Steph Hodgins-May

Now let's go due south to Australia.

Here is Green Party Senator Steph Hodgins-May.

filming herself trying to get a lawyer canceled for calling her a stupid bitch.

And her video didn't work out for her because most people are responding by noting that she is, in fact, a stupid bitch.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, hi.

My name's Senator Steph Hodgins-May.

I, this morning, woke to a deeply offensive comment on one of my Instagram posts from you.

All right, we're not done with the worry yet.

Let's talk about the new Greens deputy leader, Steph Hodgins-May.

She has filmed and then posted online a phone call where she confronts a man who called her, excuse the language, a stupid bitch.

That was his words online.

Have a listen.

Oh, hi.

My name's Senator Steph Hodgins-May.

I, this morning, woke to a deeply offensive comment on one of my Instagram posts from you.

Look, I just wanna talk about how the Greens have been going.

David Shoebridge and the deputy, Steph Hodgins-May, really interesting way that they've kind of conducted themselves this week.

A few interesting angles, including, I think, uh, you know, okay, they've kicked trusts to a inquiry.

They're pushing.

They're also pushing, um, for big concessions on some of these, um, bills that we're talking about, you know, putting Labor a bit under pressure, trying to drive a hard bargain.

Um, I, I think it's been a good start for him.

I think the energy that is around him and Steph Hodgins-May, the new deputy, um, has, has put a bit of pep in the party here in parliament.

Um, I think they were all shocked and disappointed that Larissa Waters couldn't continue, but maybe this new, uh, approach will satisfy some of the membership, some of the MPs a bit more.

Thank you, Senator Shoebridge.

And I take the opportunity to congratulate you, Senator Shoebridge, and Senator Hodgins-May, on your election.

It is a real honour to lead your party in this place, and I acknowledge your election.

In relation to real wages, we have done an enormous amount of work to do what we could to improve Australians' wages, and you have seen the benefits of that, particularly in the care economy.

This was a fantastic win for the Hunter Valley community and, of course, for our planet.

Minister, does the Prime Minister agree with this community and these science teachers that the coal dug out of the Hunter and exported to the world is causing climate change.

Thank you, Senator Hodgins-May.

Minister Wong.

Well, yeah, growing.

I hadn't actually clocked this, but of course, Steph Hodgins-May and David Shoebridge were there, the new leaders.

And they were talking about the fact that in the past week and a half, there have been a thousand new members join the Australian Greens across the country, right? In the wake of the new leadership and the calls to join and to say, in the face of all the shit that is happening in the country right now, here's a little bit of hope.

A thousand new people have signed up to become Australian Greens members.

Of course, more scrutiny once you get a lot of attention, which is great.

I think there has been some great media coverage.

It was a great Guardian piece about Steph Hodgins-May, her background.

I didn't realize that she had lost both her parents quite tragically and also her family connection to establishing the National Party, a party which she says she's...

Now, it is the party's biggest membership bump since they lost two seats and its leader at the last election, with its Victorian branch specifically recording what it is describing as the largest surge in new members it's ever seen.

Now, this follows a week-long media blitz from Shoebridge and his deputy, Steph Hodgins-May, including right here at The Briefing.

Mm.

We did, uh, interview him this week, actually.