The evidence is in that the Teals are a political Party and that a vote for a Teal Party candidate will help Daniel Andrews.
Exhibit 1
In his booklet The Big Teal, Simon Holmes à Court, spelled out the result of voting Teal in the Federal Election.
“Although it was never the intention, and Labor might never acknowledge it, by forcing the coalition to fight on two fronts – climate denial in some areas, net zero by 2050 in others – and doubling the number of battleground seats, the independents assisted Anthony Albanese to a majority”.
Exhibit 2
Brent Hodgson who is running the Teal Party Candidate for Hawthorn, Melissa Lowe, in a lengthy post on her Facebook page on October 4 explained the Teal/ALP strategy.
“Labor doesn’t expect (or plan) to hold Hawthorn. And their strategy demonstrates this.
Which is why they’re (quietly) thankful ‘teal independents’ are running. They will never say it publicly. But they are rubbing their hands with glee at the efficiency at which the ‘teal independents’ are taking out Liberals like Frydenberg and Pesutto.”
Exhibit 3
In an early post Mr Hodgson on July 19, 2022 he is even more blunt about the ALP/Teal strategy.
“Why not redirect those (campaign) resources into other easier-to-save, cheaper-to-save – where you STILL help maintain Dan Andrews’ majority in Parliament.
After all, to a Labor strategist, Hawthorn is just one more number in Parliament.
And not a strong number either.”
Exhibit 4
There is the Labor aligned Community Engagement Ltd robo push poll into Hawthorn that promotes Melissa and the issues she is campaigning on while attempting to negatively portray Liberal Candidate, John Pesutto.
Labor uses Community Engagement Ltd as a front organisation to conduct underhand campaign polls and activities they want to distance themselves from.
It used Community Engagement Ltd last month to push an unsigned and unauthorised propaganda letter to households offering a bribe to fill in a fake survey designed to flatter Daniel Andrews while attacking Matt Guy in an effort to influence votes.
Now the same firm is push polling in Hawthorn.
Exhibit 5
As for the Teals being a Party, their candidate for Mornington, Kate Lardner, has belled the cat on that telling the ABC that the Teal Party is a movement.
“The movement is exactly that: it’s a movement. So, it’s people with aligned values, striving to achieve a shared vision,” Dr Lardner said.
As Ms Lardner admits Teal Party candidates have aligned values and a shared vision which is no different to candidates from any political party be it Liberal, Labor or any other party.
Exhibit 6
Further proof lies in the Zoom seminar conducted last week for Teal Party candidates attended by candidate teams from Mornington, Kew, Hawthorn and Benambra on how to advance their campaigns.
Exhibit 7
On top of all that, the Teal Party candidates receive campaign support from Climate 200, but only of if they align with Climate 200’s policies.
Exhibit 8
Then there is Rob Baillieu who describes himself as Chief of Staff to Sophie Torney or as Senior Adviser to Melissa Lowe in form direct mail letters to Kew and Hawthorn – the activity of an organised central campaign trying to disguise its reality.
The veil has been lifted.
A vote for a Teal Party candidate will help re-elect Daniel Andrews.
