Community Strong Australia party launches
#BREAKING 🚨 Independent MPs Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have announced the formation of a new political party, which will be called 'Community Strong Australia' No other teal independents have joined, with Monique Ryan and Kate Chaney so far already ruling themselves out
Wendy&Co3Not sure it's a smart move in the long run. Independents can promote policies to the betterment of their communities. Party MPs = constrained by "party" policy. Ppl increasingly want that local voice.
Laki3Will be interesting to see how it goes and if they can still maintain community direction and a party format. LibLab funding deal which advantages parties not pure independents made it necessary imho.
Ashra 🍉2The most centrist name for a party I can imagine
Spoonbill Reducks2Independent MPs CHOOSING to work together in Parliament for the common good carries more moral weight than a political party imposing party discipline upon members and eventually running candidates against its former allies. A huge mistake.
Ben Eltham53I don’t know if “Community Strong” is really it
rimidar 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️7Surely there could be no unfortunate associations with a political association abbreviated to CSA
Random Sarah3Terrible idea. I'd prefer to vote for a good independent over a party member any day. Parties always lead to party politics becoming more important than the people they are meant to represent - no matter their good intentions to start with. #auspol
Stonecold Steve Baker — Afternoon nap advocate2Allegra Spender is opposed to CGT reform. CSA will be a political flotation device for the kinds of Liberal voters who keep a record of how many times they’ve donated blood, nominate themselves for an Order of Australia medal, shop at Gazman and insist on doing the fruit and veg shop at Toscanos.
Anthony Zougras2I already thought combining a bunch of MPs whose entire appeal was being "Independent" wasn't a smart idea, this name just confirms that for me. Very corporate, very uninspired. #auspol
Party registration news: Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have filed paperwork to form Community Strong Australia. No other MPs have joined yet but Scamps and Boele are considering. archive.md/XBgFf
André Brett32Me: the teals already function as a quasi-party so they might as well form one and get the benefits of being an actual party Teals: two of us have formed a party with a name nobody could possibly like Me: …not like that
Guntiiiii2The Teal Party is finally here! (Well, almost)
