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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Sexism, the Canberra bubble and climate: the battlegrounds for Zoe Daniel

Independent MP Zoe Daniel
‘This is not a game. This is people’s livelihoods. This is our environment. This is the future of our country,’ says Zoe Daniel. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

The newly elected independent MP for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, will arrive in Canberra for her first sitting week armed with two pieces of advice she received during her epic six-month campaign to turn one of Victoria’s bluest electorates teal.

“One is not to get caught up in the politics of it all too much and to remain true to myself; and the second is to speak up as much as possible, which kind of lends itself to my skill set,” the former ABC journalist tells Guardian Australia.

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