Liberals “unplugged” from party’s campaign to overcome teal threat
Swept into parliament on a wave of voter enthusiasm,the teals have had to reckon with Labor’s majority. What have they achieved so far?
“Having the government negotiating with the forestry industry on logging is akin to it negotiating with the tobacco industry on health,” MP Sophie Scamps said.
The former prime minister played a central role in his own downfall. Here is how his government unravelled.
Few were seasoned activists. Others had crossed party lines. The unseen links among the volunteers who helped the ‘teal’ independents get to Canberra.
Donation data shows the Wentworth MP spent more than $2 million on her campaign to win the blue-ribbon seat,with Monique Ryan close behind in Kooyong.
The candidates in the state seat of Hawthorn on Wednesday night made their pitches to hundreds of voters on what they would do to tackle climate change if elected.
In May’s federal poll for this area,the Greens’ vote fell by 15 percentage points. The party’s young cycle-riding candidate hopes he can avoid a similar fate.
Labor enjoyed a shock win in Hawthorn at the 2018 election for the first time in 63 years. But now a “teal” candidate wants to take the seat.
Recent Treasury data showed long COVID cost the economy 3 million working days in the first half of this year.
After the many assessments of what the Albanese Government achieved in its first 100 days,this week I interviewed Dr Monique Ryan for her own assessment of what she and the new force in Australian politics,the Teals,have achieved in that time.