David Shoebridge launches leadership bid ahead of Greens ballot at party retreat

Shoebridge to stand on a joint ticket with Steph Hodgins-May – a first-term senator from Victoria Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast New South Wales senator David Shoebridge has joined the race to become the Greens’ new leader, with an increasingly crowded field revealing splits among the 11-member party room. Shoebridge said on Wednesday morning he would stand on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his proposed deputy, facing off with the deputy leader, Mehreen Faruqi, and communications spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...