Drew Hutton has been credited with co-founding the Greens with Bob Brown.
Hutton was the lead Queensland Greens Senate candidate for many years and ran for the party in numerous elections. Following his retirement from parliament, he founded Lock the Gate and led a successful campaign against coal seam gas.
However, on June 24, Drew Hutton, a life member of the Queensland Greens, was expelled from the party he co-founded, according to an email from the Constitution and Arbitration Committee that read:
