#ASIANAUSPOL is part of a longer term collaborative project between BEING ASIAN AUSTRALIAN and the ASIAN AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCE to identify, showcase, discuss, and encourage Asian/Asian Australians who are running as a candidate or who are already there for Federal, State and Local elections.
Hello! Yes we are back again with our next #ASIANAUSPOL piece. Yesterday we focused on candidates running for lower house seats from Labor, Liberals and the Greens and today we will do the same thing and focus on the senate. And don’t worry tomorrow we will have a post on the Asian Aussies who are running for both houses as independent candidates, candidates from micro and other parties. In any case here is the list so far ( remember nominations to be a candidate closes on April 21). Also, if you see someone’s name who is not on this list and should be, please let us know!
SENATE CANDIDATES FOR THE 2022 FEDERAL ELECTION
| STATE/TERRITORY | NAME | POLITICAL PARTY | NUMBER ON RESPECTIVE SENATE TICKET |
| ACT | James Cruz | GREENS | #2 |
| ACT | Kacey Lam | LIBERAL PARTY | #2 |
| STATE/TERRITORY | NAME | POLITICAL PARTY | NUMBER ON RESPECTIVE SENATE TICKET |
| QLD | Anna Sri | GREENS | #2 |
| STATE/TERRITORY | NAME | POLITICAL PARTY | NUMBER ON RESPECTIVE SENATE TICKET |
| SA | Senator Penny Wong GOING FOR RE-ELECTION  | LABOR PARTY | #1 |
| STATE/TERRITORY | NAME | POLITICAL PARTY | NUMBER ON RESPECTIVE SENATE TICKET |
| WA | Fatima Payman | LABOR PARTY | #3 |
| WA | Dr Sherry Sufi | LIBERAL PARTY | #4 |
So across the country there are 6, and we will be doing interviews with as many as we can! If we are missing anyone who should be on this list, please give us a yell!
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