Nicolette Boele and Gisele Kapterian’s legal teams will each begin re-scrutinising 792 votes cast in the 2025 federal election later this month as part of a court challenge to determine whether the Australian Electoral Commission correctly determined Bradfield’s winner.
Boele was declared the member on 4 June by a slim margin of 26 votes, defeating Kapterian, the Liberal party’s candidate, after a month-long count. The seat had been held by the Liberal party since its creation in 1949.
