Winning teal independents backed by $10.2m in political donations
by Paul Karp from on (#65HNG)
AEC disclosures reveal Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar was the biggest Climate 200 donor, giving $1.5m, followed by Mike Cannon-Brookes
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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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