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Can the teal appeal hold? Liberals targeting Curtin and Goldstein argue independent wave has passed

Tom White was an Uber executive in South Korea in 2022, a world away from the political earthquake that shook his native Australia. He wasn’t there when the teal wave crashed through his home town of Perth, dumping the Liberals from their prized western suburbs seat of Curtin.White returned home in 2023 with the aim of winning the seat back for the Liberals.He’s seen enough in the period since to feel confident of one thing. “Times have changed,” White says.The Coalition has attacked the teals for voting with the Greens in parliament. What does the data show?Read moreWhether that statement holds true may well determine if White and his fellow Liberal candidates in the seats of Goldstein and Kooyong in Melbourne, and Wentworth and Mackellar in Sydney, are able to regain the once-safe turf lost in 2022 – and if aspiring teal MP Nicolette Boele wins the north Sydney seat of Bradfield, after falling short three years ago.Was the teal wave an anomaly, the consequence of a perfect storm of f…