Tabatha Badger is an Australian politician representing the Tasmanian Greens.
Tabatha Badger
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| Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Lyons | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
| Tasmanian Greens Spokesperson | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
| Portfolios | Primary Industries, Police, Fire and Emergency Management, Parks and Public Land, Skills and Training, Tourism and Hospitality, Prevention of Family Violence, Small Business, Science and Information Technology, Mining |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens |
| Website | https://tasgreensmps.org |
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Badger is a small business owner and environmental campaigner.[1] In 2023, Badger was appointed Convenor of the Wilderness Society.[2]
In the 2022 Australian Senate election, she was the 3rd green candidate in Tasmania but was not elected.[3]
At the 2024 Tasmanian state election, Badger was the lead candidate for the Tasmanian GreensinLyons.[4] At the end of first-preference counting, she received the 5th highest vote count in Lyons, and the highest of a Greens candidate for the division, at 4,044 votes.[5] This was not enough to be elected on first-preferences, however. As the Hare–Clark counting went on Badger, along with the Lambie candidates, received significant leakage from the Labor ticket, via Rebecca White's large surplus.[6] This boosted Badger's own quota, and by the end of the counting after all the other Greens candidates were excluded, she had a total of 0.93 quotas, leading for her to be elected in the last spot for Lyons.[7]
She is the youngest member of the 51st Parliament of Tasmania.[8]
Badger lives in Ellendale, Tasmania and grew up around Table Cape.[1]
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