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Age writer Stephen Brook.

Before I sign off from CBD, here are the stories behind the stories

As Stephen Brook calls time on his work as CBD columnist, he shares his more memorable encounters with Australia’s bold-faced names.

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Former independent candidate Paul Hopper is challenging the Victorian government’s political donation laws in the High Court.

Victoria’s political donation laws unfairly favour major parties, High Court told

Labor’s controversial political donation regime is being tested in the High Court of Australia as former independent candidates take their case to Canberra.

  • Brittany Busch and Annika Smethurst
Zoe Daniel on the campaign trail earlier this year.

High Court fight over laws said to entrench ‘cosy table for two’

Former independent politicians Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick are spearheading a challenge to Albanese government donation reforms, which they say entrench the dominance of major parties.

  • Annika Smethurst
Heather (left) and Alexandra Oke, with baby Sonny, are concerned about crime rather than reaching net zero.

No net zero, no worries for Tim Wilson in Goldstein

The Liberal Party abandoning its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is not something that really bothers most Brighton residents catching up with friends over flat whites.

  • Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Climate 200-backed independent candidate for Wannon, Alex Dyson, has a strong ground game but faces an uphill battle to defeat the Liberals in the regional Victorian seat for the first time since the 1950s.

$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
Billionaire Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht made a donation of at least $500,000 to Climate 200.

Canva co-founder and Greens donor add to Climate 200 fundraising heft

The fundraising vehicle tripled its number of donors to 33,000 people, and received $5 million between seven key contributors, as it expanded to back 35 candidates.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi is a frontrunner for the party’s leadership.

Mehreen Faruqi keeping mum after offloading landholding in Lahore

The Greens deputy leader has quietly sold off a 500-square-metre parcel of land in Pakistan.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Zoe Daniel in the midst of packing up her office after her election defeat in Goldstein.

‘Someone will get hurt’: Zoe Daniel feared for her safety in toxic election campaign

As she packs up her electoral office, the former MP reflects on an election that left her flanked by police and worried someone would attack her home.

  • Cara Waters
Tim Wilson at Little Sister Cafe.

The moment lunch with Tim Wilson turned into an ambush

The newly elected Goldstein MP’s political skills were put to the test when he was unexpectedly confronted by a constituent.

  • Stephen Brook
Liberal Tim Wilson has claimed victory in the marginal seat of Goldstein which he held before losing it to teal Zoe Daniel in 2022.

How to beat the teals? The city Liberals now have a template

Tim Wilson’s winning campaign in Goldstein contains two important lessons for future campaigners.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness