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Dr Kerryn Phelps briefly held the inner-Sydney seat of Wentworth.

Independents wield the power of balance

The emergence of more and more credible community independent campaigns is a sign that more Australians are actively engaging in the political process.

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Corrie Perkin in Sorrento.

Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle

This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.

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Dr Kerryn Phelps is vying to become lord mayor of the City of Sydney.

Kerryn Phelps’ strange wake-up call to her fellow Australians

The former Wentworth MP appeared to claim that Australian democracy was under threat from sharia in a deleted post on X.

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‘The first time we kissed, the chemistry was unmistakeable’: Kerryn Phelps’ love story

When the former MP got married at 22, she thought it would be forever. But a lasting love affair with Jackie Stricker would come her way many years later.

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Liberal Women’s Council president Jacqui Munro was backed in by the moderate arm of the party on Sunday night to replace ousted MP Peter Poulos.

Stoush breaks out within NSW Liberals over vacated upper house seat

Some members of the NSW Liberal Party are furious the favoured candidate worked for high-profile GP Kerryn Phelps when she was an independent Sydney councillor.

  • Tom Rabe and Lucy Cormack
Dressed for the occasion in military fatigues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on December 21.

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Dr Kerryn Phelps at the intersection of Flinders and Oxford Streets, Darlinghurst, is arguing against Clover Moore's suggestion that all streets in Sydney Council area should be limited to 40km per hour. 28th August 2020 Photo: Janie Barrett

‘Not anti-vaxxers’: Dr Kerryn Phelps says she suffered COVID vaccine injury, calls for more research

The former Australian Medical Association president said she and her wife had long-term symptoms after vaccine shots.

  • Rachel Clun
Damien Hodgkinson and Zali Steggall

The backroom player at the heart of the Zali Steggall donations affair

Damien Hodgkinson, who once harboured his own political ambitions, is now at the centre of a donations furore.

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Allegra Spender is running as an independent candidate for Wentworth.

‘The real reason is the environment’: Allegra Spender to run as Wentworth independent

The daughter of eastern suburbs darling-designer Carla Zampatti and former Liberal MP John Spender, Allegra Spender, seems tailor-made to capture the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Wentworth at the next election.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Simon Holmes à Court: “Every week I speak to someone who has made a major career change or left their career and are focusing on nothing but this climate problem.”

Simon Holmes à Court: ‘If it works, the payoff will be enormous’

The son of Australia’s first billionaire is the face of a growing independents movement some say could herald a tectonic shift in our political landscape.

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