An increasing number of independents have ruled out forming a teal political party to give voters an alternative to Labor and the coalition, insisting they answer only to their communities.
Independent MP Zali Steggall, who holds former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott's old seat of Warringah in Sydney, confirmed the group was discussing how to be more effective in parliament as Australia entered a time of "political flux".
"It is beholden on me ... as a community independent to take responsibility and look at what are the options and how do we evolve ... there has to be an alternative choice from the major parties and One Nation," she told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
It comes in response to an analysis published by RedBridge Group and Accent showing One Nation could become the federal opposition if an election were held today.
