Senator Larissa Waters won't rule out leadership tilt as Greens claim Ryan
Queensland Senator Larissa Waters won't rule out a tilt at the Greens leadership, as the party claims their first and only election victory.
Elizabeth Watson-Brown will now be the sole Greens MP in the House of Representatives after the party failed to reclaim any of its other lower house seats.
Asked about whether she would run to become Greens leader after Adam Bandt lost his seat of Melbourne, Senator Waters wouldn't discount it.
"We've got a process to go through and I won't be making any comments about that," she said.
"I'm afraid you will just have to wait until Thursday."
Ms Watson-Brown, who first won Ryan in 2022, will retain the electorate with a two-party preferred swing towards her, despite a drop in her primary vote.
She said she was going to "desperately miss" her former colleagues Adam Bandt, Max Chandler-Mather, and Stephen Bates.
"It might be a little bit lonely on the floor [of the House of Representatives]," Ms Watson-Brown said.
"That is a pretty difficult place. You can be feeling a bit lonely there when you're being screamed at by 149 other people.
"There's nobody else now to take that buffer. But I've got to remind people the Greens party room is our strength."
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