April
uComms (kind of) collapses, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars tax
The controversial polling firm, which has worked for Climate 200 and others, sold its brand and assets to a company that was half-owned by its founder.
‘Headless movements fall’: Can Holmes à Court maintain the rage?
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court changed Australian politics. But has his success become a drag on the community independent movement he champions?
How ‘Green’ is your teal MP?
Analysis of voting records shows the teals have carved out a political space to the right of the Greens. But some teals are greener than others.
December 2024
Former adviser and trade boffin a frontrunner for Fletcher’s seat
Gisele Kapterian will seek to run in Bradfield, the seat of retiring MP Paul Fletcher. The challenger in the once-safe Liberal seat will be teal Nicolette Boele.
October 2024
The teals are strangely silent on Albanese’s flights
Maybe these independents don’t want to disrupt the system which may, one day, yield them a nice little upgrade on their way to Italy.
September 2024
Teal Tink to run again after seat abolished, but will avoid Steggall
Kylea Tink said she would decide her political future in coming weeks, promising not to cannibalise parliament’s crossbench.
August 2024
‘She can do what she wants’: Tink stink turns teals blue
The dispute between teal MPs on Sydney’s north shore shows they are truly independent, says Zali Stegall.
Fight for survival splits North Shore teals
Kylea Tink’s bid to save her North Sydney seat from being abolished has created a rift in the once tight-knit group of teal independent MPs.
June 2024
Teals lose North Sydney in NSW shake-up, Bennelong turns Liberal
After taking into account the redistributions in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, nationally, Labor has 77 seats and the Coalition 59.
Food fight! Restaurant lobbies serve up war
A new lobby group has formed in a pointed rebuke to the century-old Restaurant & Catering Association, and its CEO is not taking the challenge lying down.
April 2024
Teals warn Labor has ‘dropped the ball’ on small business
The independent MPs, expected to play a crucial role in next year’s federal election, also hit out at the Coalition for failing to support sensible changes.
March 2024
Teals brand Labor’s $3m policy a ‘cash grab’
Teal MPs say changes to taxation of super funds with balances larger than $3 million could drive investment away from start-ups and leave retirees worse off.
January 2024
CEOs urge summit to break tax ‘malaise’
The country’s peak business group will attempt to jumpstart a moribund reform agenda with a national summit.
October 2023
Major parties, teals squabble over NSW redistribution
The major parties and teal independents are at loggerheads over a pre-election redistribution of federal electorates in NSW that could help decide the outcome of the next election.
Labor MP says Israel should be condemned for ‘annihilation’
Rookie senator Fatima Payman says Israel cannot be allowed to annihilate Palestinian civilians, as teal MPs split over the conflict.
August 2023
Kylea Tink in kitchen reno ‘climate crime’
Her recently sold property featured a kitchen with gas stove, a picturesque gas fireplace and even a gas-heated pool.
May 2023
Government under pressure to fix ‘egregious’ HECS indexation rule
It comes as three million graduates with student debts brace for a 7.1 per cent indexation rate which came into force on Thursday.
May 2023
Teals join party hacks in the Chairman’s Lounge
Ever since the teals dislodged a raft of Liberals on the promise of a better politics, we’ve wondered how many would proceed to accept such hospitality.
March 2023
Are ‘Gladys Liberals’ deserting the party?
On the streets of Willoughby, wealthy Liberal voters miss their former member who they say held the electorate and NSW together during COVID-19.
February 2023
Teals hit back at Labor’s $3m super cap idea
Independent MPs representing some of the nation’s wealthiest voters have warned against another raid on superannuation, saying people had invested in good faith.