Victorian Labor has opted to issue open tickets on its how-to-vote cards in Prahran and Caulfield, instructing electors to vote for Labor candidates first without directing subsequent preferences. The Greens warned that failing to recommend preferences for their candidate Angelica Di Camillo could allow the Liberal Party to retain Prahran, which is currently held on a narrow 1.3% margin. Meanwhile, the Coalition's formal preference arrangement with One Nation faces scrutiny after the populist party disendorsed a candidate for making offensive remarks online.
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Greens leader Ellen Sandell warned that Labor's open ticket strategy risks delivering gov…: Greens leader Ellen Sandell warned that Labor's open ticket strategy risks delivering government to a conservative Coalition backed by One Nation.
Labor defended leaving preference boxes blank by declaring it is actively campaigning to…: Labor defended leaving preference boxes blank by declaring it is actively campaigning to secure an outright majority government across Victoria.
Liberal material in Preston will rank the disendorsed One Nation candidate last following…: Liberal material in Preston will rank the disendorsed One Nation candidate last following public condemnation from Senator Jane Hume.
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The Victorian Greens say Labor’s “frankly unforgivable” decision not to preference the minor party in a key inner-city seat could hand the upcoming election to a Liberal-One Nation coalition.
The party’s leader, Ellen Sandell, lambasted Labor’s decision on Tuesday to run an open ticket in Prahran, an inner Melbourne seat currently held by the Liberals’ Rachel Westaway on a tiny 1.3% margin.
It means Labor’s how-to-vote material will encourage voters to place their candidate, Meghan Hopper, first on the ballot but will not direct them how to allocate their remaining preferences. Instead, the remaining boxes on its how-to-vote material will probably remain blank.
Labor preferences are key to the Greens cinching back the seat, which they lost in a 2025 byelection.
The Greens received a 13.4% swing at the poll, with the result influenced by several factors, including Labor’s decision not to field a candidate, low voter turnout, a well-resourced campaign urging voters to put them last and unfavourable preference flows from other candidates. This included the former Labor MP Tony Lupton, who contested the byelection as an independent.
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