Politics‘Politics can be brutal’: Sarah Hanson-Young speaks out about Greens divisions

Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young backed newly elected leader David Shoebridge and said politics can be “brutal” after finishing behind him and Mehreen Faruqi in the leadership ballot. Greens sources said Shoebridge and Faruqi’s working relationship is seriously strained. Faruqi wants rank-and-file members to vote in future leadership contests, while Shoebridge committed to giving them that right after the next federal election.

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