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Zoe Daniel (born 28 November 1972) is a former Australian politician and former journalist. She was elected as the first independent member of parliament for the Division of Goldstein at the 2022 Australian federal election but lost her seat in 2025. Daniel was one of a number of community independents, dubbed "Teal independents" by the media, who were elected in 2022.
Prior to entering Parliament, Daniel was a journalist for the ABC from 1993 until 2020. She was an ABC foreign correspondent in three different postings, including Southeast Asia, the USA and Africa. Her most recent posting was as the ABC’s U.S. bureau chief between 2015 and 2019, where she led the ABC's coverage of the presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In October 2024, former Liberal MP Jason Falinski referred Daniel to the NACC for allegedly misusing Commonwealth-funded staff to lobby on behalf of Simon Holmes à Court, who had been a donor to the campaigns of Daniel and other community independent candidates at the 2022 election.
On 3 May 2025, several media outlets projected that Daniel had retained her seat at the 2025 Australian federal election, and Daniel claimed victory on election night. However, the seat was later deemed too close to call until more votes were counted. It was eventually called for Liberal candidate Tim Wilson on 6 May 2025.
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