该党将于周三召开会议,填补两年内第二次意外出现的领导人空缺。
The party meets Wednesday to fill its second surprise leadership vacancy in as many years.
堪培拉消息——绿党领袖拉里萨·沃特斯因健康问题突然辞职,这为该党提供了一个机会,使其能够重新调整方向,以应对在主要政党影响力下降的情况下所面临的困境。
CANBERRA — The sudden resignation of Greens Leader Larissa Waters over health issues has created an opportunity to redirect a party struggling to seize on the major parties’ decline.
绿党议会党团将于周三开始为期两天的会议,面临一个长期存在的困境:是应该强调民粹主义还是实用主义?
The Greens party room will begin a two-day meeting on Wednesday facing a long-running dilemma: should it emphasize populism or pragmatism?
首位宣布参选的是南澳大利亚州参议员莎拉·汉森-杨,她被视为该党最有效的交易促成者。在议会工作19年后,汉森-杨已成为该党实用主义派系的代表。
The first declared candidate is Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, a South Australian, viewed as the party’s most effective deal maker. After 19 years in parliament Hanson-Young has come to represent the pragmatic wing of the party.
汉森-杨周二在社交媒体上发表声明称:“我们正处于一个决定性的时刻……我将竭尽全力去战斗。”
“We are at a defining moment ... I will fight with everything I’ve got,” Hanson-Young said in a statement on social media on Tuesday.