WORLD

David Shoebridge launches bid for Greens leadership

New South Wales senator David Shoebridge has entered the contest to become the Greens’ next leader, announcing a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his proposed deputy. The bid will be considered ahead of a party-room ballot and adds to a field that includes deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi and communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young.

New South Wales senator David Shoebridge has joined the contest to become the Greens’ new leader.

Shoebridge said on Wednesday that he would run on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May, a first-term senator, as his proposed deputy.

The ticket will face deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi and communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young in the leadership contest. The ballot is due to take place at a party retreat.

The contest has revealed divisions among the party’s 11-member party room.

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