A new political party would give progressive Liberal voters an option

May 25, 2026 — 6:24pm

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The ongoing splintering of the Australian political landscape made it inevitable that teal independents would start thinking of forming a new political party.

It is early days, and having stood as community independents, the teals have much soul-searching before they could emerge as a united new force in federal politics to fill a vacuum once occupied by the Liberal Party.

The 2022 federal election reflected a massive change in voters’ attitudes, with some of the most intense competition not between the two major parties, but between Liberal candidates and small “l” liberal independents of the centre-right.

Since their successful emergence, these teal MPs have kept the spirit of liberalism........

© The Sydney Morning Herald