View from The Hill: Shoebridge and his defiant senator at loggerheads over leave

By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Greens’ internal crisis has escalated dramatically, with Leader David Shoebridge and Jordon Steele-John at odds over whether the embattled senator should, or agreed to, take leave while allegations against him are investigated.

Last week, after a letter from several (non-parliamentary) Greens members about the Western Australian Senator Jordon Steele-John’s alleged inappropriate behaviour towards women, Shoebridge said the WA Greens were conducting an investigation and the senator was taking leave from the party room.

But Steele-John, in a 2450…

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