Liberal Party Launches Campaign Against ‘Teal’ Independents Ahead of Next Election

The federal Liberal Party has launched a new campaign against the “teal” movement ahead of the upcoming federal election, expected to be called early next year. The campaign, dubbed “Teals Revealed,” aims to inform voters of the risks of a possible future Labor-Greens-teal minority government saying the independents have voted in line with the centre-left. Since the last election, eight former Liberal Party electorates were won by teal independents in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, promising greater action on climate change. An advertisement released on YouTube as part of the campaign warns that the independents have “voted most often with the Greens (72 percent of the time), followed by Labor (61 percent),” compared to just 39 percent with the Liberal Party....