Climate 200 to help bankroll candidates in four Labor seats at federal election

<p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>After supporting 23 candidates in 2022, including six successful teal independents, fundraising body to support 35 campaigns in this year’s ballot</p><ul><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Climate 200 will help bankroll independent candidates in four Labor seats – including one held by a cabinet minister – among 35 campaigns it will back at the federal election.</p><p>The fundraising vehicle’s final list of target electorates confirms it will support former journalist and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/15/albanese-sparks-anger-with-pledge-over-controversial-salmon-farming-in-macquarie-harbour">anti-salmon farming campaigner Peter George</a> in his bid to unseat the agriculture minister, Julie Collins, in Franklin in southern Tasmania.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/16/climate-200-candidates-labor-federal-election-2025">Continue reading...</a>