{{Short description|Australian journalist and politician (born 1972)}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Zoe Daniel | honorific_suffix = | image = Zoe Daniel photo (cropped).jpg | caption = Zoe Daniel in 2024 | office = Member of the Australian Parliament for Goldstein | term_start1 = 21 May 2022 | term_end1 = 3 May 2025 | predecessor1 = Tim Wilson | successor1 = Tim Wilson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|28|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perkins |first1=Miki |title=Former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel to fight Liberals on climate and integrity |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/if-not-us-then-who-former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-announces-tilt-at-blue-ribbon-seat-20211125-p59c5y.html |website=The Age |date=25 November 2021 |publisher=9 Entertainment |access-date=2021-12-17 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208184004/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/if-not-us-then-who-former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-announces-tilt-at-blue-ribbon-seat-20211125-p59c5y.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Journalist | known_for = {{hlist|Foreign correspondent|television host|commentator}} | party = Independent | children = 2 | signature = | website = {{URL|https://zoedaniel.com.au/}} }} '''Zoe Daniel''' (born 28 November 1972)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=008CH|title=Ms Zoe Daniel MP|website=Parliament of Australia|access-date=20 February 2023|archive-date=20 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220000935/https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=008CH|url-status=live}}</ref> is an Australian former journalist and former politician who became the first independent member of parliament for the Division of Goldstein in 2022.<ref name="Wahlquist">{{Cite news |last=Wahlquist |first=Calla |date=23 May 2022 |title=Teal independents: who are they and how did they upend Australia's election? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/23/teal-independents-who-are-they-how-did-they-upend-australia-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614071030/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/23/teal-independents-who-are-they-how-did-they-upend-australia-election |archive-date=14 June 2022 |access-date=31 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She lost the seat at the 2025 election. Daniel was one of a number of community independents, dubbed "teal independents" by the media, who were elected in the 2022 Australian federal election and funded primarily by crowdfunding enterprise, Climate 200.
Prior to entering Parliament, Daniel was a journalist for the taxpayer-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation (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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zoe Daniel |url=https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/zoe-daniel/13926914 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Q+A |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Early life == Daniel's father is former Essendon footballer Peter Daniel.<ref name=footy>{{Cite web |title=Windy Hill or Washington, 'dare to be a Daniel' {{!}} Footyology |url=https://footyology.com.au/windy-hill-or-washington-dare-to-be-a-daniel/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |language=en-AU |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401122850/https://footyology.com.au/windy-hill-or-washington-dare-to-be-a-daniel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The family moved to Launceston, Tasmania, when she was two years old,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abblitt|first=Ebony|date=2021-03-11|title=Foreign correspondent returns home for book launch|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/7161962/foreign-correspondent-returns-home-for-book-launch/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=The Examiner|language=en-AU|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195117/https://www.examiner.com.au/story/7161962/foreign-correspondent-returns-home-for-book-launch/|url-status=live}}</ref> when her father was working there as a football coach.<ref name=footy/>
== Journalism career (1993–2020) ==
Daniel began working as a journalist and foreign correspondent for the ABC in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zoe Daniel |url=https://unglobalcompact.org.au/speakers/zoe-daniel-2/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=UN Global Compact Network Australia |language=en-US}}</ref> Daniel reported on the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zoe Daniel|url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/zoe-daniel|access-date=2021-11-15|website=The Wheeler Centre|language=en|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195353/https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/zoe-daniel|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2007, Daniel was the ABC’s Africa correspondent. While working in Africa, she reported on the regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone civil war, the Darfur genocide and South Sudan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zoe Daniel appointed Washington bureau chief|url=http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/zoe-daniel-appointed-washington-bureau-chief/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=About the ABC|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208011849/https://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/zoe-daniel-appointed-washington-bureau-chief/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, she moved to Phnom Penh where she reported on the Khmer Rouge tribunal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dimase|first=Jacinta|title=Zoe Daniel|url=https://www.jacintadimase.com.au/authors/zoe-daniel|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Jacinta Dimase Management – Literary Agency|language=en-AU|archive-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304054857/https://www.jacintadimase.com.au/authors/zoe-daniel|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2009 until 2013, Daniel was the ABC's Southeast Asian correspondent.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=DANIEL|first=ZOE|date=2014-05-09|title='I'm a mum and I work in a war zone'|work=news.com.au|url=https://news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/abc-foreign-correspondent-zoe-daniel-on-being-a-mother-in-a-war-zone/news-story/596f4dd61bd56e731c2363bd8a59a1af|access-date=2021-11-15|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208011726/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/abc-foreign-correspondent-zoe-daniel-on-being-a-mother-in-a-war-zone/news-story/596f4dd61bd56e731c2363bd8a59a1af|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, Daniel's posting while a mother of young children was unprecedented for ABC correspondents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Life on the road|url=http://about.abc.net.au/2014/06/life-on-the-road/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=About the ABC|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208011834/https://about.abc.net.au/2014/06/life-on-the-road/|url-status=live}}</ref> During her time there she reported on the 2010 Thai political protests and interviewed Aung San Suu Kyi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2012-08-27|title=Zoe Daniel – a working journalist profile|url=https://www.upstart.net.au/zoe-daniel-a-working-journalist-profile/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=upstart|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208010228/https://www.upstart.net.au/zoe-daniel-a-working-journalist-profile/|url-status=live}}</ref> Daniel left the ABC in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Correcting Sharri Markson and Remy Varga in The Australian |url=https://about.abc.net.au/correcting-the-record/correcting-sharri-markson-and-remy-varga-in-the-australian/ |website=About the ABC |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=11 April 2022 |quote="... Zoe Daniel left the ABC in July 2020..." |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405221546/https://about.abc.net.au/correcting-the-record/correcting-sharri-markson-and-remy-varga-in-the-australian/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her last role with the ABC was as the ABC's Bureau Chief in the US. 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.''
{{as of|2021|November}}, Daniel was writing a column for ''The New Daily''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Greg |title=Former ABC journalist to take on sitting Lib |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-to-run-against-tim-wilson-at-next-federal-election/news-story/3c0582db84299ad5dc6ae29a3c88b35f |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=The Australian |date=26 November 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202072949/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-to-run-against-tim-wilson-at-next-federal-election/news-story/3c0582db84299ad5dc6ae29a3c88b35f |url-status=live }}</ref>
== 2022 election campaign == thumb|Daniel's former office in Brighton East thumb|Daniel with Ian Macphee, former MP for Goldstein Daniel was endorsed by Voices of Goldstein as an independent candidate to run in the 2022 federal election in the seat of Goldstein.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-25|title=Former ABC journalist Zoe Daniel to run as an independent against Liberal MP Tim Wilson in Victoria|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/25/former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-to-run-as-an-independent-against-liberal-mp-tim-wilson-in-victoria|access-date=2021-12-08|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208031133/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/25/former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-to-run-as-an-independent-against-liberal-mp-tim-wilson-in-victoria|url-status=live}}</ref> Her 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perkins|first=Miki|date=2021-11-25|title=Former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel to fight Liberals on climate and integrity|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/if-not-us-then-who-former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-announces-tilt-at-blue-ribbon-seat-20211125-p59c5y.html|access-date=2021-12-08|website=The Age|language=en|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208184004/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/if-not-us-then-who-former-abc-journalist-zoe-daniel-announces-tilt-at-blue-ribbon-seat-20211125-p59c5y.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hislop|first=Madeline|date=2021-11-25|title=Former journalist Zoe Daniel to run as an independent against Liberal MP Tim Wilson|url=https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/former-journalist-zoe-daniel-to-run-as-an-independent-against-liberal-mp-tim-wilson/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Women's Agenda|language=en-AU|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209194758/https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/former-journalist-zoe-daniel-to-run-as-an-independent-against-liberal-mp-tim-wilson/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Daniel is a self-described swinging voter, as a consequence of her father's "negative experience of party politics".<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Margo Kingston |author-link=Margo Kingston |user=margokingston1 |number=1496266860152635396 |title=16. Statement by @zdaniel in response to @TimWilsonMP's email to supporters (Tweet 9) |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> She describes herself as a "social progressive, economic conservative".<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=The Project |author-link=The Project (Australian TV program) |user=theprojecttv |number=1523229659726422017 |title=Independent candidate Zoe Daniel is fighting for the seat of Goldstein this election. Zoe joins us, and shares which party she will side with if elected. #TheProject |access-date=13 May 2022 |link=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Millar |first=Royce |date=2022-05-15 |title=Zoe on Zoe: What the Goldstein independent wants from the next government |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/zoe-on-zoe-what-the-goldstein-independent-wants-from-the-next-government-20220515-p5algn.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516122743/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/zoe-on-zoe-what-the-goldstein-independent-wants-from-the-next-government-20220515-p5algn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seccombe|first=Mike|date=2021-12-04|title=Independents: Inside the insurrection of the centre|url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/12/04/independents-inside-the-insurrection-the-centre/163853640013012|access-date=2021-12-08|website=The Saturday Paper|language=en|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208031149/https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2021/12/04/independents-inside-the-insurrection-the-centre/163853640013012|url-status=live}}</ref> During the campaign, she stated that she had campaigned for "faster and stronger action on climate change, restoration of integrity and trust in politics and real equality and safety for women."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowe |first1=David |title='Not a reason not to talk': Key independent candidates list demands in event of hung parliament |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/not-a-reason-not-to-talk-key-independent-candidates-say-they-would-demand-action-on-integrity-climate-in-hung-parliament-20220418-p5ae9t.html |access-date=23 April 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423023816/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/not-a-reason-not-to-talk-key-independent-candidates-say-they-would-demand-action-on-integrity-climate-in-hung-parliament-20220418-p5ae9t.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Daniel is part of a network of community independents that campaigned in safe Liberal seats and has been classified as a "teal independent".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-26|title=Meet three independent women aiming to conquer Liberal strongholds|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2021/11/26/independents-contest-liberal-strongholds/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=The New Daily|language=en-US|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203180252/https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2021/11/26/independents-contest-liberal-strongholds/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wahlquist"/>
Daniel won the seat at the 2022 election, defeating the incumbent Liberal MP Tim Wilson 52.87 to 47.13 2PP. Wilson lost 12 percent of his primary vote from 2019, allowing Daniel to defeat him on the eighth count when over three-fourths of Labor preferences flowed to her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electoral results for the Division of Goldstein, 2022 election |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-214.htm |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Australian Electoral Commission |language=en-AU}}</ref> The seat had previously been considered a safe "blue ribbon" seat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bridget Archer considers running for Liberal deputy as Peter Dutton tipped as potential leader |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/kristina-keneally-concedes-defeat-in-fowler-as-tearful-tim-wilson-acknowledges-loss-of-goldstein/is4dm7la9 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=SBS News |language=en |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523032901/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/kristina-keneally-concedes-defeat-in-fowler-as-tearful-tim-wilson-acknowledges-loss-of-goldstein/is4dm7la9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dating to its time as Balaclava, it had been in the hands of the Liberals and their predecessors without interruption since Federation.
Daniel's campaign spent A$1.59 million during the election campaign.<ref name="Glenday-2022">{{Cite news |last=Glenday |first=James |date=7 November 2022 |title='Level' the playing field. Teal independents spent millions to win Liberal seats |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-07/climate-200-nearly-6-million-in-political-donations-election/101624016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106003711/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-07/climate-200-nearly-6-million-in-political-donations-election/101624016 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |access-date=7 January 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Member of Parliament (2022–2025) == In May 2023, Daniel introduced the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition Of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House |first=Canberra |title=Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023 |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7016 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.aph.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> The stated purpose of the Bill is to prohibit the broadcasting of gambling advertisements on television, radio broadcasting services, and on streaming services to end the promotion of gambling during sporting events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ParlInfo - Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023 |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22legislation/ems/r7016_ems_2a72a9e4-72fe-4eea-8777-fbd1f470ba12%22 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}</ref>
In November 2024, Daniel tabled the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ParlInfo - Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024 |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22legislation/bills/r7286_first-reps/0000%22;rec=0 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}</ref> The stated purpose of the Bill is to impose an 'overarching duty of care onto large providers' of social media platforms to protect their users.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ParlInfo - Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2024 |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22legislation/ems/r7286_ems_59663586-5b56-48de-b4da-e4344312213c%22 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au}}</ref>
During the 2022 campaign Daniel campaigned for the establishment of a federal anti-corruption commission.<ref>https://zoedaniel.com.au/policies/integrity/</ref> The Albanese Labor Government, who were elected at the 2022 Federal Election, established a National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on 1 July 2023.<ref>https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2022A00088/latest/text</ref>
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. The accusation made was that Holmes à Court objected to being listed on a list made by the Australian Financial Review of powerful Australians, and that a staff member of Daniel's had been instructed to communicate this objection to the AFR.<ref>https://thenightly.com.au/politics/australia/teal-mp-zoe-daniel-referred-to-national-anti-corruption-commission-over-simon-holmes-court-favour-c-16263281</ref> Falinski had been defeated in the 2022 election by community independent, Sophie Scamps. Daniel responded in a media release that the person who was alleged to have lobbied on behalf of Holmes à Court was not employed by the Commonwealth and was not acting on her behalf or with her knowledge.<ref>https://zoedaniel.com.au/2024/10/04/inaccurate-media-reports/</ref> The allegation by Falinski was labelled 'vexatious' by ''Crikey''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Withers |first=Rachel |date=2024-10-16 |title=Could Tim Wilson's weird desperation to get back in Parliament save Zoe Daniel? |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/10/17/zoe-daniel-goldstein-tim-wilson-teal-independent/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Crikey |language=en-US}}</ref> Falinski has been closely associated with fellow former Liberal MP Tim Wilson, including co-authoring articles in the Australian Financial Review.<ref>https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/productivity-is-policy-for-the-young-20230716-p5dokp</ref> On 20 February 2025, the NACC dismissed the case, finding that the individual contacting the AFR was not employed by Daniel as a staffer at the time, and that Daniel was unaware of the contact.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wind |first=Emily |date=2025-02-20 |title=Australia news live: Nacc dismisses complaint over Zoe Daniel staffer; PM announces $2.4bn fund to keep Whyalla steelworks running |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/20/australia-news-live-richard-marles-defence-china-png-pacific-election-cost-of-living-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-nsw-vic-qld-ntwnfb |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Daniel supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Community |url=https://zoedaniel.com.au/policies/jewish-community/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Zoe Daniel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicol |first=Michelle |date=2024-07-03 |title=Peace in the Middle East and the two-state solution - 3 July 2024 |url=https://zoedaniel.com.au/2024/07/03/peace-in-the-middle-east-and-the-two-state-solution-3-july-2024/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Zoe Daniel |language=en-US}}</ref> In August 2023, Daniel travelled to Israel as part of a parliamentary delegation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardiner |first=Mia |date=17 August 2023 |title=Zoe Daniel's Israel reflections |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/zoe-daniels-israel-reflections/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Australian Jewish News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== 2025 election campaign == Daniel claimed victory on the night of the 2025 election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Zoe Daniel claims victory in Goldstein |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/zoe-daniel-claims-victory-in-goldstein-20250503-p5lwbk.html |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Waters |first=Benjamin Preiss, Rachael Dexter, Cara |date=2025-05-03 |title=Victoria's teal incumbents Zoe Daniel, Monique Ryan on track to extend their margins |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-teal-incumbents-zoe-daniel-monique-ryan-on-track-to-extend-their-margins-20250502-p5lw4y.html |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>
On 24 May the AEC announced that the full distribution of preferences was finalised in favour of Tim Wilson.<ref>https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/zoe-daniel-calls-for-goldstein-recount-20250522-p5m1fx.html</ref>
On the 28th of May the AEC announced that a partial recount would be conducted.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-26 |title=Goldstein headed for partial recount, final result still days away |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-results-goldstein-partial-recount/90bbf8b2-f40e-4826-a01e-852657877af7 |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=www.9news.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-25 |title=Partial recount ordered in Goldstein as Bradfield still to be decided — as it happened |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-26/federal-politics-live-may-26/105329930 |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Personal life == Daniel is married to husband Rowan and has two children.<ref name=":1" /> She and her family moved to their current home in Hampton in 2013 and her children attended Sandringham Primary School.<ref name=":2" />
Daniel is a supporter and member of the Essendon Football Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openpolitics.com.au/member/zoe-daniel|title=The private interests of Zoe Daniel MP|website=openpolitics.com.au}}</ref>
== Books ==
* ''Storyteller: A Foreign Correspondent's Memoir'', ABC Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0733332319 * ''Angel: Through My Eyes – Natural Disaster Zones'', Allen & Unwin, 2018, ISBN 978-1760113773 * ''Greetings from Trumpland: How an unprecedented presidency changed everything'', Harper Collins, 2021, ISBN 978-0733341519
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