21 Facts About Zoe Daniel

Zoe Daniel was born on 28 November 1972 and is an Australian politician and former journalist.

Zoe Daniel was elected as the first independent member of parliament for the Division of Goldstein at the 2022 Australian federal election.

Zoe Daniel was an ABC foreign correspondent in three different postings, including Southeast Asia, the USA and Africa.

Zoe Daniel began working as a journalist and foreign correspondent for the ABC in 1993.

Between 2005 and 2007, Zoe Daniel was the ABC's Africa correspondent.

From 2009 until 2013, Zoe Daniel was the ABC's Southeast Asian correspondent.

At the time, Zoe Daniel's posting while a mother of young children was unprecedented for ABC correspondents.

Zoe Daniel wrote a book about her experience covering the 2016 Presidential campaign of Donald Trump, titled Greetings from Trumpland: How an unprecedented presidency changed everything.

Zoe Daniel was endorsed by Voices of Goldstein as an independent candidate to run in the 2022 federal election in the seat of Goldstein.

Zoe Daniel's candidacy was endorsed by former member for Indi, Cathy McGowan, former leader of the Liberal Party, John Hewson, and minister in the Fraser government and former Liberal member for Goldstein, Ian Macphee.

Zoe Daniel is a self-described swinging voter, as a consequence of her father's "negative experience of party politics".

Zoe Daniel describes herself as a "social progressive, economic conservative".

Zoe Daniel cast her vote for the Liberals at the 2016 Australian federal election on the basis of what she perceived to be Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to addressing the climate crisis.

Zoe Daniel is part of a network of community independents that campaigned in safe Liberal seats and has been classified as a "teal independent".

Zoe Daniel won the seat at the 2022 election, defeating the incumbent Liberal MP Tim Wilson 52.87 to 47.13 2PP.

In May 2023, Zoe Daniel introduced the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill 2023.

In November 2024, Zoe Daniel tabled the Online Safety Amendment Bill 2024.

The accusation made was that Holmes a Court objected to being listed on a list made by the Australian Financial Review of powerful Australians, and that a staff member of Zoe Daniel's had been instructed to communicate this objection to the AFR.

Zoe Daniel responded in a media release that the person who was alleged to have lobbied on behalf of Holmes a Court was not employed by the Commonwealth and was not acting on her behalf or with her knowledge.

Zoe Daniel is married to husband Rowan and has two children.

Zoe Daniel is a supporter and member of the Essendon Football Club.