As a collaboration project “Being Asian Australian” and the “Asian Australian Alliance”, will be launching a new project at the start of 2022, to help promote and support Asian/Asian Australian candidates who are or who will be running for a lower house or a Senate seat for the upcoming Federal Election, from any of the major political parties and Independents.
Are you one of those or know someone who is running? Please contact us at on any of our social media pages or email us at info@asianaustralianalliance.net .
Here are a few we are aware of:
LOWER HOUSE SEATS
SALLY SITOU – ALP CANDIDATE FOR REID (NSW)
GLADYS LIU – CURRENT MEMBER AND LIBERAL CANDIDATE FOR CHISHOLM (VIC)
SUJIT MATTHEW – GREENS CANDIDATE FOR HOLT (VIC)
XIAN-ZHI SOON – ALP CANDIDATE FOR BANKS (NSW)
SAM LIM – ALP CANDIDATE FOR TANGNEY (WA)
SENATE
KACEY LAM-EVANS – LIBERAL CANDIDATE ON THE ACT SENATE TICKET (ACT)
PENNY WONG – LEADER FOR THE OPPOSITION IN THE SENATE, CURRENT SENATOR ON THE SA SENATE TICKET (SA)
JANALINE OH – ALP CANDIDATE ON THE ACT SENATE TICKET (ACT)
ERIC ZHANG – NEW LIBERALS CANDIDATE ON THE NSW SENATE TICKET (NSW)
JASON YAT-SEN LI – ALP CANDIDATE ON THE NSW SENATE TICKET (NSW)
We know there are more, so please let us know if you are or you know someone who is running. We will be endeavouring to interview some of these candidates as well!~