Tasmanian environmental attorney Vanessa Bleyer is set to enter federal politics, having been selected to succeed outgoing Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson.<\/p>\n
Bleyer emerged victorious from a ballot among four candidates vying for the Senate position left vacant by Whish-Wilson’s retirement. The announcement of her success was made on Tuesday afternoon after a vote conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n
Previously, Bleyer was the second Senate candidate for the Greens during the last federal election, where Nick McKim successfully retained his seat. She will officially assume her Senate role once Whish-Wilson completes his term, which is anticipated to happen later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tasmanian environmental attorney Vanessa Bleyer is set to enter federal politics, having been selected to succeed outgoing Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson. Bleyer emerged victorious from a ballot among four candidates vying for the Senate position left vacant by Whish-Wilson’s retirement. The announcement of her success was made on Tuesday afternoon after a vote conducted by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,2111,2112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-au-australian-greens","category-au-political-movements"],"yoast_head":"\n