Independent Rex Patrick has approached Climate 200 funder Simon Holmes à Court about funding support as he weighs a possible switch to the lower house.
The South Australian dealmaker could seek to move from the Senate to the safe Liberal seat of Grey, after former high-profile independent Nick Xenophon further complicated his tricky re-election bid by staging a return to federal politics.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
