Malcolm Turnbull says Australians are ‘voting with their feet’ to support teal independents in election

Former PM tells Washington Harvard Club the rise of the independents could mean the capture' of the Liberal party is thwarted by direct democratic action' in the 2022 federal election

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Disgruntled Liberal voters are voting with their feet" to support the so-called teal independents, because the influence of the party's moderate wing at the federal level was diminished and diminishing", the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said.

Describing the 2022 Australian election campaign in a speech to the Washington Harvard Club, Turnbull said the rise of the independents was the most interesting part of the election" because if more of these teal' independents win, it will mean the capture of the Liberal Party will be thwarted by direct, democratic action from voters. People power, you might say."

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