The Coalition has attacked the teals for voting with the Greens in parliament. What does the data show?
by Nick Evershed from World news | The Guardian on (#6WMCR)
Highlighting the simple correlation between voting records of teals and Greens ignores much of the context
- Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverage
- Anywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guide
- Listen to our new narrative podcast series: Gina
- Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast
The Coalition has run a wave of attack ads against the teal independents. Since January it has spent $137,000 on Facebook ads via its teals revealed" page. Elsewhere, billboards in key electorates promote its anti-teal campaign website, and ads are also running on YouTube.
Many ads zero in on the teals' voting record in parliament, and some highlight this News Corp article, headlined Teals ally with radical, extremist' Greens", which cites Parliamentary Library research to claim that seven teal MPs voted with the Greens between 73 and 81 per cent of the time" over a period of more than two years.
Continue reading...