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From One Nation to fossil fuels, Adam Bandt and Bob Brown reveal vision for Greens ahead of leadership showdown
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Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May announce Greens leadership bid, saying Labor ‘can’t stop One Nation’
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Who is potential Greens deputy leader candidate Steph Hodgins-May? So who is the first-term senator expected to announce a leadership ticket tilt with David Shoebridge ? Get your dirty hands off our kids, that is our message to the fossil fuel industry, who have no place in early-learning centres, in schools, or in our cultural institutions in this country. Children should go to school to get evidence-based education, not to be brainwashed by fossil fuel corporations seeking to build social licence. Continue reading...
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