Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down for health reasons
Greens leader Larissa Waters is stepping down due to ill health and will take medical leave.
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“Larissa Waters steps down as Greens leader due to ill health”
Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down for health reasons
Key points
- Greens leader Larissa Waters announces stepping down due to ill health.
- A party room meeting will choose her successor next week.
- Waters has a pre-existing kidney disease and health declined recently.
- She will take medical leave before returning to Senate representation for Queensland.
- Deputy Mehreen Faruqi and others may contest the leadership ballot.
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Greens leader Larissa Waters is stepping down due to ill health and will take medical leave.