Asia | For whom the teals poll

Australians are fed up with their two main parties

They may turn to independents in record numbers in elections this month

May 14th 2022|SYDNEY

AUSTRALIANS DISAGREE on much when it comes to politics. Left-leaning parties hold sway in cities and conservatives in the countryside. Voters in resource-rich states worry about the future of mining. Urbanites want to cut emissions. Yet they will be in agreement about one thing when they vote in a federal election on May 21st: disillusionment with their political system. “Too much rubbish goes on,” grumbles a voter in Wentworth, a wealthy constituency in Sydney. “It’s just a whinge- and bitch-fest. No one is actually getting the job done,” concludes another in Hunter, a coal-rich seat in New South Wales.

This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “For whom the teals poll”