Good field for Greens leader: Brown

The Australian Greens have a good group of candidates from which to choose a new leader, former chief Bob Brown says.

Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says the party has plenty of depth from which to choose a new leader, naming Melbourne MP Adam Bandt, the current deputy leader, and Tasmanian senator Peter Whish-Wilson as possibilities.

The national party will vote for a new leader at 11.30am (AEST) after the shock resignation of Christine Milne, who says she will not contest the 2016 election and will leave her position immediately.

"There is a wealth of talent there ... and the Greens will come up with a very good representative," Mr Brown has told ABC Radio.


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