Tabatha Badger | |
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| Member of theTasmanian House of Assembly forLyons | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
| Tasmanian Greens Spokesperson | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
| Portfolios | Primary 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 32)[1] Burnie, Tasmania |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Party | Greens |
| Website | https://tasgreensmps.org |
Tabatha Anne Badger (born 8 June 1993) is an Australian politician who has represented thedivision of Lyons since 23 March 2024. Badger is a member of theTasmanian Greens andis representing several portfolios for the party.
Tabatha studied at the a University of Tasmania, obtaining a Masters in Tourism. She soon started a small business in ecosystem management.[2] In 2023, Badger was appointed Convenor of the Wilderness Society.[3]
In the2022 Australian Senate election, she was the 3rd green candidate in Tasmania but was not elected.[4]
At the2024 Tasmanian state election, Badger was thelead candidate for theTasmanian Greens inLyons.[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 theHare–Clark counting went on Badger, along with theLambie candidates, received significant leakage from the Labor ticket, viaRebecca 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]
Badger was re-elected at the2025 Tasmanian state election.[10] At the parliamentary swearing-in after the 2025 election, Badger was the onlymember for Lyons who chose theaffirmation of allegiance over the religiousoath of allegiance.[11]
Badger grew up aroundTable Cape before her family moved toHobart where she attended New Town Primary School and laterOgilvie High School.Badger now lives inEllendale, Tasmania .[2]