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Russell Crowe has argued that the rise of independent politicians are better representing <br>
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The Oscar-winning actor made the claim in response to podcast <br>
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host Joe Rogan complaining that Americans were 'completely <br>
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'We have the same sort of situation, but we have a very interesting thing that's happening in Australia <br>
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at the moment, which is the rise of independents,' Crowe countered.<br>
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'The main parties have to deal with the fact those independents have to bring a non-party-line series of points to <br>
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'And it's working well. It's working for us.<br>
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In that it's making both of the main parties re-examine who <br>
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Rogan mused 'we could use that here, for sure', highlighting how US politics is <br>
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completely dominated by the Democrat and Republican parties.<br>
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There are other parties, including the Green, Libertarian, and Reform parties, but these receive vanishingly few votes in comparison.<br>
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Independent candidates can also stand and have been known to perform well on occasion. <br>
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The Oscar-winning actor (pictured ) made the observation in response to podcast host <br>
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Joe Rogan who complained that Americans were 'completely trapped in the two-party system'<br>
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Joe Rogan (pictured) is one of the most powerful media figures in the world <br>
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Civil rights opponent George Wallace ran a third-party campaign in the 1968 US election which saw him garner 10 million votes and take five southern states, <br>
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while another disaffected Democrat, Strom Thurmond, in 1948 carried four southern states on a similarly racist platform but with <br>
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only a million votes.<br>
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The nephew of a president, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was <br>
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poised to get on the ballot in dozens of states as an independent <br>
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candidate before he pulled out and backed Republican Donald Trump. <br>
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He has now been appointed Health secretary in Trump's incoming cabinet. <br>
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Trump himself had previously belonged to the Reform <br>
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The former New York property developer had even considered running for <br>
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president in the 2000 election under the banner of that movement - formed <br>
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by former third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot, <br>
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who won 19 per cent of the popular vote in 1992 but gained <br>
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no electoral college votes.<br>
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Perot was the most popular minority party candidate since former Republican president Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 ran as the Bull Moose Party candidate - carrying six states including California and coming <br>
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second ahead of Republican William Taft.<br>
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Australia has seen a rise in recent years of nominally independent politicians who have taken votes away from <br>
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the two traditional parties of Labor and the Liberal-National coalition<br>
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This situation is helped by a strong Green party who now <br>
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have 12 senators and four members in the House of Representatives. <br>
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Zali Steggall (pictured) became the first 'teal' independent to achieve huge success when she ousted former <br>
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prime minister Tony Abbott in his seat in Sydney's northern beaches <br>
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at the 2019 election<br>
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Meanwhile, independent candidates who run on strong climate platforms <br>
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but are fiscally conservative have been labelled 'teal' candidates.<br>
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This is because they have combined their 'green' views on climate with <br>
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the traditional 'blue' approach of the centre-right Liberal Party on economics.<br>
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Zali Steggall became the first teal independent to achieve <br>
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huge success when she ousted former prime minister Tony <br>
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Abbott in his seat in Sydney's northern beaches at the 2019 election.<br>
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In similar fashion, Monique Ryan won the traditionally Liberal seat from former treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the 2022 election. <br>
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She was one of seven teals elected, swelling <br>
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the lower house crossbench to 16, with this tally including <br>
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the four Greens, three conservative independents and progressives Andrew Wilkie and Helen Haines.<br>
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Crowe's three-hour conversation with Rogan, which was first aired in August, has recently resurfaced <br>
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in teal social media adverts.<br>
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They are being pushed by Melbourne philanthropist <br>
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Simon Holmes à Court, who founded Climate 200, which has given campaign funding to some teal candidates.<br>
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Not all the 12 independents elected in 2022 were teals, <br>
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however. <br>
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Maverick independent Bob Katter has just celebrated <br>
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50 years in parliament (pictured: being congratulated by prime minister Anthony Albanese)<br>
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Dai Lee, a former state Liberal candidate, defeated <br>
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former Labor frontbencher and former NSW Labor premier <br>
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Kristina Keneally in the south-west Sydney <br>
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seat of Fowler.<br>
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And, of course, maverick Bob Katter who has just celebrated 50 years in parliament, spending 20 years as a Queensland state <br>
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MP before serving the past three decades in federal parliament as the MP for the regional far north Queensland electorate of Kennedy. <br>
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Among his many mad-hat policies over the years include a <br>
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bid to teach school kids how to fire rifles and a desire to build a missile shield <br>
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across northern Australia.<br>
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The House of Representatives crossbench grew to 17 in late 2022 when Andrew Gee <br>
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quit the Nationals in protest at its opposition to the Indigenous Voice <br>
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The Greens and independents make up 11 per cent <br>
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of the 151-member lower house - the highest proportion of non major party MPs since Federation in 1901. <br>
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