Clive Palmer is the biggest single funding source for political donations over two decades,but unions,Liberal foundations also make the top 10.
Is it fair to say that rumours of the death of the teal movement,at least in Victoria,have not been greatly exaggerated?
The NSW government will campaign on its environmental credentials - including its commitment to halve emissions by 2030 - in its attempt to stave off the teal movement,which has announced its first candidate.
Manly local Joeline Hackman has become the first state election candidate to receive endorsement from the teal Climate 200 group.
Fundraising and other barriers may hold back a teal wave at next week’s state poll.
Few were seasoned activists. Others had crossed party lines. The unseen links among the volunteers who helped the ‘teal’ independents get to Canberra.
The largest individual donor to Climate 200 and teal independents is a relatively unknown Bondi entrepreneur,share trading firm founder Rob Keldoulis.
As it stands,public election funding advantages parties over independents and turns no-win races into money spinners.
Teal candidates and any would-be political disruptors in Victoria are facing a $100 million,taxpayer-funded wall which protects those already represented in parliament.
Christopher Pyne’s latest lobbyist from Labor land has quite a colourful political history
The teal movement that swept through leafy electorates is about to hit bookshops.