Tabatha Badger

Tabatha Badger
MP
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Lyons
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2024
Tasmanian Greens Spokesperson
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2024
PortfoliosPrimary 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
Personal details
Born (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 31)[1]
Hobart, Tasmania
NationalityAustralian
Political partyGreens
Websitehttps://tasgreensmps.org

Tabatha Badger (born 8 June 1993) is an Australian politician who has represented the division of Lyons since 23 March 2024. Badger is a member of the Tasmanian Greens and is representing several portfolios for the party.

Pre-politics

Badger is a small business owner and environmental campaigner.[2] In 2023, Badger was appointed Convenor of the Wilderness Society.[3]

Political career

In the 2022 Australian Senate election, she was the 3rd green candidate in Tasmania but was not elected.[4]

2024 state election

At the 2024 Tasmanian state election, Badger was the lead candidate for the Tasmanian Greens in Lyons.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

She is the youngest member of the 51st Parliament of Tasmania.[9]

Personal life

Badger lives in Ellendale, Tasmania and grew up around Table Cape.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Parliament of Tasmania – Tabatha Badger". Parliament of Tasmania. Hobart. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Tabatha Badger". Tasmanian Greens. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  3. ^ "Tabatha Badger is New Convenor of Wilderness Society". Tasmanian Times. June 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Greens ready to fight for the future in lutruwita/Tasmania". Australian Greens. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  5. ^ MPs, Tasmanian Greens. "Tabatha Badger". tasgreensmps.org/. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ^ "Lyons - TAS Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. ^ Green, Antony (2024-04-02). "2024 Tasmania Election Results – Lyons Updates". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  8. ^ "Lyons results - 2024 State Election Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  9. ^ Badger, Tabatha (2024-05-21). "Tabatha Badger – Inaugural Speech". Retrieved 2024-06-05.


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