Tony Abbott and Sophie Mirabella at the Spirit of Anzac launch in, Wodonga where local media accused them of “schoolyard politics”. Photo: Wayne Jansson

There’s two independents taking on former Prime Minister, Tony Abbott in his Sydney seat of Warringah.
Abbott is widely seen as the leader of the Liberal Party far right and community lobby group GetUp! is strongly campaigning in the electorate.
Standing as independents are former Olympic and World Champion skier, Zali Steggall (@zalisteggall) and former television executive producer, Susan Moylan Coombs (@smoylancoombs).
The Good Weekend recently reported when asked what annoyed them about, Abbott the 2013 scandal when he was forced to repay $9,400 he charged taxpayers promoting his book, Battlelines (#BattleRort) was still high on voters the list.

11.6{17ac88c265afb328fa89088ab635a2a63864fdefdd7caa0964376053e8ea14b3} margin vs GRN
Area: 68 sq km
Location: Lower North Shore & Northern Beaches Sydney
Australian Electoral Commission seat profile
Division of Hume on Wikipedia
Zali Steggall: website
Susan Moylan Coombs: website

Helen Haines introduces Cheaper Home Batteries Bill seconded by Zali Steggall #IndependentsDay

Just now, I tabled the Cheaper Home Battery Bill 2022 in the Parliament. This is a Bill that will lower power bills, boost energy security in the regions, and drive a faster and smoother transition to renewables. Here are the details ⬇️— Helen Haines MP (@helenhainesindi) February 13, 2022 Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Cheaper Home […]

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SERIES: The wave of our lives #WinningOfWarringah part 7

SERIES: Not happy Tony #WinningOfWarringah part 1 Abbott budget turns bee into buzz saw #WinningOfWarringah part 2 The people become a political force #WinningOfWarringah part 3 Voices of Warringah is born #WinningOfWarringah part 4 The gathering of the tribes #WinningOfWarringah part 5 Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6 SUDDENLY, TONY ABBOTT opens […]

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SERIES: Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6

SERIES: Next thing, Jane Caro, buoyed by all the activity in Warringah, tweets that she will consider running in Warringah. Once again, a huge amount of media attention is brought to the electorate. I enlisted Jane months ago to do a gig with Voices of Warringah (VOW), and it is now only a couple of […]

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SERIES: The gathering of the tribes #WinningOfWarringah part 5

SERIES: Not happy Tony #WinningOfWarringah part 1 Abbott budget turns bee into buzz saw #WinningOfWarringah part 2 The people become a political force #WinningOfWarringah part 3 Voices of Warringah is born #WinningOfWarringah part 4 SERIES: Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6 SERIES: The wave of our lives #WinningOfWarringah part 7 SOME OF […]

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SERIES: Voices of Warringah is born #WinningOfWarringah part 4

SERIES: Not happy Tony #WinningOfWarringah part 1 Abbott budget turns bee into buzz saw #WinningOfWarringah part 2 The people become a political force #WinningOfWarringah part 3 The gathering of the tribes #WinningOfWarringah part 5 SERIES: Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6 SERIES: The wave of our lives #WinningOfWarringah part 7 PREMIER MIKE […]

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SERIES: The people become a political force #WinningOfWarringah part 3

SERIES: Not happy Tony #WinningOfWarringah part 1 Abbott budget turns bee into buzz saw #WinningOfWarringah part 2 Voices of Warringah is born #WinningOfWarringah part 4 The gathering of the tribes #WinningOfWarringah part 5 SERIES: Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6 SERIES: The wave of our lives #WinningOfWarringah part 7 NEITHER JAMES MATHISON […]

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SERIES: Abbott budget turns bee into buzz saw #WinningOfWarringah part 2

SERIES: Not happy Tony #WinningOfWarringah part 1 The people become a political force #WinningOfWarringah part 3 Voices of Warringah is born #WinningOfWarringah part 4 The gathering of the tribes #WinningOfWarringah part 5 SERIES: Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6 SERIES: The wave of our lives #WinningOfWarringah part 7 IN THE FIRST week […]

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SERIES: Not happy Tony #WinningOfWarringah part 1

SERIES: Abbott budget turns bee into buzz saw #WinningOfWarringah part 2 The people become a political force #WinningOfWarringah part 3 Voices of Warringah is born #WinningOfWarringah part 4 The gathering of the tribes #WinningOfWarringah part 5 SERIES: Team Zali grows from the grassroots #WinningOfWarringah part 6 SERIES: The wave of our lives #WinningOfWarringah part 7 […]

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Woulda, coulda, but didn’t: walking the #ClimateAction talk

COMMENT: Before jetting off to Glasgow via Rome, Scott Morrison was in full ‘fatherhood’ mode. As prime minister he pledged to shield the nation from the nasty side effects of committing to net zero emissions; and the cherry on top is that we’ll benefit from all the economic opportunities on offer. Maybe we’re even front […]

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Steggall says ‘no alternative’: indies must stand up for sensible centre

Women are at the forefront of the ‘Voices for’ movement in safe Liberal seats because the Liberal Party’s pre-selection process is “absolutely patriarchal in nature” according to the independent MP for Warringah, Zali Steggall. A closed-door preselection policy designed to maintain the status quo to keep women out, is how Steggall described the process in […]

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Transcript of #TransitZone podcast interview with Zali Steggall on THURSDAY, 2 September 2021 lightly edited for clarity.

PETER CLARKE: As we record another #transitzone podcast our two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, are still in lockdown, with rapidly rising locally acquired COVID Delta cases. Victorian new cases today are up sharply, and, in New South Wales, still well over 1000 cases each day. The intensely infectious Delta variant has pitched us, and […]

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The Man Who Walked into Parliament with a Lump of Coal: Zali Steggall in conversation with #transitzone

Another podcast in the continuing #transitzone side-bar series on grassroots democracy in Australia and the emerging and evolving “Voices for” independents movements gearing up for the looming federal election. Margo Kingston and Peter Clarke in conversation with Zali Steggall, the federal independent member for Warringah in Sydney, a “safe” Liberal seat until Steggall ousted the […]

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Fight the #ClimateEmergency and you might even win #ausvotes: @jansant comments on #ClimateElection

What if there was a climate emergency and the major party’s didn’t turn up? If you listen to many in mainstream media – what climate election? But they’re dead wrong. The Coalition and Labor Party failed to turn up – others didn’t and won victories or made strong inroads into the Coalition primary vote – […]

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Zali Steggall on disrupting the status quo: @margokingston1 #WarringahVotes #podcast

In the last few days of the campaign, Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) catches up with Zali Steggall (@zalisteggall) the Independent taking on the seat of Warringah currently held by former prime minister Tony Abbott. Full transcript Margo Kingston: Hello, Margo Kingston here, I’m in Cowper where Rob Oakeshott is being fired on with very heavy gunfire, […]

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Turning the #AusVotes grassroots turquoise: @KateZMedia #WarringahVotes gallery

It’s been an amazing couple of months working on Zali Steggall’s election campaign. One week to go and there’s still lots of positivity, enthusiasm and a desire for positive change within the community.  I have been with the campaign since just after Zali launched and I have been most impressed by her honesty, integrity, desire […]

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Zooming in on @zalisteggall: @KateZMedia #WarringahVotes gallery

While I’ve been photographing the campaign of Independent candidate for Warringah Zali Stegall, various media outlets have been trailing the campaign and I’ve captured them during my work. The ABC’s Four Corners is producing a special on the Warringah electorate to air before the election. Margo Kingston of No Fibs was totally oblivious to me […]

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Zali Steggall takes on Tony: @margokingston1 #WarringahVotes #podcast

Former Olympian Zali Steggall talks to Margo Kingston about her campaign to bring honesty back into politics and take on Tony Abbott for the safe Liberal seat of Warringah

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Taking the temperature of the #ClimateElection for #AusVotes19: @takvera explainer

The upcoming federal ballot has been dubbed the ‘Climate Election’, so it’s time to put Australia’s long list of recent prime ministers — and the nation’s political parties (including some Independent candidates) — under the climate change magnifying glass to explore what’s really possible to achieve for climate policy at the poll. Australian PMs and […]

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Shouting at the television and planting gardens: #ActiveDemocracy stories by @adropex

What do shouting at the television and gardening have in common? From little things big things have grown. Gather ’round people, let me tell you a story… or two. Whilst a television was not one of the perks of an Aboriginal stockman’s life in the Northern Territory in 1966, the story of Vincent Lingiari and […]

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The @NoFibs #IndependentsDay Twitter mission at #ausvotes: @margokingston1 comments

The way I see it, every safe Coalition seat must be in play in the sense that quality indies ask tough questions incumbents are forced to answer. That requires courageous indies & committed, creative citizens because a weakened local media can’t do it. Ready to play? #ausvotes — Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) February 22, 2019 Hi. […]

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Three #auspol independents outside the seat of Warringah: @mattdasilva comments after #WentworthVotes

Grassroots activism is reshaping the House of Representatives as Australian communities discover a talent for winning elections in notionally conservative seats. But the candidate must suit the electorate. Independent Cathy McGowan won the seat of Indi, in rural Victoria, in 2013 taking it away from the Liberal Party’s Sophie Mirabella. In 2016 in South Australia, Rebekah Sharkie of the Nick Xenophon Team won the seat of Mayo. […]

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