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Liberal member for Wentworth Dave Sharma again under threat from an independent

The marginal Liberal seat of Wentworth in Sydney's east is once again under threat from an independent. And the challenge from Allegra Spender is forcing incumbent Dave Sharma to prove his moderate credentials.

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The Wentworth Project: 'Soft' voters say Spender out-campaigning Sharma but some still weighing decision

The battles in the most high-profile teal seats have become nail-biters, not least because some “soft” voters in these previously safe Liberal heartland electorates are leaving their decisions until very late.

The Conversation

‘The poor bugger belongs to the wrong party’: voters cast early ballots in Wentworth and North Sydney

Locals in two key Sydney seats brave wet weather to cast their votes before 2022 federal election on 21 May. Guardian Australia was there to ask: who and why?

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Sharma warns of teal threat to Liberals

Independent candidate Allegra Spender says she is willing to work with both sides of politics as she vies to oust Wentworth's Liberal MP Dave Sharma.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Dave Sharma, Allegra Spender, and Kerryn Phelps on the contest for Wentworth

In the Wentworth Project, sponsored by the University of Canberra’s Centre for Change Governance and The Conversation, we are tapping into voters’ opinions in this seat, which appears to be on a knife edge.

The Conversation

The Wentworth Project: Allegra Spender's profile rises, but polarises

At the campaign’s halfway point in the highly contested seat of Wentworth, ‘teal’ candidate Allegra Spender has shifted - but polarised - soft voters’ views about her.

The Conversation

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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Who are the 'teal independents'? Your questions answered about the candidates fighting for some of Australia's wealthiest electorates

They've been labelled the "teal independents" — a group of mostly female candidates taking on mostly male Liberal MPs in some of Australia's wealthiest electorates. This is how they could impact the federal election.

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The Wentworth Project: 'Soft' voters dislike Morrison but hesitate about Albanese

“Soft” voters who took part in focus groups in the Sydney seat of Wentworth this week were probably speaking for a vast number of Australians when they vented their disgruntlement with the two leaders who are fighting out this election.

The Conversation

‘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 candidates

The Guardian - AU

The Wentworth Project: polling shows voters prefer Albanese for PM, and put climate issue first in 'teal' battle

In the very marginal Sydney eastern suburbs seat of Wentworth, where the Liberals are being challenged by a high profile “teal” candidate, Scott Morrison is unpopular, Anthony Albanese is preferred PM, and climate change tops issues people say will influence their vote.

The Conversation

Lib MP Dave Sharma Legit Put His Year 12 Grade On A Flyer Cos That’s The Last Time He Did Something

A massive flex from the bloke who has now been accused of copying his opponent’s teal flyer colour.

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‘The LNP are feeling threatened’: the growing ambition of independents challenging Coalition MPs

‘Voices of’ candidates and other independents, in some cases funded by the Climate 200 group, are putting government seats under pressure

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‘I’ve always been on the blue spectrum’: Dave Sharma denies mimicking independent rival’s colour scheme

Climate 200-backed challenger says ‘copying our campaign colours is a great start … now he needs to copy our policies’

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Climate 200's Simon Holmes à Court says 'no strings attached' to campaign funding to challenge Liberals

The man behind campaign funding for several independents contesting high-profile Liberal seats on climate change says the money comes with "no strings attached" and the candidates are free to vote as they please.

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‘It can be done’: how a strong female crossbench could challenge Australian politics

As disillusionment with the Morrison government grows, a new generation of independents is emerging to run against the system itself

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Wentworth shire to get new $30 million hospital

Planning for the new $30 million NSW government-funded Wentworth Health Service Redevelopment in the state's south-west is underway.

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