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- Candidates must be nominated by a political party or by at least 100 electors of the electorate to be contested. However, a sitting member who was elected as an independent needs nomination by only one elector, if they wish to stand again for the same seat. On nomination candidates pay a deposit of $2,000.
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Jul 5, 2023 · As of June 2023, there are 11 Independents in the House of Representatives. Like any other Member of Parliament, Independents speak and vote on behalf of their constituents. They can debate and vote on bills, give speeches, work on committees, and more. Independents may also introduce bills.
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The “teals”, Holmes à Court explains, was a term that emerged in the media in the weeks leading up to the election, because the phrase “community independent” was too unwieldy. Fair enough, but the shorthand gives a false impression of homogeneity, and downplays the fact that each candidate arose from separate grassroots community groups, all fed u...
Mostly, the candidates themselves did not drive their grassroots campaigns, but were actually selected by them. I was surprised how intentional this selection was. In 2018, for example, a marketing company inspired by the “Vote Tony Out” group in Warringah came up with a list of characteristics for a successful candidate in that electorate. Turner ...
The prominent role of Simon Holmes à Courtand his organisation Climate 200 associates these community candidates with great wealth. He is, after all, the son of Australia’s first billionaire (although, as he quips in The Big Teal, this media tagline ignores the great influence of his mother, the extraordinary Janet Holmes à Court). Clearly, the ear...
Holmes à Court’s The Big Teal makes it clear from the first line that he “wasn’t there at the beginning”. The slim, readable book is a compelling account of how he became integral to the 2022 election, and indeed, the campaign’s public face. It is a personal account, reflecting on his parents, his traumatic years at Geelong Grammar, and first foray...
Federally, it is unlikely the Coalition will win back the seats it lost to the teals. Several more electorates, held by both major parties, might fall next time around, further expanding the crossbench. It is not unthinkable that hung parliaments could become the norm, with independents from the left and right of politics. The challenge for communi...
May 23, 2022 · Sophie Scamps is a Sydney doctor and one of the several so-called "teal independents" who will be elected. She lists climate, integrity, health and the economy as among her key policies.
- Nicholas Mcelroy
Australia is unusual in electing independents at all, let alone in large numbers. There are more independents elected to the Australian House of Representatives than elected to the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand Parliaments put together.
May 19, 2022 · Sydney, Australia – With Australia’s 2022 federal election just days away, attention is focused on independent candidates standing in constituencies across the country who could emerge as key...
- Zoe Osborne
May 17, 2022 · Labor holds 68, and the seven other seats are held by minor parties and independents. In the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, the Coalition has 35 seats and Labor has 26. Forty Senate seats...
Dec 29, 2023 · The article draws empirical insights from extensive qualitative research into Australia’s Community Independents Movement, which reveals a place-based, locally led political movement pursuing democratic change to improve local representation in national politics.
