<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Teal independent Nicolette Boele has asked her supporters to help fund her legal defence against the Liberal Party's last-ditch bid to keep its chances of winning a marginal </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> seat alive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, Liberal candidate </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gisele-kapterian-nicolette-boele-liberals-to-launch-court-challenge-of-bradfield-election-result/055e86a2-9f97-49b3-9233-45bc9845728f" rel="" target="" title="Gisele Kapterian announced she would challenge the result in Bradfield"><span>Gisele Kapterian announced she would challenge the result in Bradfield</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kapterian had initially been declared the winner of the blue-ribbon seat in Sydney's north by just eight votes, before a recount put her independent opponent ahead by 26, making it by far the closest result in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/federal-election-2025" rel="" target="" title="May's federal election"><span>May's federal election</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/young-workers-exploitation-melbourne-law-school-report/1f6668a5-24f6-4a7e-b8d1-948ffe413508"><strong><span>One group of Aussies exploited at 'alarming' rate by dodgy employers</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Boele said she would be defending the challenge, which will be heard in the High Court under its jurisdiction as the Court of Disputed Returns, but that she needed community support to support her legal defence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Liberal Party has a legal team and enormous resources. I have community," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But we can't rely on volunteers in the High Court, we need good lawyers and that is expensive."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nicolette-boele-fundraising-bradfield-legal-challenge/131d6c74-113a-4365-9c89-45f398ae2d94" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She also said she would refund all donations if the challenge was defeated and the Liberal Party ordered to pay her costs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If we win and the Liberal Party is ordered to cover our legal costs, I'll offer every donor a refund or the option to pass their donation onto a nominated cause," Boele said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Everything we've worked for is on the line. The people of Bradfield have spoken.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/reserve-bank-of-australia-wants-to-remove-card-surcharges/6e7688de-6866-4470-b716-d886c0cc229a"><strong><span>Australians could save $1.2b a year under proposed new reform</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have complete confidence in the process that's led to this result."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, Kapterian said her court challenge would "provide collective confidence that the final result reflects the true wishes of the voters in Bradfield and remove any remaining doubt".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She added there was "no question regarding the integrity of our electoral system" and the process had "only served to reaffirm my faith in Australia's democratic institutions".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Boele's victory marked the first time in its more-than-75-year history that Bradfield had been won by anyone other than a Liberal candidate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The result also reduced the Coalition to just 43 seats in the lower house, its worst performance since the Liberal Party was formed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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