Larissa Waters
Profile
Larissa Waters is an Australian politician and lawyer who has served as the leader of the Australian Greens since 2025. A long-standing senator for Queensland, she first entered the Senate in 2011, briefly resigned in 2017 due to the parliamentary eligibility crisis regarding dual citizenship, and was re-appointed in 2018. Before her political career, she worked as an environmental lawyer. Her political focus includes environmental protection, gender equity, and corporate accountability.
Details
- Born
- 1977-02-08 · 49 years old
- Birth place
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Education
- Griffith University (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Laws); New South Wales College of Law (Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice)
- Career
- Legal researcher at the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal, lawyer at Freehills, and lawyer with the Environmental Defenders Office
