
Drew Hutton helped found the Australian Greens. So why has the troubled party booted him from its ranks?
Joe Hinchliffe
created: July 12, 2025, 8 p.m. | updated: July 13, 2025, 2:58 p.m.
Not because he still wields great influence within it – his time of having an upfront role in the party, Hutton says, has passed.
“Respectful discussions of issues is the fundamental basis upon which members of the Queensland Greens make decisions,” Burden said.
Queensland Greens were euphoric, pundits agog.
View image in fullscreen Queensland Greens, including the then Greens MP for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather (centre) and Brisbane councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan (left with bicycle), march in Brisbane’s 2024 LGBT pride parade.
The committee rejected the allegation Hutton himself had demeaned trans women, but found he had provided a platform for others to do so.
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