Teal independents

Australian politics will never be the same after the stunning success of teal candidates at the 2022 federal election.

From the beginnings of Cathy McGowan’s victory in Indi in 2013, we now have an established model for community-backed candidates to win seats in parliament. The Australian political system is well and truly on notice. It might well be argued that Deves had a similarly adverse effect on the campaigns in other long-held Liberal seats on the North Shore and surrounds, such as Mackellar and Bennelong. The precise nature of their role and power will be determined when we know if Labor will rule in a majority or minority. Where will be party’s base lie in the future? So we will need to watch some of these seats in coming days before the results are confirmed.

Four independents are set to claim lower house seats as federal election polling continues, but Treasurer Josh Frydenburg is refusing to concede.

"They have one purpose and that's to remove small-l Liberal members from the party room and to make the Liberal Party more right-wing and therefore unelectable," he told Seven News. "The community is frustrated, the major parties and the two-party system is broken," she told Sky News. "The real thing to watch ... is how many seats come down to a two-horse race between the independent candidate and the incumbent," he told Sky News. "It's failing to address the really big issues that communities want to see movement on, from integrity to respect for women to climate change policies, and the communities are speaking, they're looking for alternatives." "People are desperate for urgent action on climate change, they're desperate for a federal integrity commission which the government has been running away from, and they're desperate for health and mental health care and equity." "It's such an exciting time and it's a historical moment for all of us here in Mackellar," she told Sky News.

Teal independents campaigning on a ticket of action on climate change and the introduction of a federal int...

5. MACKELLAR (NSW) - Once considered to be a very safe Liberal seat held by Jason Falinski since 2016. North Sydney has been projected as a win for teal independent Zoe Daniel. A total of 44.97 per cent of votes have been counted. A total of 34.52 per cent of votes have been counted. "This was a deliberate decision. A total of 40.42 per cent of votes have been counted.

A cratering of the Liberal primary vote in inner-city seats will deliver wins to up to six teal candidates. The Greens look on track to pick up two Brisbane ...

Dr Ryan was ahead 55 to 45 after preferences, with 40 of 45 booths returned and a swing of 6 per cent against Mr Frydenberg. In Perth management consultant Kate Chaney was ahead on preferences 52 to 48 per cent with 33 of 46 booths counted. “This is not pushing the Coalition to the right. She looked likely to defeat Liberal MP Dave Sharma who suffered an 8 per cent swing against him. Sign up to our Election Brief newsletter. Connect with Jessica on