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Aldred takes Monash
May 13, 2025 - Mary Aldred has been declared the new MP for Monash just in time to make it to the Liberal Party’s ballot for a new leader in Canberra today.
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Libs prevail in ‘weird’ election
May 14, 2025 - Final result doesn’t show how close Deb Leonard came to an upset, writes Michael Whelan.
Farewell friends
May 15, 2025 - Resignation, diplomacy and a dash of spite … the other Monash candidates sign off after a tight election. By Catherine Watson​
Meet the candidates
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Kuljeet Kuar Robinson, One Nation
Kuljeet Kuar Robinson left India  because of the inequality between rich and poor. Now she sees the same thing happening in Australia.​
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Tully Fletcher, Labor Party
The Post declined the candidate’s “terms of engagement”. 
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Mary Aldred, Liberal Party
Plenty has changed since November 2023 when Liberal candidate Aldred won pre-selection over long-term Liberal MP Russell Broadbent.
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Russell Broadbent, Independent
Questioning the veteran MP proved harder than expected.

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Deb Leonard, Independent
Deb Leonard has a massive campaign war chest and an army of volunteers. No wonder the other candidates are cranky.
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Terence Steele, Greens
Terence Steele is an organiser, not a front man. He sees this election as the start of a grand plan for Monash. 
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Geoff Dethlefs, Family First
You can credit Anthony Albanese with persuading Geoff Dethlefs to stand for election.
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Alex Wehbe, Trumpet of Patriots
Alex Wehbe reckons party leader Clive Palmer will shake up the Australian establishment the way Donald Trump has done in the US.

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David O'Reilly, ​Legalise Cannabis Party
The Post was unable to contact the candidate.
Monash electorate is 8255 square kilometres and includes six council areas in full or part:
  • all of Bass Coast Shire Council,
  • all of South Gippsland Shire Council,
  • most of the Baw Baw Shire Council,
  • part of the Latrobe City Council,
  • a small part of the Cardinia Shire Council,
  • a small part of the Yarra Ranges Shire Council
Early voting
8.30am-5.30pm daily from April 22
  • Wonthaggi Senior Citizens Centre, 46-50 Murray St
  • Phillip Island Masonic Lodge, 92 Church Street, Cowes
Early voting centres will be closed on Anzac Day.

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A tight race in Monash
April 16, 2025 - Michael Whelan crunches the numbers for an electorate where two strong independent candidates have thrown the contest wide open.​
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Not the full story
April 24, 2025 - A Liberal Party poster seen at early voting centres around Monash quotes  misleadingly from an interview with independent Deb Leonard published in the Bass Coast Post in 2022.
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Hit them where it hurts!
April 16, 2025 - Too young to vote - but Anabelle Bremner is urging climate action at the ballot box.
Patriots get the wrong independent
April 23, 2025 - The Trumpet of Patriots Party is hastily reprinting their How to Vote cards for the Monash electorate after preferencing the wrong independent.
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​My MP wishlist
April 10, 2025 - Policies are important but so is the character of our representatives, writes Alison Vincent.
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Bring back the town hall debate!
April 14, 2025 - Robert Durkacz laments the lack of serious discussion in the Monash election.