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Independent MPs launch new Australian centrist political party
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- Supplied Image caption, Allegra Spender (left) and Zali Steggall say their new party will offer 'reason over rage'
- Two independent Australian MPs have banded together to launch a new centrist political party which they say is a response to an increasingly divisive landscape.
- The Community Strong Australia party - launched in Canberra on Thursday - will offer "unity over division and reason over rage", will have no leader and will allow members to vote freely, rather than along party lines.
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Supplied Image caption, Allegra Spender (left) and Zali Steggall say their new party will offer 'reason over rage'
Two independent Australian MPs have banded together to launch a new centrist political party which they say is a response to an increasingly divisive landscape.
The Community Strong Australia party - launched in Canberra on Thursday - will offer "unity over division and reason over rage", will have no leader and will allow members to vote freely, rather than along party lines.
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