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Simon Holmes à Court on Climate 200, donation reforms and why Kerry Stokes wields more power than he does

Labor’s electoral reforms are framed around diluting the influence of Simon Holmes à Court. But the Climate 200 founder says this will only cut the legs out from under independent challengers.

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Backflip on international student caps ‘baffling’, MP says – as it happened

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Labor and Liberals will get double their public funding if ‘biased’ electoral rules are passed, Climate 200 says

ALP denies reforms rushed into parliament are designed to target Simon Holmes à Court and Clive Palmer

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Liberals pick management consultant Simon Kennedy for Cook byelection

The party misses the chance to have a female candidate in the safe seat vacated by former prime minister Scott Morrison

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Daniel Andrews calls Victoria’s election funding laws ‘perfectly fair’ amid Climate 200 criticism

Simon Holmes à Court says the laws make it ‘nearly impossible’ for independents to successfully campaign

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Networks and money: the inside story of how the teals won Australia's six richest electorates

For many voters despairing about the gridlock and lack of integrity in Australian politics in recent years, the success of the teal independents in the May 2022 federal election was an exhilarating moment. They won six formerly safe Liberal seats, returned four independents - Zali Steggall in Warringah, Helen Haines…

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Simon Holmes à Court considers supporting up to 10 teals to shake up NSW election

Climate 200 is looking at ‘seven to 10’ seats in the state and has had discussions with groups in ‘most’ of them

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‘The Big Teal’ exposes the pettiness of politics but not how the teals changed that

More biography than behind-the-scenes, Simon Holmes à Court’s new book outlines how he bankrolled independents in a historic election.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Holmes à Court on 'community independents' and two state elections

Simon Holmes à Court and his Climate 200, the body that provided funding for “teal” and some other independent candidates who promoted action on climate change, integrity and women’s issues, had great success at the federal election. But will community candidates become a big force in November’s Victorian poll and…

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‘It was vitriolic; it was nasty’: Holmes à Court on News Corp, the Coalition’s PR team

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court speaks to David Hardaker about the teal independents, the Murdoch machine, and the state of Australian democracy.

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Just how badly did News Corp’s attacks fail? We count the ways

The Murdoch machine was not shy about its feelings towards Simon Holmes à Court and the teal independents…

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Dark money in Australian politics — an open letter to candidates supported by Climate 200

When former Liberal Party treasurer and shrewd political fundraiser Michael Yabsley says big money in politics shreds integrity, it’s a jarring warning from the poacher turned gamekeeper.

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Factcheck: is it fair to label candidates challenging Liberal moderates ‘fake independents’?

Many of the candidates vying for Liberal heartland seats share policy ideas and funding sources. But does that mean they aren’t truly independent?

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Who are the 'teal independents'? Your questions answered about the candidates fighting for some of Australia's wealthiest electorates

They've been labelled the "teal independents" — a group of mostly female candidates taking on mostly male Liberal MPs in some of Australia's wealthiest electorates. This is how they could impact the federal election.

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Does Labor plan to force the top 200 energy users and producers to cut emissions by 25%?

Angus Taylor claims that to be the opposition’s aim but Chris Bowen says it’s a target ‘more than two-thirds of the companies already have’

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Independents v the media: somehow it’s always about the men

A disparate group of female independent candidates have emerged to challenge political business-as-usual. But the coverage is about men and political parties.

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Climate 200's Simon Holmes à Court says 'no strings attached' to campaign funding to challenge Liberals

The man behind campaign funding for several independents contesting high-profile Liberal seats on climate change says the money comes with "no strings attached" and the candidates are free to vote as they please.

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Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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