Appearing on Nine’s Today program, Coalition workplace spokeswoman Michaelia Cash says her party will be going after the teals in the election as they “masquerade as teals” but ultimately side with Labor and the Greens.
“There are some of them that are actually more green than the Greens. So the voters were totally duped. And I challenge anybody, in relation to the teals, can you actually know one thing that your local teal member has actually, has actually achieved for you?”
Coalition workplace spokeswoman Michaelia Cash calls the teal independents “more green than the Greens”.Credit: The Sydney Morning Herald
The Coalition today announced a concerted effort in the lead up to the next election to unseat the independents that claimed heartland Liberal seats in 2022.
“A vote for a teal is a vote, ultimately, for an Albanese minority government with the Australian Greens. So for me, it’s very clear at the next election, we’re actually going to go after the teals.”
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Tensions have risen over the week between the Coalition and the crossbench after a number of prominent MPs accused opposition member of misogyny yesterday, as they called for increased powers to the proposed parliamentary watchdog to investigate allegations of poor behaviour.
“This idea that robust debate excuses the behaviour in the chamber is absolute rubbish, and it’s the excuse that’s been used for far too long by far too many MPs that have been in this place for too long to justify poor conduct,” Steggall said on Wednesday.
Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy, who also appeared on Today this morning, said “we saw that the teals came in because the Coalition weren’t listening to [voters]. We saw that they came in because they felt that women weren’t being listened to.”
“We brought in the commission to make sure in terms of parliamentary behaviour, not only just parliamentarians but staff, that there is a much better way of doing business in the parliament.”
