00:01The interesting thing out of David Shoebridge's very first attack, I guess, from being leader
00:07is his focus on cost of living and the current situation in the Australian economy.
00:12Really honing in on the pressures that everyday Australians are facing,
00:16linking that to the sort of politics as usual of the major parties
00:21and saying that the Greens are going to be focused on ensuring that Australians are getting the support that they
00:27need.
00:28That economic focus is quite an interesting one.
00:31It's a bit of a shift from the sort of broader other issues that the Greens have focused on,
00:36whether it's climate and environment, their traditional space or some of the more social justice issues.
00:41So his first outing really honing in on what is really the source of a lot of grievance in the
00:46Australian community at the moment.
00:48It's the same anger and grievance that has fuelled support for One Nation
00:53and really taken away support from the major parties.
00:57So David Shoebridge there trying to tap into that sentiment.
01:00It was a three-way contest, which in and of itself is incredibly interesting when it comes to the Greens,
01:05because they do not hold ballots like this very often.
01:09In fact, the last time was only once last year for the deputy position,
01:13but a three-way race between David Shoebridge, Maureen Faruqi and Sarah Hansen-Young.
01:17Shoebridge prevailed, but immediately after, Maureen Faruqi put out a statement saying that she was disappointed with the result,
01:26that the party room had gone a different way and essentially outlining that she had hoped that people would back
01:35her and her vision for the party.
01:38She said she didn't stand for deputy leader, which was her previous position, because she believed she could play her
01:45part better outside the constraints of the leadership team,
01:50which is quite a signal, I would say, of her intention to really be quite critical of whatever it is
01:58that she disagrees with,
01:59with where the party have gone with Shoebridge as leader and also Steph Hodgins-May as the deputy.
02:05So, she's been advocating saying that Greens members should be elected by members,
02:11but that is not the way that the party is currently structured.
02:16That call actually was echoed by a former Greens member, Max Chandler-Mather,
02:21who also said that going forward the Greens leader should be selected by the broader membership.
02:28That's not what we've seen today.
02:30She's essentially saying the Greens can't call themselves a grassroots party without having that broad membership vote to select the
02:39leader.
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