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Battle for Wentworth

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How 20,000 people changed politics: Behind the scenes of the teal wave

Few were seasoned activists. Others had crossed party lines. The unseen links among the volunteers who helped the ‘teal’ independents get to Canberra.

  • Brook Turner

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Sophie Scamps, Zoe Daniel, Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender and Kylea Tink all ousted Liberal men from parliament.

Secrets from the teals’ digital war room: we created a direct line to voters and now TV political ads are dead

The director of the communications agency responsible for the major teal independent campaigns reveals the revolutionary nature of the social media advertising strategy.

  • Ed Coper
Allegra Spender. Interview about winning Wentworth, Election. 26th May 2022. Photo: Edwina Pickles / Sat SMH

The Spender agenda: Tax reform, more migrants and a brake on spending

The new independent MP for Wentworth says Liberals should not assume Scott Morrison was the root of their woes in teal seats.

  • Michael Koziol
Dave Sharma, who was the Liberal member for Wentworth. until his defeat by “teal” independent Allegra Spender in the federal election on Saturday.

This is a Liberal bloodbath, all losses to our left. Shifting right would bring us an eternity in opposition

The ousted MP in the once-Liberal heartland seat of Wentworth warns his party to reclaim the centre of politics or face electoral oblivion.

  • Dave Sharma
The man behind the machine: former Labor adviser turned teal mastermind Anthony Reed in Sydney on Sunday.

‘Arguably we won in January’: The Labor campaign man behind Sydney’s teal wave

Anthony Reed warned the Liberals there were “many other seats” where his playbook for success could be replicated.

  • Michael Koziol
Climate change and issues of integrity were front of mind in the teal seats.

Inside the teal wave: How the independent revolution happened

Organisation, money and a political position that the Liberal Party no longer occupies: This is the secret sauce that some think could change the face of Australian politics.

  • Royce Millar
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Independents including Zoe Daniel, Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps and Kate Chaney, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

‘We like our member, not his boss’: Liberals blame Morrison for inner-city carnage

Furious Liberals lashed out at Scott Morrison for costing them a slew of blue-ribbon seats in a “teal bloodbath” through Sydney’s eastern suburbs and northern beaches.

  • Michael Koziol
Wentworth, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, was home to some of the most trivial accusations in the campaign.

Corflutes and complaints: Is this the pettiest election campaign ever?

Trivia thrives in a policy-free zone. And it seems like this election campaign has been the pettiest Australia has ever seen.

  • Michael Koziol
Dave Sharma and Allegra Spender battling it out for Wentworth

Spender rejects Coalition’s super for housing policy

The independent candidate said the policy would inflate house prices when increased supply was needed.

  • Michael Koziol
John Howard still from the menzies movies.

John Howard says the teal campaigns contain a fundamental lie

John Howard says lodging a protest vote in an attempt to send a message to the Liberal Party in seats contested by teal candidates will only result in a Labor government.

  • Chip Le Grand

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