Greens senator takes leave amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Ilandar@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨australianpolitics@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/greens-jordon-steele-john-alleged-inappropriate-comments/107270620

Just The Greens doing Greens things and completely bottling their new direction pitch under Shoebridge. I guess they still have a bit of time before the next election to build, but it’s probably fair to say anyone who wasn’t already a Greens voter has already checked out again. They are unfairly held to a higher standard by the media and the public, but they should know this by now.

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Cypher@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
If these complaints had any substance they would surely have been referred to police.

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- maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  They may have substance while not being criminal.
  
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  - spiffmeister@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It’s hard to come to any conclusion when the article is so light on actual details.
    
    Made sure they got Pauline and Canavans shit slinging comments in thought so that’s the main thing.
    
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blind3rdeye@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s hard to know much flak is deserved here without knowing what the allegations are, or anything more than vague hints about whether they have substance.

At this point in time it should be more “watch this space” rather than “how could he do something like that!?”

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naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Man in power not treat ~50% of the population with contempt challenge: difficulty impossible.

Culture’s broken. The dude should have been thrown under the bus years ago. Imagine being friends with a sexist.

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- maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Thrown under the bus for allegations? Honest question, do you know more about this than what the media has published?
  
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  - naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    rumours about this guy have gone around for years. He’s been able to get away with it, and climb as high as he did, because other men didn’t call it out.
    
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shirro@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The fact that this is being dealt with under Shoebridge while it was possibly known under di natale, bandt and waters isn’t a bad thing for Shoebridge’s leadership.

His bigger problem is that we aren’t going to forget the Ukraine comments. He needs to address that as it is a line in the sand for a lot of people.

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ziltoid101@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I like the Greens and usually preference them very high. I’m a big fan of like a good 90% of their policy.

I cannot STAND their vetting of candidates at the state or federal level.

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- dusk@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Is there a party that does that better?
  
  The problem with most politicians, is that they are the type of person who wants to be a politician.
  
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