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Politics
Dominic Giannini and Tess Ikonomou

Climate 200-backed candidates edging out incumbents

The son of Australia's first billionaire is spruiking community-run political campaigns. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Climate 200 tries to even the playing field rather than just stacking independents with wads of cash to take out major party MPs, its founder argues.

The multi-million dollar funding vehicle is donating to 35 independents at the upcoming federal election, a quarter of whom are incumbents.

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