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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 15907 Melbourne Gender:	Teals form a party Jun 25^th, 2026 at 1:52pm A party of two.* Independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender will form a new political party, Community Strong Australia , hoping to gain a spot in the Senate. * Needs to be at least 5 to gain official party status.
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Re: Teals form a party
Reply #1 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 2:15pm

Captain Nemo wrote on Jun 25^th, 2026 at 1:52pm:

A party of two.*

https://i.imgur.com/5qK5NFc.jpeg

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Independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender will form a new political party, Community Strong Australia
, hoping to gain a spot in the Senate.

* Needs to be at least 5 to gain official party status. Wink

Five?

I thought you only needed one?

https://theconversation.com/teals-steggall-and-spender-launch-new-community-stro...

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Reply #2 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 2:27pm

To be recognized as a "minority party" and receive parliamentary resourcing/benefits, a party must not be part of the Government or Opposition and hold at least 5 members in the Parliament.

Other registered parties (e.g., Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Jacqui Lambie Network, Katter's Australian Party) and unaligned independents do not meet the 5-member threshold for official minority party status. They sit on the "crossbench" in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Reply #3 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 2:48pm

Captain Nemo wrote on Jun 25^th, 2026 at 2:27pm:

To be recognized as a "minority party" and receive parliamentary resourcing/benefits, a party must not be part of the Government or Opposition and hold at least 5 members in the Parliament.

Other registered parties (e.g., Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Jacqui Lambie Network, Katter's Australian Party) and unaligned independents do not meet the 5-member threshold for official minority party status. They sit on the "crossbench" in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Hmmm

In Australia, Section 123 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act (CEA) 1918 defines the criteria for the official registration of political parties.

To be considered an "eligible political party" and secure a spot on ballot papers, a party must:

Be a Parliamentary party (have at least one sitting member in the Federal Parliament), OR

Have at least 500 unique members who are on the electoral roll, AND

Be established with a written constitution that outlines the party's aims.

Anyway, I don't think it will go far.

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Re: Teals form a party
Reply #4 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 3:13pm

Yeah, we are talking two different views of a political party here.

You can be a political party with less than 5 members in parliament for sure. I wasn't clear in my opening post that I was on about official parliamentary party status for "benefits" because two members do not qualify.

Anyhoo ... I reckon they could be swept away by the Orange Wave next election.

We'll see.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21140 Gender:	Re: Teals form a party Reply #5 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 3:17pm I guess it is better than the "What about Me" party.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 154001 Gender:	Re: Teals form a party Reply #6 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 3:35pm
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53256 At my desk.	Re: Teals form a party Reply #7 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 5:29pm Sounds like a terrible name to me.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 154001 Gender:	Re: Teals form a party Reply #8 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 5:35pm freediver wrote on Jun 25^th, 2026 at 5:29pm: Sounds like a terrible name to me. Agreed. And the acronym is CSA - something more original would have been better. Central Sleep Apnea Civil Service Association Christian Schools Australia Child Support Agency Community Service Announcement
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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3398 Gender:	Re: Teals form a party Reply #9 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 8:39pm I remember the teals? I thought you needed more than two to form a party? Isn’t two just a couple? Doesn’t some billionaire own them?
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 59113 Gender:	Re: Teals form a party Reply #10 - Jun 25^th, 2026 at 9:00pm Daves2017 wrote on Jun 25^th, 2026 at 8:39pm: I remember the teals? I thought you needed more than two to form a party? Isn’t two just a couple? Doesn’t some billionaire own them? Simon Holmes A Court. A South African billionnaire. Family fled the bleks.... Some community strength....
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