Cabinet minister Tim Ayres calls for Greens leader to answer ‘questions’ amid Jordon Steele-John scandal

Key points

• Senior Labor and Coalition politicians say the Greens have questions to answer over an internal probe into Senator Jordon Steele-John. Current and former party members have asked new leader David Shoebridge to investigate allegations spanning almost a decade.
• Reporting revealed the Western Australia branch kept a 47-page crisis plan on managing media coverage of the claims. Senator Shoebridge denies knowing of the document or the allegations.
• Senator Steele-John rejects the claims and has referred the matter to the WA Greens for an independent process.