Greens investigate allegations against Jordon Steele-John

Seven Greens members have raised concerns with party leader David Shoebridge about allegations of inappropriate conduct by Western Australian senator Jordon Steele-John spanning 2017 to 2025, prompting an internal investigation. Steele-John denies wrongdoing and disputes Shoebridge’s statement that he is on leave from the Greens party room. The allegations include claims of inappropriate comments to women and an alleged sexual harassment incident at a Greens campaign event in 2024. The accounts of the concerns have not included detailed particulars from the people who raised them. Steele-John said he referred the campaign-event concern to the WA Greens and would take part in an investigation. In a public statement, Steele-John also described a former relationship that ended in 2025. He said his former partner accused him of sexual assault after the breakup, an allegation he vehemently denied. Steele-John said he voluntarily spoke with police and was later informed that their investigation had closed without charges. The information about the accusation and police outcome is his account; no police record or response from the former partner was provided in the reports. The WA...