Nicolette Boele spent $2.26m to claim a nail-biting victory in the Sydney seat of Bradfield, making her 26-vote win the most expensive campaign of any teal independent.
Boele narrowly beat Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian in 2025, outspending cashed-up fellow teals including Allegra Spender and Monique Ryan, who each spent $2.1m when they ousted Liberals from traditionally blue-ribbon seats in the 2022 election.
The new political donations data released by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), released on Monday, found Boele received more than $696,000 in donations from Climate 200.
She also received $265,057 from Climate 200, the political campaign group founded by businessman Simon
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