The Saturday Paper

Lessons from the teal seats

The phrase was coined by a volunteer for Sophie Scamps in Mackellar, but it was just as fitting in Kooyong or Goldstein or anywhere else that people were experiencing the optimism and satisfaction of engaging for the first time in a political campaign. The phrase was “active hope”. By 7.30 on election night, 1200 locals dressed in teal T-shirts had already assembled at the
May 28, 2022 • Simon Holmes à Court
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