As the leader of the Greens, we hear a lot from - and about - Richard Di Natale. But do you really know him - like his favourite apps, ultimate comfort food, and what he likes most about working with the Greens?
1. What do you remember about your first election?
As someone who was traditionally a Labour voter back then, I remember voting without too much enthusiasm because of the huge economic rationalist agenda of Paul Keating.
2. Endangered Australian animal that's captured your heart?
Leadbeaters possum. It's from my home state of Victoria, it's a tiny little thing that fits in a teacup and it's basically being logged to extinction. We've been campaigning for the Great Forest National Park, which would protect the Leadbeater's habitat and be a huge tourism boom for the area. It highlights how ludicrous it is that we're razing Victoria's native forest.
3. What's your precious place and why?
Little Creek at the bottom of our farm. We've revegetated much of our farm, and down the bottom there's a little parcel of native bush with tree ferns. It's beautiful.
4. Favourite Greens policy?
All of them!
5. Best part of your work with the Greens?
The privilege and honour to speak on behalf of well over a million people who support our values and policies.
6. What keeps you going?
Well, I've got two young kids and obviously their future, and the future of young people, motivates me. But I campaigned for the Greens long before I had kids so in a sense it's bigger than that - it's also a sense of justice and optimism that the Greens actually are the only option.
7. Favourite political song?
Paul Kelly's From Little Things Big Things Grow.
8. Who inspires you? Why?
It's all of the people I meet doing this great job who make huge sacrifices to campaign on the things they believe in. Of course, Bob Brown has been a source of inspiration to me - and so many other people - but every day I'm inspired by community activists who are campaigning for the things they believe in. In fact, this is one of the great things about my job.
9. Comfort food?
Chocolate and ice cream!
10. What would you spend $20 billion on?
Tackling climate change, protecting biodiversity, and building affordable homes.
11. Secret vice?
I can't tell you because then it wouldn't a secret!
12. Best coffee/drink in town?
The coffee at my mum's house because it comes with a great big plate of lasagne.
13. Three apps you can't live without?
Google maps, iCalendar and the school app UEducateUs so I'm in touch with kids' schooling.
14. What did you want to be when you grew up?
A doctor, and definitely not a politician.
15. Morning run or night-time swim?
Neither because I have a dodgy knee! Morning mountain bike ride or surf off Bells of wherever there's a wave.
16. What's your greatest hope for the future?
Turn around climate change and live more sustainably and create a more caring society.
17. Magic wand to solve one world problem - what would it be?
It has to be climate change now. It's quite literally an existentially threat and we have to act.
18. What advice would you give a new volunteer?
I'd say thank you! And also, never give up. Never doubt that you're joining a movement of thousands of people. Be proud of our policy agenda and that our values and our policies are supported by millions of Australians.
19. You can travel through time - where do you go?
How can you go past the dinosaurs! So long as I can come back to the present, my boys would kill me if I didn't go and see real, live dinosaurs walking around.
20. If you weren't doing this for a living, what would you be doing?
I'd be fighting for the same things, but with a different job title.
