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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Winning teal independents backed by $10.2m in political donations

Independent MPs Zoe Daniel, Sophie Scamps, Zali Steggall, Allegra Spender, Kylea Tink and Monique Ryan
Climate 200 disclosed some of its donors chose to give donations to the fundraising group as well as directly to independent candidates at the last Australian election. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The six successful teal independent candidates were backed by $10.2m of political donations at the last election, according to disclosures released on Monday.

The Australian Electoral Commission disclosures reveal Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar was the biggest donor to the Climate 200 funding body, giving $1.5m, followed by fellow co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes’ climate campaigning entity, Boundless Earth, which gave $1.18m.

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