Climate 200 has given $40,000 each to teal candidates in the Liberal-held seats of Kew and Hawthorn,taking advantage of the gaping hole in campaign finance laws.
The Climate 200-backed independent has drawn unlikely political allies during her campaign in Farrer,posing an enormous challenge to the Coalition especially.
Australians don’t care about ideology. They want solutions that will work. I have a plan.
Pauline Hanson’s man in Farrer voiced support for independent Michelle Milthorpe at the last election. He didn’t stop there.
“I think that the political system is not working,” Shima Ibuki said of her plan to run as a teal independent in a key inner-city Melbourne electorate.
Pauline Hanson’s chief adviser criticised the Coalition for preferencing minor parties before One Nation in the Farrer byelection,but the Nationals leader dismissed the complaint.
Former Boroondara mayor Sophie Torney will challenge Jess Wilson in Kew in November,in a high-stakes battle that could be a distraction for the Liberal leader.
From gambling harm to financial abuse,the government has failed to respond to 169 Senate reports on time. The opposition and independents are forcing the issue.
A new centrist party wouldn’t have to do much to win my vote – a good start would be recruiting people who aren’t in bed with big business or corrupt unions.
Like many Australians,dairy farmer Nick Flanagan finds his WhatsApp group chat is a good barometer of what people are thinking about politics. Its contents will worry the Coalition.