The story
Such politicians generally used the colour teal, interpreted by some journalists as a blend of the green of the environmental movement and the blue of the Liberal Party.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
teal independent
Today it means: An independent politician who espouses environmentally and socially progressive but economically conservative ideas, especially in the context of a group of independent candidates who ran in the 2022 federal election. Full definition →