Teals eye party structure to fill Liberal vacuum and counter One Nation
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- Independent MPs at the 2025 Midwinter Ball in Canberra: (L-R) Zali Steggall, Kate Chaney, Monique Ryan, Sophie Scamps, Nicolette Boele and Allegra Spender.
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- But four years on, at least some community independents are genuinely considering forming such an alliance in a move that would further reshape Australia’s rapidly shifting political landscape.
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Independent MPs at the 2025 Midwinter Ball in Canberra: (L-R) Zali Steggall, Kate Chaney, Monique Ryan, Sophie Scamps, Nicolette Boele and Allegra Spender. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPView image in fullscreen Independent MPs at the 2025 Midwinter Ball in Canberra: (L-R) Zali Steggall, Kate Chaney, Monique Ryan, Sophie Scamps, Nicolette Boele and Allegra Spender. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPIndependents Analysis Teals eye party structure to fill Liberal vacuum and counter One Nation Dan Jervis-Bardy Changes to political funding and the need for crossbenchers to remain relevant are driving discussions but some independents are opposed
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It is a tag that has been unfairly – and incorrectly – attached to the band of teal MPs since their arrival en-masse in federal parliament in 2022, a slur deployed by their political opponents in an attempt to undermine their independence.