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Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Shoebridge says people are sick of ‘messaging without substance’ David Shoebridge , the new Greens leader, says Australians are “sick of the messaging without substance”. People are sick of t

Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Shoebridge says people are sick of ‘messaging without substance’ David Shoebridge , the new Greens leader, says Australians are “sick of the messaging without substance”. People are sick of the messaging without substance.

What they’re asking for is they’re asking for a political party that’s going to go and fight for them and take on the 1% and take on the corporations. They want to see us fighting for that. We have an incredibly united membership base.

We have an incredibly united party across the country. And I expect that to be how we operate as a party room, how we operate as a leadership team and how we operate as a growing movement. The ATO is committed to helping taxpayers transition to alternative payment methods and will continue to support those experiencing financial hardship or other circumstances that make it difficult to meet their obligations.

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