October
- Opinion
- Federal election
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.
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- Nick Hossack
September
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.
- Tom McIlroy
August
‘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.
- Phillip Coorey
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.
- Phillip Coorey
June
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.
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- Phillip Coorey
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.
- Myriam Robin
April
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.
- Patrick Durkin
March
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.
- Hannah Wootton
January
- Exclusive
- Tax reform
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.
- Samantha Hutchinson
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.
- Phillip Coorey
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.
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- Andrew Tillett
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.
- Myriam Robin
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.
- Hannah Wootton and Julie Hare
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.
- Myriam Robin
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.
- Mark Di Stefano
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.
- Phillip Coorey and Hannah Wootton
January 2023
This high-profile teal MP wanted to be Doris Day
Teal independent Kylea Tink went from political novice to a well-known federal MP. But the Liberals are already planning to reclaim their lost seat.
- Tom McIlroy
December 2022
Rear Window’s 2022 in review
In 2022, an abundance of notable misbehaviours went down in the Rear Window universe.
- Joe Aston
November 2022
Teal picked as Australian word of the year
The moniker for independent federal MPs beat out ‘cooker’, ‘eshay’, ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘shrinkflation’.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2022
- Analysis
- Climate policy
Liberal strategy to wipe out teal independents emerges
Higher energy and lower property prices will convince voters to vote out independent MPs who don’t support tax cuts, the Liberal Party hopes.
- Aaron Patrick