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Smear Campaign Waged Against Australia’s Independent Politicians

The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed a probe into teal independent Monique Ryan’s alleged communist ties. The Kooyong MP claims her work with Chinese-Australians communities opened her campaign to political scrutiny, echoing backlash faced by Peter Dutton for his recent support of wealthy Chinese nationals emigrating to Australia. Ryan has been the subject of intense …

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Swelling support for Independent candidates spills over to regional electorates

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Across the country, support for the two major parties is declining. This showed itself in the 2022 election with a large number of Independent and Teal candidates winning inner city electorates. This election, support is growing for community Independents in regional electorates all over Australia, setting up tight contests in rural NSW and Western Victoria. …

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Gold Coast’s new independent candidate launches campaign

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This weekend, a new independent candidate launched her campaign hoping to win the Gold Coast seat of McPherson, which has been held by LNP’s Karen Andrews for the last 14 years. The process to select Erchana Murray-Bartlett as an independent candidate took more than 9 months, and included a listening report from the local community …

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