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Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness
Senator Larissa Waters was elected Greens leader last year. (AAP: Mick Tsikas)
Greens leader Larissa Waters has stepped down from the top job due to a chronic kidney condition.
Senator Waters will take a leave of absence as she focuses on her health before returning to her upper house duties.
The Greens partyroom will meet in the coming days to discuss who will replace Senator Waters.
Senator Larissa Waters has announced she is standing down as Greens leader due to illness, after 16 months in the role.
The Greens have revealed she has been managing an existing kidney disease, which has worsened in recent months.
Larissa Waters steps down as Greens leader due to ill health
Ballot for new leader expected next week after Waters quits to manage pre-existing kidney disease that has ‘declined significantly’
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Greens leader Larissa Waters has announced she will step down due to ill health, with a party room meeting scheduled for next week to choose her successor.
Waters revealed on Monday night she has been managing a pre-existing kidney disease, but that her health had “declined significantly over the course of recent months”.
She said while her prognosis for recovery was positive, the pressure of the party’s leadership, including additional travel demands, was detracting from a focus on her health.
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Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness
Greens leader Larissa Waters has quit the party’s top job due to illness.
The party will hold a secret ballot of its MPs this week to elect a new leader.
“For some time now I’ve been quietly managing chronic kidney disease alongside doing the work I love. But recently it’s taken a downturn, and I need to be honest with myself about not being invincible,” Waters said in a statement.
“My doctors have been clear: my prospects for recovery are good, but the best path forward means a slower pace of life than leading a political party allows.”
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