New federal leader David Shoebridge says November’s poll will herald the start of an ‘extraordinary moment’ as Greens hope for best-ever state result

“Well, this wasn’t in my diary a week ago,” the Greens’ newly elected federal leader, David Shoebridge, said from the altar of an inclusive church in Melbourne’s inner north.

The New South Wales senator was a late addition to the launch of the Victorian Greens election campaign on Thursday, but delivered a rousing political sermon to the converted.

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