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

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Shoebridge to stand on a joint ticket with Steph Hodgins-May – a first term senator from Victoria 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 deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi and communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young.

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