Elections

Five questions for every candidate standing in Caulfield.

Five questions for every candidate standing in Brighton.

Five questions for every candidate standing in Albert Park.

TWiSK presents an independent guide for local voters in the 28 November State election.

Former Moreland mayor Meghan Hopper crossed the Yarra five years ago and became a Stonnington councillor, all while completing a PhD in political communication and working in senior policy roles. She tells TWiSK her next aim is to be Prahran’s voice in State Parliament.

Budget season can feel like a blur of big numbers and bigger promises, so it is always worth asking what it means close to home. TWiSK looks at what the State budget is set to deliver for St Kilda and nearby suburbs.

There were smiles all-round at St Kilda Primary School last week when news arrived that funding for the school’s long-awaited and much-needed community hall would be delivered in the coming State Budget.

Ahead of her campaign launch on Sunday (3 May), TWiSK sat down with Mikaela Stafrace, the ALP candidate for Caulfield, to hear what’s driving her bid for State Parliament in November’s poll.

A new democratic process is unfolding in Victoria – one that many non‑Indigenous Victorians may barely notice – but which has lasting implications for our shared future. TWiSK sets the scene as voting closes later this week.

The three-way battle to become the ALP candidate for the local state seat of Prahran will conclude this week. With just under 12 months before the next state election, TWISK reports on the secretive ALP tussle.