Liberal Party to reportedly launch court challenge to the result in seat of Bradfield
Ms Boele defeated the Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian by just 26 votes in a recount that wasn't completed till a month after the May 3 election.
On Monday, the Guardian reported the Liberal Party would launch the court challenge, asking a judge to recount some of the ballots.
At the end of the recount conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission, Ms Boele had 50.01 per cent of the total vote, ahead of Ms Kapterian's 49.99 per cent.
The news comes just a week before parliament sits for the first time since the election, with Ms Boele expected to take her seat on the cross benches.
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