Zoe Daniel | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Goldstein | |
Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Tim Wilson |
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Born | [1] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 28 November 1972
Political party | Independent |
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Journalist |
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Website | zoedaniel |
Zoe Daniel (born 28 November 1972)[2] is an 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. Prior to entering Parliament, Zoe 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.[3]