Allegra Spender
Teal MP Allegra Spender threatens to sue challenger over ‘disgraceful accusation’
Liberal candidate Ro Knox alleged Spender’s team had covered up a poster supporting Israeli hostages with a campaign sign, which Spender denied with evidence. Knox has since doubled down.
- Natassia Chrysanthos, Olivia Ireland and Matthew Knott
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Spender campaign volunteer Ian speaks about placing the poster
Ian says that he did not put it on top of any other sign.
- Opinion
- Letters
Cometh the election hour, cometh the teals
While Labor and the Coalition are busy mud-slinging and one-upping each other, independent candidates and their volunteers are hard at work on the doorstep.
The truth behind Tim Wilson’s MAGA wardrobe malfunction
To complicate matters, there is a line of merchandise proving popular online which could be called “Aussie MAGA – Make Albo Go Away”.
- Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Calum Jaspan
‘Stop it at its source’: Hate-speech laws back on table after unanimous vote
Parliament will be asked to toughen laws against hate speech this week after a unanimous vote to condemn antisemitism.
- David Crowe
- Exclusive
- Antisemitism
Last-ditch push to beef up hate speech laws in wake of antisemitic attacks
Independent MP Allegra Spender is pushing to restore bans on vilification to hate speech legislation to be discussed in parliament this week.
- David Crowe
Monique Ryan and Allegra Spender spend more than $150,000 on Google and Meta ads
In the last three months, the major parties, lobby groups and unions have also spent hundreds of thousands on social media in a bid to reach voters online.
- Olivia Ireland
- Opinion
- Australia votes
Young men are drifting to Dutton. Will their mothers vote with them?
When young women supported the teals at the last federal election, some of their former Liberal-voting fathers swung behind them. Might mothers follow their sons’ lead this time?
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
‘Straight from the Trump playbook’: Dutton flags cultural diversity jobs are in the firing line
The opposition leader says such programs and positions “do nothing to improve the lives of everyday Australians”.
- Olivia Ireland
Coalition frontbencher says voters conned into backing independents
Opposition communications spokesman Paul Fletcher, facing a battle against an independent at the next election, says teals had duped traditional Coalition supporters.
- Shane Wright
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