ANIMAL Justice Party candidate Tamara Champion will contest the seat of Nepean in the upcoming state election. Champion joined the party in late 2022 after a mentor encouraged her to get involved with politics while she was taking part in an animal activism mentorship program. She said she was drawn to the party after finding its values aligned with her own. “Animal protection is absolutely one of the main reasons I entered politics, and I’m not going to shy away from that,” said Champion. “Animals have very little representation in our political system, and I want to change that. At…
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IT’s less than 50 days until the state election on 28 November, and Labor is still to announce candidates for the seats of Mornington and Nepean. After The News was told last week that an announcement would be made “hopefully next week”, the week ticked by with no announcement. Liberal MP for Mornington Chris Crewther made two large announcements in the past week. The first was $5m towards major facility upgrades at the Mornington Baseball Club (“Crewther commits $5m to Mornington Baseball Club”, The News, 13/10/26). On Friday (9 October) Crewther announced an elected Liberal government will provide $250,000 to…
WITH less than 70 days until the state election, candidates have begun campaigning for the seat of Mornington. There are currently four candidates that have indicated they will contest the poll, with Labor planning to contest, but not having announced a candidate yet. Incumbent Liberal Chris Crewther won the seat in 2022 with only a 0.7% margin, just 590 votes, against independent candidate Kate Lardner in the two-candidate-preferred race. Crewther was well ahead on first preferences in the 2022 poll with 17,910 votes (42.58%) with Lardner coming is second with 9432 votes (22.42%) and Labor’s Georgia Fowler coming in third…
MORE than 100 people gathered at Commonfolk in Mornington on Sunday (13 September) for the campaign launch of independent candidate Melissa Goffin. Goffin is running as a “community independent”, endorsed by the grassroots group Independents for Mornington Peninsula, with a campaign focused on putting the community ahead of party politics. “From Labor’s corruption to the Liberal Party’s in-fighting, Mornington has been left behind by party politics,” said Goffin. “Everyone I talk to tells me they’re either treading water or feeling completely crushed by the rising cost of living – it’s the government’s job to address our material conditions, and they’re…
MORNINGTON Peninsula businessman Adrian Maher has launched his campaign to contest the seat of Mornington as an independent at the upcoming state election. Maher, who grew up and lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his wife and two children, is running a “people powered” campaign where he is calling on voters to submit their priority issues to help shape his “10 Peninsula Promises”. “If elected to the crossbench, I pledge to maximise my vote by refusing to pass any government legislation, supply, or budgets until those 10 community-driven priorities are fully funded,” said Maher. Maher’s business past has spanned film…
THE Greens have launched their campaigns for the 2026 state election, announcing candidates for the seats of Hastings and Nepean. Mornington Peninsula mum Sianan Healy is stepping up to the plate again for the Nepean ward, after contesting the seat in the 2026 Nepean by-election in May. Healy, who works for a non-profit in women’s health, vowed to be a true community representative in parliament if elected, stating that locals deserved “a progressive, fairer alternative to the major parties that are beholden to billionaires, that try to turn people against each other and sell off our precious environment to the…
THE state election race for Nepean has a new entrant, with Safety Beach resident Kim Robbins throwing her hat into the ring as an independent candidate. Robbins decision to run comes despite the organisation she is a member of, Independents for Mornington Peninsula, electing to concentrate their resources in the Mornington electorate, and not run a I4MP endorsed candidate in Nepean and Hastings. “I live in Nepean, I vote in Nepean, and Nepean is my focus. I’m a member of I4MP and strongly support the community independent movement,” said Robbins. “As it stands, I’m not an I4MP-endorsed candidate. With I4MP…