{"id":"89778425-591e-4dc9-b6a5-a80bfb2a36ea","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/28/larissa-waters-steps-down-as-greens-leader-due-to-ill-health-ntnwfb","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Larissa Waters steps down as Greens leader due to ill health","plainHeadline":"Greens leader Larissa Waters steps down for health reasons","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Greens leader Larissa Waters announces stepping down due to ill health.","A party room meeting will choose her successor next week.","Waters has a pre-existing kidney disease and health declined recently.","She will take medical leave before returning to Senate representation for Queensland.","Deputy Mehreen Faruqi and others may contest the leadership ballot."],"topics":["Politics","Health"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T10:13:58.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T10:55:44.150Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/9bed7aa3-e8a1-43ee-b86d-c5726f74f830","storyId":"9bed7aa3-e8a1-43ee-b86d-c5726f74f830","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7f9e591b0f2f0d2067893b765d117f60aacb1479/295_0_2953_2362/master/2953.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dfabf4660685db5751fc043e1b2813af","author":"Tom McIlroy Political editor","dek":"Ballot for new leader expected next week after Waters quits to manage pre-existing kidney disease that has ‘declined significantly’"}