Twelve people have nominated for the seat of Chisholm - which the Australian Electoral Commission said was the biggest field running in Australia’s 151 electorates. chisholm auspol
. Her membership of a Coalition that has stridently condemned the Chinese government also adds to the unpredictability of how this electorate might vote.
“It’s a positive migrant story that mirrors others in this area,” says Garland, who graduated with an honours degree in English literature at Monash, and worked as an academic at the University of Sydney. Housing affordability and the cost of living, along with national security, will form the key concerns for voters, says Theo Zographos, a Liberal councillor on Monash Council.
The pandemic took its toll and there is an undercurrent of fear among local shop owners. There are 12 vacancies out of 58 shops on the local strip and in a sign of how a key local issue can impact on a federal campaign, traders worry about how the loomingwill further hurt trade when a massive construction tunnel opens at the end of the street.
“We are looking for a government that can keep our community safe, that’s why people are coming here,” he says, also nominating education and small business assistance as priorities. “With a Chinese background, I also wish the Australian government and Chinese government will be friends – that will be more beneficial for the economy.”asked Liu how she would win the seat again, and whether she would campaign this time around using WeChat, in particular, to reach Chinese voters. Liu said she had been in or near the electorate of Chisholm for three decades and knew its issues well. She had a plan, she said, that would “deliver local jobs [and] better local facilities”.
Stuart Baird from Blackburn Newhope Football Club, which also plays at the reserve and uses the clubrooms, also joked that members of the two sporting clubs were “all single issue voters; our fear is a hung parliament”.
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