澳大利亚绿党领导人沃特斯因肾脏疾病恶化宣布辞职

澳大利亚绿党领导人拉丽莎·沃特斯因肾脏疾病恶化宣布辞去党领导职务。123沃特斯表示，自己长期以来一直在管理肾脏疾病，但近几个月健康状况明显恶化。12她指出，医生建议她需要放慢步伐以便康复，而党领导职务的压力与优先恢复健康不符。13沃特斯强调自己的预后良好，并将进行医疗休假，计划尽快重返议会，但不会辞去参议员职位。13

沃特斯于2025年5月联邦选举后接替失去议席的前墨尔本议员亚当·班迪特成为绿党领导人。12绿党将启动新领导人的选举过程，候选人包括副领导梅赫林·法鲁基以及参议员莎拉·汉森-扬、大卫·舒布里奇和尼克·麦克基姆。2沃特斯自2010年起代表昆州担任参议员，曾于2017年7月因持有加拿大双重国籍被迫辞职，2018年9月重返参议院。23

Larissa Waters, leader of Australia's Greens party, has announced her resignation from the leadership position due to deteriorating kidney disease.123 Waters stated that while she has been managing a kidney condition for some time, her health has significantly worsened in recent months.12 "My prognosis is good, but my doctors have made clear that my recovery requires a slower pace than what leading a party allows," Waters said in a statement.1 She will take medical leave but will not resign from her Senate seat.1

Waters assumed the Greens leadership following the 2025 federal election, replacing former Melbourne MP Adam Bandt after the party retained only one House of Representatives seat.2 The party will hold a meeting to select a new leader, with potential candidates including deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi and senators Sarah Hanson-Young, David Shoebridge, and Nick McKim.2 Waters has served as a senator since 2010, though she was previously forced to step down for 14 months in 2017 after discovering she held Canadian citizenship, a constitutional disqualification.2 She returned to the Senate in September 2018.2