Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele spent more than $2.2m on election campaign – the most of any teal independent

Teal independent Nicolette Boele during the 2025 election campaign. She narrowly beat the Liberal candidate, Gisele Kapterian, for the seat of Bradfield. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

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 the 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.