{"id":692535,"date":"2026-05-25T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/692535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:24:09","slug":"australia-news-live-teals-in-talks-to-form-new-political-party-flotilla-activists-demand-albanese-condemn-israel-as-they-detail-abuse-antisemitism-royal-commission-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/692535\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: Teals in talks to form new political party; Flotilla activists demand Albanese condemn Israel as they detail abuse; Antisemitism royal commission resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teal independent Sophie Scamps has not ruled herself out of joining a new centrist party, after colleagues Monique Ryan and Kate Chaney said they would remain independents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have been coming to me with ideas for some time about the potential for a stronger alliance \u2013 one that complements the community independent movement,\u201d she told this masthead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Independent MP Sophie Scamps.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7fcc28e27295e005bc79312ea791624c23c0e291.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Independent MP Sophie Scamps.Alex Ellinghausen<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese conversations [have] been accelerated by new electoral campaign laws that will make it difficult for independent candidates, particularly new ones, to run \u2013 along with the seismic political shift that has seen the Liberals lurching further to the far right,\u201d Scamps said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs always, I will be consulting closely with my community before making any major decisions. I\u2019ve always engaged my community in open and honest dialogue on the issues that affect them, and this is no different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy two central priorities are representing my community honestly and authentically and contributing to the best outcomes for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teal independent Sophie Scamps has not ruled herself out of joining a new centrist party, after colleagues Monique&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-692535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}