.3 per cent of the vote, an increase of 1.9 percentage points, failing to gain election.
In the 2009 Queensland State election, Waters ran unsuccessfully for the seat of Mount Coot-tha held by Labor Treasurer Andrew Fraser obtaining 23.1% of the primary vote.[3]
She was first on the Queensland Green Senate ticket again at the 2010 federal election. She was elected with 12.8 per cent of the vote, an increase of 5.4 percentage points.[4]
On 6 May 2015, Waters was elected unopposed to serve as Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens, serving alongside Senator Scott Ludlam. This followed Christine Milne resigning her leadership of the party.
References
- ↑ Dennehy, Kate (25 July 2010). "History beckons for Greens Senate contender". Brisbane Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ↑ Gillett, Patrick (5 February 2009). "Queensland state Green party to run environmental lawyer in treasurer's electorate". Wikinews (Wikimedia Foundation). Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "QLD State Election Results – Mount Coot-tha". Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ↑ "Senate Results – Queensland – 2010 Federal Election". Retrieved 23 August 2010.
External links
- "Larissa Waters". Australian Greens. 2013. Retrieved July 2013.
- Larissa Waters (2010). "Larissa Waters". Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- Summary of parliamentary voting for Senator Larissa Waters on TheyVoteForYou.org.au
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