May 09, 2022

Clive Palmer’s United Australia party will recommend preferencing the Liberals and Nationals ahead of Labor in a swathe of key marginal seats, in a boost to Scott Morrison’s election prospects. Despite Palmer previously promising the party would preference all incumbents last as part of his concerted...

May 08, 2022

When I was 12, Julia Gillard was the Australian prime minister and Barack Obama was the US President. At my young age, I thought that this image of leadership was normal, standard, nothing out of the ordinary.

May 08, 2022

Concerns of a dirty tricks campaign targeting “teal” independents has prompted the Australian Electoral Commission to bring in its electoral integrity assurance taskforce as pre-polling opens on Monday. It is investigating reports of widespread defacing of corflutes and other signage last week that falsely...

May 07, 2022

Saturday 7 May 2022  New poll shows Independent Dr Sophie Scamps could win seat of Mackellar  A new poll of 834 voters in the electorate of Mackellar shows independent Dr Sophie Scamps is in a  strong position to win the Northern Beaches seat at...

May 07, 2022

The Liberal Party is facing a new headache in the previously safe seat of Mackellar, with independent candidate Sophie Scamps releasing a poll showing her neck-and-neck with sitting MP Jason Falinski. The poll, conducted by UComms for the Scamps campaign, showed her polling 31 per cent...

May 07, 2022

Sophie Scamps is hoping dissatisfaction on climate action will help her unseat a popular Liberal incumbent

May 07, 2022

When other independent candidates for federal parliament started to colour their campaigns teal, some of Zali Steggall’s supporters got very protective. They urged her to intervene. It was her colour, after all.

May 06, 2022

Dr Sophie Scamps speaks truth to youth in Mackellar on May 1. If you're voting age, for the Federal Election 2022, and you live in Mackellar (between Dee Why & Palm Beach on the coast & inland to Terrey Hills & Forestville) then you...

May 06, 2022

INDEPENDENTS Zali Steggall and Dr Sophie Scamps have slammed organisers of a "coordinated attack", across the Warringah and Mackellar electorates that aim to connect them to the Greens. Corflute signs have been erected overnight that suggest that Steggall and Scamps are both independents and...

May 06, 2022

The Australian Electoral Commission is investigating a series of doctored posters that have appeared overnight incorrectly showing the names and faces of "teal" independent candidates with the Greens logo.

May 05, 2022

With little over two weeks until the Federal election, The Quicky is continuing with our election series looking at where each of the major parties stand on the issues you highlighted as the most important in our recent Mamamia Votes survey. In this episode, each of the major...