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Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to kidney disease that has ‘declined significantly’

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  • Larissa Waters will step down as leader of the Greens due to health reasons, the party has announced.
  • Waters only took the party reins from Adam Bandt in May, 2025.

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Larissa Waters will step down as leader of the Greens due to health reasons, the party has announced.

The senator is managing a pre-existing kidney disease that has “declined significantly” in recent months.

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Waters only took the party reins from Adam Bandt in May, 2025.

“Passing the torch on to the next leader of the party will put them in the best position to take the Greens to the next election (in 2028).”

Shortened to 1 minute of reading, this version reads 3.7 on the Niral Score.

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  • 7NEWS Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to kidney disease that has ‘declined significantly’ plain
  • The Age Larissa Waters quits as Greens leader due to illness plain
  • The West Australian Greens leader suddenly quits after health 'downturn' plain
  • The West Australian Greens Leader Larissa Waters to step down as party leader due to ill health plain
  • ABC News Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down due to illness plain
  • SBS News Greens leader Larissa Waters says she will step down due to health issue plain
  • WAtoday Greens leader steps down due to health issue plain

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Also covered by The Age, The West Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, WAtoday. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesSourcingSentimentHappiness
7NEWSas they published this story 6.8 2 66 -0.2 53.9
ABC News 8.4 1 57 -0.2 50
SBS News 9.4 3 32 0.0 45.7
Mundane Readneutralized from ABC News 4.6 1 57 -0.2 50

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