Greens Co-Founder Sues Party After Expulsion Over Women’s Rights Comments

Greens founder Drew Hutton isn’t letting go of his Greens membership without a fight.

Party supporters attend the Greens national campaign launch at Black Hops Brewery in Brisbane, Australia on May 16, 2022. Dan Peled/Getty Images

Co-founder of the Australian Greens and founder of the Queensland branch of the party Drew Hutton is going to court in a bid to have his life membership reinstated.

Hutton had initially had his membership suspended for making comments about women’s rights amid the transgender movement, with one post reading: “I believe in full human rights for trans people at the same time as supporting the right of women to be safe from patriarchal oppression.”