00:00In southwest Victoria, independent Alex Dyson's trying to flip a once safe Liberal seat.
00:09Where's the money for Wannan?
00:10Well that's right.
00:11The former radio host's hoping to replicate the Climate 200 funded teal success of the last election.
00:17A teal wave washing away two ministers in Melbourne.
00:20He's playing with half a million dollars in Climate 200 donations.
00:25The seat of Wannan is enormous. It starts about 100km outside Melbourne and then stretches all the way to the South Australian border.
00:32It's one of dozens of seats being targeted by Climate 200.
00:36Across the country there are 35 candidates benefiting from Climate 200.
00:41Only about half have opted to publish donation details.
00:45I want to be upfront where I'm getting my money from instead of what the major parties do which is don't tell us where they get their funds from.
00:51On its website, Climate 200 makes clear it's supporting candidates committed to integrity in politics.
00:58It does make sense that real time reporting is done by those who want to advance integrity in politics.
01:05Of the candidates disclosing donor information, Mr Dyson is the second biggest beneficiary of Climate 200 money, led only by Victorian teal Zoe Daniel.
01:16They're followed by Deb Leonard and incumbent teals Kate Chaney and Allegra Spender.
01:22Under the law, details of large donations don't need to be made public until after the election.
01:28The question about transparency of funding should be asked of every single party or candidate in terms of informed voting, addressing corruption.
01:36But for those who commit and seek to be elected on the platform of integrity, I think they're rightfully held to higher standards.
01:43Climate 200 contributions range from about 10% up to 75% of candidates' campaign donations.
01:51I'm not sure the formula that Climate 200 uses to distribute the crowdfunding donations.
01:58Jenny Rolf's contesting Riverina in New South Wales.
02:01Her campaign's nearly half funded by Climate 200, thanks to a $40,000 donation.
02:08On the basis that I am committed to gender equality, transparency and honesty and science-backed solutions to the climate challenges.
02:17Climate 200 declined to answer questions about where its donations come from or go to.
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