Slow Italian, Fast Learning Episode 97: Richard Di Natale stands down as leader of the

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L'annuncio di lunedì mattina del senatore Monday morning's announcement by Richard Di Natale della sua decisione di Senator Richard Di Natale that he was dimettersi dalla guida degli Australian standing down from the leadership of the Greens è stato una sorpresa, secondo Australian Greens Party was reportedly a quanto riferito. surprise.

Il senatore Di Natale era leader del partito Senator Di Natale has been party leader dal 2015, quando aveva sostituito Christine since 2015, when he replaced . Milne.

Ha dichiarato che è giunto il momento He says the time is right for him to step giusto di entrare in una nuova fase della into a new phase of his life. sua vita.

"There are lots of small things about this "There are lots of small things about this job that are sometimes frustrating and job that are sometimes frustrating and annoying. But the bottom line is it's a annoying. But the bottom line is it's a tough and demanding job. My boys are tough and demanding job. My boys are nine and 11 and I want to be present in nine and 11 and I want to be present in their lives, my wife has been a huge their lives, my wife has been a huge support for me in my career and I want to support for me in my career and I want to be able to support her in her career." be able to support her in her career."

Il senatore Di Natale ha affermato che la Senator Di Natale says his decision was sua decisione è stata presa nell’interesse made in the best interest of the party. del partito.

"It has been one of the most difficult "It has been one of the most difficult decisions on my life but the time is right, decisions on my life but the time is right, it's right for me and for the boys and for it's right for me and for the boys and for Lucy, the time is right for the Greens. Lucy, the time is right for the Greens. Rejuvenation and renewal is very Rejuvenation and renewal is very important in politics. Our movement is important in politics. Our movement is bigger than one person." bigger than one person."

Richard Di Natale ha assunto la guida dei Richard Di Natale took over the leadership Verdi nel 2014 e ha continuato la battaglia of the Greens in 2014 and continued the del partito sulle questioni ambientali e di party's fight on environmental and social

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giustizia sociale. justice issues.

È entrato in politica dopo le elezioni del He entered politics after the 2010 election, 2010, quando ha vinto un seggio al Senato where he won a Senate seat representing in rappresentanza del , e ha parlato Victoria, and spoke of his family's roots, delle radici della sua famiglia, spiegando explaining that he was a product of di essere un prodotto dell'esperimento Australia's experiment with australiano con il multiculturalismo. multiculturalism.

"My mother and her parents left San "My mother and her parents left San Marco, a small village in southern Italy, Marco, a small village in southern Italy, to board a ship to Australia in the late to board a ship to Australia in the late 1950s. They didn’t speak any English, but 1950s. They didn’t speak any English, but they were armed with something far they were armed with something far more important: the hope for a better more important: the hope for a better life." life."

Il sostegno per i Verdi si è impennato negli Support for the Greens has plateaued in ultimi anni ma, parlando alla vigilia delle recent years but, speaking in the runup to ultime elezioni, il dott. Zareh Ghazarian, the last election, Monash University analista politico dell'Università di Monash, Political Analyst Dr Zareh Ghazarian said ha affermato che ciò ha meno a che fare that was less to do with Senator Di con la leadership del senatore Di Natale e Natale's leadership, and more to do with più a che fare con altri fattori. other factors.

"Leading a minor party is very difficult "Leading a minor party is very difficult with the limited resources compared to with the limited resources compared to what the major parties have. Di Natale what the major parties have. Di Natale himself, I think, has performed really himself, I think, has performed really strongly. But the Greens have just been strongly. But the Greens have just been sometimes overwhelmed by what's going on in the major parties." sometimes overwhelmed by what's going on in the major parties."

Il risultato elettorale del 2019 ha visto i The 2019 election result saw the Verdi australiani ricevere un voto primario Australian Greens receive a primary vote del 10,7 per cento alla Camera dei of 10.7 per cent in the House of Representatives, with a federal swing of rappresentanti, con un'oscillazione a livello federale dello 0,2 per cento. plus 0.2 of a per cent.

Speaking before that election, Senator Di Parlando prima di quelle elezioni, il Natale was vocal in his insistence that the senatore Di Natale ha insistito sul fatto che future lay in renewable energy, not fossil il futuro sia nelle energie rinnovabili, non fuels - a call which, less than a year later, nei combustibili fossili - un appello che,

meno di un anno dopo, sembra aver seems to have struck a chord with many toccato molti australiani. Australians.

"The future is with renewable energy. If "The future is with renewable energy. If you haven't got a plan to phase out coal you haven't got a plan to phase out coal you have got no plan to tackle climate you have got no plan to tackle climate change. 80 per cent of the coal we dig change. 80 per cent of the coal we dig up in Australia is burnt overseas, and up in Australia is burnt overseas, and unless we can deal with that, no party is unless we can deal with that, no party is serious about dealing with climate serious about dealing with climate change." change."

Richard Di Natale è stato confermato Richard Di Natale was re-endorsed as the leader del Partito dopo le elezioni, e Adam Party's leader after the election, and e hanno continuato Bandt and Larissa Waters continued in a ricoprire i ruoli di vice. their roles as the party's deputy leaders.

Parlando oggi, il senatore Di Natale ha Speaking today, Senator Di Natale says affermato di essere orgoglioso di aver he's proud of supporting and helping sostenuto e contribuito a negoziare molte negotiate many things during his time in cose durante il suo periodo in politica. politics.

"We took on marriage equality before "We took on marriage equality before anyone else wanted to take on the fight. anyone else wanted to take on the fight. We now have a national anticorruption We now have a national anticorruption watchdog, passing with support of the watchdog, passing with support of the Senate. It was the Greens for decades Senate. It was the Greens for decades who had been leading the charge on who had been leading the charge on that. I think of the banking royal that. I think of the banking royal commission, the royal commission into commission, the royal commission into the disability sector. Medicinal cannabis the disability sector. Medicinal cannabis and drug law reform. Things that in this and drug law reform. Things that in this parliament never get discussed. I've parliament never get discussed. I've been really proud to take them on." been really proud to take them on."

Report by Evan Young and Allan Lee

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