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

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.

  • byBrook Turner

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

‘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.

  • byMichael Koziol
Inside the teal wave:How the independent revolution happened

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.

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

‘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.

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

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.

  • byMichael Koziol
Spender rejects Coalition’s super for housing policy

Spender rejects Coalition’s super for housing policy

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

  • byMichael Koziol
John Howard says the teal campaigns contain a fundamental lie

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.

  • byChip Le Grand
A secret party? Immoral? Explaining who the ‘teal’ independents really are

A secret party? Immoral? Explaining who the ‘teal’ independents really are

Malcolm Turnbull’s suggestion that frustrated moderate Liberal voters consider voting independent has ramped up anxiety in government ranks over a new and different threat.

  • byRoyce Millar