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$27m war chest: The independents who raised the most money at the election
Candidates with the biggest financial backing failed to get elected at the May election as Climate 200 and individual donors poured a record $27 million into community independent campaigns.
- Natassia Chrysanthos and Millie Muroi
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Federal Court has had enough of this Instagram-famous cavoodle
But the long-running legal battle between a Sydney barrister and high-profile defamation solicitor Rebekah Giles remains afoot.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Potts Point restaurateur explodes in beef with council
Nahji Chu, owner of a local Vietnamese favourite, was furious after council rangers disrupted a dinner service to investigate a complaint about her pot plants.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Package teal: The independent movement, three years on
The road ahead for the independents is less certain than it was in 2022, but they remain a potent political force and an existential headache for the Liberals.
- Rachael Dexter and Cara Waters
Independents cement their place in Victorian politics even with seats in the balance
The major parties have had a bare-knuckled scrap with several independent candidates as counting goes down to the wire in several seats.
- Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter, Roy Ward and Ashleigh McMillan
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‘We do not campaign’: Kylea Tink’s new outfit cops AEC warning
Scrutiny of Tink’s new political organisation intensifies the political contest between the teal movement and the Coalition.
- Paul Sakkal
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Climate 200 staffer calls for boycott of Israeli businesses
The call is particularly controversial among Jewish Australians, many of whom live in electorates represented by teal MPs with Climate 200 backing.
- Paul Sakkal
Election watchdog clears ‘fake newspaper’ of breaking political advertising rules
Coalition frontbencher Jane Hume wrote to the Australian Electoral Commission earlier this month alleging Gazette News was a “fake newspaper”.
- Paul Sakkal
Last-minute delay on donation deal as Clive Palmer makes last-ditch play to sink it
Labor and the Coalition will negotiate over summer to gain a deal on political donations amid fierce objections from Senate crossbenchers that it will hurt minor parties.
- David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Crossbench in the gun under laws to shut out big money and ‘protect democracy’
Labor wants to ram through sweeping reforms that would cut the power of big donors and restrict the fundraising of independent candidates.
- Paul Sakkal