Nita Louise Green was born on 23 June 1983 and is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for Queensland at the 2019 federal election.
11 Facts About Nita Green
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Nita Green is a member of the Australian Labor Party.
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Nita Green was raised by a single mother who worked as a nurse.
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Nita Green's mother was born in the United States and arrived in Australia at the age of nine.
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Nita Green holds the degrees of Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong and Juris Doctor from the University of Canberra.
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Nita Green subsequently became an organiser for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, and worked as a staffer for Senator Murray Watt.
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Nita Green was living on the Gold Coast at the time of her preselection, but later in the year she and her wife relocated to Cairns so that her party would have a senator based in Far North Queensland.
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Nita Green was elected to the Senate at the 2019 federal election in first position on the ALP ticket.
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Nita Green is a leader of the LGBTQ group Rainbow Labor.
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Nita Green is an advocate for transgender rights in sport, and has said that women who argue that women's sport should be reserved for cis women are transphobic and that such debates are incredibly hurtful for LGBT youth.
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On 1 June 2022, Nita Green was appointed as Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.