In the media
Crikey
"When Joe Hockey said this week that if the seat of North Sydney was lost in the election, he would rather it was won by Labor than an independent, he wasn’t joking.
Interviewed on ABC Radio, the former Liberal treasurer said the Liberal Party was “at serious risk” of losing the seat, and added that it was much harder to win a seat back from an independent than the opposing side.
He’s right. The success of Cathy McGowan in Indi shows that when an independent wins they usually hang on to it. Zali Steggall, who rid us of Tony Abbott in 2019, is also on track to keep her seat of Warringah".
By Margot Saville for Crikey. Read the article in full here.
Recent blog posts
North Sydney seat abolition confirmed
October 01, 2024
North Shore Living, 1 October 2024
Local media coverage of the AEC's final decision to abolish the Federal Seat of North Sydney.
Teals lash Labor for coalmines decision
September 26, 2024
The Australian, 26 September 2024
Kylea has described the Albanese Government's approval of three coal mine extensions as “climate and environmental vandalism”. “This decision fails young people, and fails future generations,” she says.
Albanese urged to ditch Howard-era native forest logging exemptions
September 26, 2024
The Guardian, 22 September 2024
Kylea is among a group of independent parliamentarians that has written to PM pushing for environment law reforms to remove exemptions for native forest logging.
The teals stunned the nation in 2022. How have they changed the parliament?
September 26, 2024
Sydney Morning Herald, 21 September 2024
An analysis of how community independent crossbenchers have voted in parliament. Kylea is reported to have "campaigned for a human rights act, on climate change and against bullying in the parliament" so far, and will focus on affordable housing and climate action in the months ahead.
Smeared as agents of chaos, independents are playing an increasingly influential role in Australian politics
September 18, 2024
ABC News, 18 September 2024
ABC's Annabel Crabb analyses the impact that community independents have had in the 47th Parliament of Australia, with one minister acknowledging that the Teals have "stirred up our back bench".
Kylea's last hurrah: Electoral watchdog tweaks boundaries and scraps North Sydney
September 18, 2024
The Weekly Times, 18 September 2024
Local media coverage of the Australian Electoral Commission's boundary redistribution decision and TeamTINK's community gathering.
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