Federal Election 2025: Coalition targeting Teal seats nationwide

The Coalition has launched a scathing attack on Dr Monique Ryan and Zoe Daniel ahead of the federal election in a bid to claw back vital seats at the upcoming federal election.

The Coalition is ramping up a major attack on Teal MPs, including Dr Monique Ryan, in a bid to claw back vital seats at the upcoming federal election.

New campaign material obtained by the Herald Sun seeks to lift the lid on the independent, exposing her voting records, “hypocrisy” and weaknesses.

The assault comes as Liberal leader Peter Dutton will on Sunday kick-start the election year with a rally in Melbourne, where he will outline his priorities and plan for the nation.

A scathing pamphlet being released this week in Kooyong, as part of the Coalition’s “Teals Revealed” campaign, highlights that Dr Ryan has voted with the Greens the most often.

The Coalition is ramping up a major attack on Teal MPs, including Dr Monique Ryan. Picture: Martin Ollman

It reminds voters about her workplace drama, pointing out that she was “sued by a female staffer, after Ryan allegedly tried to sack her because she refused to work unreasonable hours”, and that Dr Ryan has refused to say who she would back in a hung parliament.

It also accuses her of supporting higher taxes, being “weak” on crime and union corruption.

Dr Ryan, who was backed by Simon Holmes a Court’s Climate 200, ousted Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg from the blue-ribbon seat at the 2022 election.

She is facing a challenge from Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer, with the seat now held on a 2.5 per cent margin.

Deputy Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley says it’s clear Canberra has changed the Teals. Picture: Martin Ollman

Deputy Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley said the Teal independents had said they would change Canberra, but three years on it was clear Canberra had changed them.

“They said they would hold the government accountable: instead they spend most of their time opposing the opposition,” Ms Ley said.

“The Teals claim to be a community movement but are bought and paid for by vested interests, and they have brought big money into Australian politics.

“Australians have been left poorer, less safe and worse off since the Albanese government was elected and that has largely been enabled by the Teal ‘independents’.

“The only way to change the government is to vote for a Liberal candidate in these seats.”

Dr Ryan accused the Liberals of spending the summer “plotting inaccurate and misleading advertising, rather than coming up with evidence-based policy to help Australians with the cost-of-living crisis, housing shortages and climate emergency”.

“Our campaign won’t be stooping to that sort of behaviour. When they go low, we’ll go high,” she said, referencing former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama’s motto.

“This sort of negativity turns young people away from politics — it’s one of the reasons so many people turned away from the Liberal Party in 2022.”

Zoe Daniel’s record is also under the microscope. Picture: Martin Ollman

Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel’s record is also under the microscope, with community safety expected to play a role in the upcoming campaign.

Ms Daniel and Dr Ryan will also be targeted over their support to “scrap the Australian Building and Construction Commission, which had protected small business and workers from CFMEU thuggery”, a Liberal spokesman said.

The Bayside electorate is a key target for the Liberals, with former member Tim Wilson contesting the seat following a bruising defeat to Ms Daniel at the 2022 poll.

Originally published as Federal Election 2025: Coalition targeting Teal seats nationwide