This Month
Teal MP blames admin error for possible campaigning rules breach
Independent MP for Mackellar Sophie Scamps had to correct two embarrassing errors including suggesting her electorate office is used for campaigning.
Barrister Julian Burnside shows Kooyong’s shifting sands
Securing the support of progressive voters’ favourite barrister is quite the coup for Monique Ryan.
Why John Howard thinks teals are done in WA
Western Australia’s affinity for gas could cost teal Kate Chaney her seat of Curtin, former prime minister John Howard says.
‘Do not take this sign!’: Liberals up the ante in Kooyong
The Liberal candidate contesting teal MP Monique Ryan has put up 200 signs across Kooyong urging her opponent to leave her signs alone.
March
Caught on camera, teal MP’s husband sorry for removing Liberal poster
Monique Ryan and her husband have apologised after he was filmed taking away a campaign poster for a Liberal candidate. The Coalition says she has more questions to answer.
‘No funding’: More teals play down Climate 200 links
Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have welcomed the crowdfunding group’s focus on candidates with lower profiles.
David Pocock leaves the Climate 200 mothership
The first-term ACT senator has weaned himself off the political campaign group’s money. Some in the teal and independent movements say that’s not a bad thing.
Coalition targets Climate 200 candidates over Greens affiliations
Polls show neither major party will win enough seats to form a majority government, so focus is on independents who could hold the balance of power.
Pubs and clubs fund major parties to limit hostile crossbench
The Australian Hotels Association will back Labor and Coalition candidates facing independent challengers, in a bid to minimise the uncertainty of a hostile crossbench.
Wind farm companies have been ‘arrogant’: Holmes a Court
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court says many large-scale renewables projects had not adequately consulted local communities.
Instead of gaining teal seats, Dutton could lose another one
Liberals are targeting three Sydney electorates, Bradfield, Mackellar and Warringah on cost of living, but there’s little buyer’s remorse in electorates that sent teals to Canberra.
Labor working to shield local manufacturers from Trump’s trade war
Moves to strengthen anti-dumping protections come as the government’s hopes fade Donald Trump will exempt Australia from tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
Teals must support renewables ‘at an industrial level’
Green energy players say it is not enough for Climate 200-backed candidates to support rooftop solar and EVs, they need to get behind mega-projects like wind farms too.
Offshore wind exposes split among Climate 200-backed independents
Sydney MP Zali Steggall says community independents should show greater political courage in defence of the troubled offshore wind energy rollout.
Teals push to index income tax thresholds to inflation
Independent MP Allegra Spender blasts major parties for “lack of ambition for major reform” to return rising income taxes to wage earners
February
The state of play in your electorate
Explore the key demographics of your electorate and our take on who is likely to win.
Electoral commission probes four teal fundraising vehicles
Coalition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume has accused four Climate 200-backed independent candidates of trying to avoid transparency.
The 12 teal battlegrounds to watch out for this election
Climate 200 is backing 35 community independents this federal election – here are the dozen who are likely to retain or gain a seat in federal parliament.
Fund home batteries if you want my vote: Spender
Teal independent Allegra Spender says she’ll put household electrification measures at the centre of any balance of power negotiations.
Liberals face strife in teal seats, Ruddock warns
The party has a tough fight in the old Sydney heartland seats of Wentworth, Mackellar, Warringah and Bradfield, the former attorney-general says.