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Who are teal voters really? Angry Liberals or clever Labor and Greens voters?

Two ANU academics suggest teal voters are mostly Labor and Greens voters voting tactically. Are they right?

Who are ‘teal’ voters really? Angry Liberals or clever Labor and Greens voters?

Two ANU academics suggest teal voters are mostly Labor and Greens voters voting tactically. Are they right?

‘It was vitriolic; it was nasty’: Holmes à Court on News Corp, the Coalition’s PR team

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court speaks to David Hardaker about the teal independents, the Murdoch machine, and the…

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Just how badly did News Corp’s attacks fail? We count the ways

The Murdoch machine was not shy about its feelings towards Simon Holmes à Court and the teal independents…

Kitchen table chat is now heard loud and clear

Independent Dr Sophie Scamps has taken the seat of Mackellar from incumbent Jason Falinski, wresting it after 73 years in…

Albanese, Morrison cast votes in Sydney

The Labor and Liberal leaders have cast their vote in Sydney, in a close-fought election characterised by the rise of…

Confidence high at Spender HQ in Wentworth

Supporters of independent Wentworth challenger Allegra Spender are feeling confident of taking the NSW seat from the Liberals as vote…

Your Say: Crikey readers share their thoughts in the final week of the campaign

The consensus is that Scott Morrison and the Coalition haven’t warmed the cockles. In fact, cold hearts abound.

Michael Pascoe: Housing crisis? Look over there – a puppy!

Neither of the parties that will form government next week wants to confront the nation’s immediate need or offer large-scale…

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Who thinks raiding super is a bad idea? Many senior Liberals, for a start

Howard, Turnbull, Costello, Ley, Ruston, Dutton, Pyne… an entire generation of Liberals thinks using super for housing is a rotten…

‘The temperature is rising in Mackellar… by late afternoon the cops have been called’

Liberal MP Jason Falinski’s camp have alleged two women were harassing a volunteer, whereas a witness says no such conflict…

The teal deal: independents spark greater interest and online engagement than opposing Libs

Independent candidates are vastly outspending their Liberal counterparts when it comes to online advertising.

‘Yes ma’m.’ Mackellar candidates meek as kittens as Geraldine Doogue sets the rules

The ABC broadcaster was not going to allow this forum to deteriorate into a shambles like the leaders debate between…

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Stuart Robert says ‘too late’ to debate Tanya Plibersek on education – as it happened

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Morrison pledges $20m for tourism; Shorten tests positive as 44 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

Scott Morrison announces tourism package in Perth and Anthony Albanese pledges funding for manufacturing jobs in Tasmania

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Mackellar malaise: could an independent GP cause an upset in the Liberals’ beachside bastion?

New polling undertaken for her campaign suggests Sophie Scamps could unseat popular Liberal incumbent Jason Falinski

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From the man ‘with the planet-sized brain’ to the hippest indie on the planet — my, what a choice you have, Mackellar

Less than 20 kilometres separated two election events toting different hues of blue in Sydney’s northern beaches — but attendees…

Too close to call? Mackellar needs a 13% swing, but it’s still going to be close

The northern beaches electorate may look like a millionaires’ playground to outsiders, but its population is surprisingly diverse.

Coalition scrimps on MPs as Climate 200-backed independents outspend them in key seats

Liberal MP labels teal independents’ digital advertising outlay ‘immoral’ as it surpasses party’s candidates by tens of thousands of dollars

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Change of government would present ‘great opportunity’ in fight to free Julian Assange, his father says

John Shipton, father of the WikiLeaks founder, says ‘of course things would change’ if Labor were elected in May

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He’s young, green and Green, everything this election should be about: the future

Ethan Hrnjak is 18, and looks even younger, but he’s smart, passionate and determined to ‘give my generation a voice’.

NSW Liberals should decide whether Katherine Deves is disendorsed, Marise Payne says

Foreign minister says she has made it ‘explicitly clear’ she does not agree with comments made by Warringah candidate

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Welcome to Mackellar, where a sunburnt, flood-ravaged nation will not be looking come election night — or will it?

The Mackellar electorate has been a traditionally safe Liberal seat for more than seven decades. Could that change this election?

‘A different way of doing politics’: Sydney independents reach out to female voters

Across the city, businesswomen disillusioned by male-dominated politics are meeting to throw their support – and money – behind female…

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Michael Pascoe: Federal and NSW Liberal Party delivering for developers

With mud still being hosed out of houses, the NSW Planning Minister scrapped a requirement to consider the risks of…