Legalise Cannabis and independents buoyed by NSW election result despite no teal wave Several would-be crossbenchers remain in the hunt as vote counting resumes on Monday The Guardian - AU · Mar 26, 2023
Teal wave can't live up to hype but NSW indi MPs grow The Liberal Party has conceded formerly ultra-safe Wakehurst to the local mayor as another independent councillor remains hopeful in her fight south of Sydney. AAP · Mar 26, 2023
Independents put Liberals on a knife-edge in NSW election, but no 'teal' wave The teal independent wave that crashed the federal election has not yet materialised in New South Wales, with no Climate 200 candidates so-far elected. But several other independents have been voted in. ABC News · Mar 25, 2023
NSW Liberals accuse Climate 200 and teal independent of misleading voters on election corflutes Party launches challenge one day before poll over signs in Manly that tell voters they risked ‘wasting’ their vote The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2023
Teals and independents are fighting hard to win seats in NSW parliament. Have they done enough? Three-horse races and optional preferential voting making calling seats ahead of Saturday’s state election a risky wager The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2023
Election sign row triggers teal push to make preferential voting compulsory in NSW Independents accuse Liberals of attempting to ‘deceive’ voters after signs that say ‘you can just vote one’ appear in contested seat The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2023
Climate 200 accused of ‘push polling’ in key Sydney seat ahead of NSW election Exclusive: fundraising group defends telephone polling after complaint by NSW Liberal party director The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2023
Can Dominic Perrottet hold off Labor wave sweeping nation to continue Coalition's 12-year reign in NSW? A Dominic Perrottet win on March 25 would not only continue the Coalition's 12-year reign in New South Wales but also stem the Labor tide sweeping across Australia. ABC News · Mar 11, 2023
Judge says Sally Rugg returning to work for Monique Ryan may be ‘simply unworkable’ Ryan cited Rugg’s decision to travel by aeroplane while she had Covid as a reason for losing trust and confidence in her The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2023
Horses, housing and LGBTQ+ rights: would-be NSW kingmakers outline demands With a hung state parliament a real possibility, independents are listing the issues they want addressed to guarantee their support The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2023
Ballots are yet to open in the NSW election but have the teals already won? Independent challengers spruik their influence on government policy as a sign of the benefits they bring The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2023
Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn't win Nine months after the 2022 federal election, voters finally get a look at how much the parties spent and who funded their campaigns. The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023
Clive Palmer’s mining company pumped $116m into UAP at 2022 election, helping it outspend major parties Revelation likely to add to transparency stakeholders calls’ for caps on political donations The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2023
Clive Palmer's mining company tops political donations list with $116 million last financial year Mineralogy was the single biggest political donor last financial year, pouring $116 million into Queensland businessman Clive Palmer's United Australia Party. Both Labor and the Liberals each received more than $100 million in donations. ABC News · Feb 1, 2023
The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022 Networks and money: the inside story of how the teals won Australia's six richest electorates For many voters despairing about the gridlock and lack of integrity in Australian politics in recent years, the success of the teal independents in the May 2022 federal election was an exhilarating moment. They won six formerly safe Liberal seats, returned four independents - Zali Steggall in Warringah, Helen Haines…
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2022 ‘Teal wave’ turns out to be barely a ripple as number of Victorian independents goes backwards Of four state election candidates backed by Climate 200, two remain in contention – but both trail Liberals
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2022 BoM update suggests big wet to continue as La Niña lingers – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2022 Morning Mail: Java quake kills at least 162, Climate 200 looks at NSW teals, Iran footballers silent protest In today’s newsletter: Indonesia is counting the cost of a magnitude-5.6 earthquake, Simon Holmes à Court signals support for independents in New South Wales election
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2022 Simon Holmes à Court considers supporting up to 10 teals to shake up NSW election Climate 200 is looking at ‘seven to 10’ seats in the state and has had discussions with groups in ‘most’ of them
The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2022 Liberal claims of Victorian teals acting as a ‘party’ dismissed as ‘vexatious’ by Climate 200 Two independent candidates say the complaint to the state’s electoral commission is ‘unfounded’
The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2022 In the battle for Melbourne’s Bayside, can fired-up independents snatch seats? Razor-thin margins put Brighton, Caulfield and Sandringham within striking distance this Victorian election – but the major parties remain quietly confident
The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2022 Australia’s progressive forces show signs of fracturing – and a test on free and fair elections looms I suspect Australians don’t want to be spectators in an electoral arms race where wealthy individuals exercise oversized influence in our democracy
The New Daily · Nov 7, 2022 Six independent MPs raised $10 million to get seats in federal parliament Six 'teal' independent candidates raised $10.2 million to help them secure seats in the federal parliament.
ABC News · Nov 7, 2022 Climate 200 made nearly $6 million in political donations to teal independents ahead of federal election Election disclosures detail the millions of dollars raised and spent by the teal independents to defeat high-profile Liberal MPs in blue-ribbon seats at the May federal election.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2022 Winning teal independents backed by $10.2m in political donations AEC disclosures reveal Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar was the biggest Climate 200 donor, giving $1.5m, followed by Mike Cannon-Brookes