Some parties are only running in certain locations, while others have pledged to run a candidate in almost every available seat.
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To find out what region or electorate you are in for this election
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Here is your guide to the minor parties running in the state election.
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Affordable Housing Now — Sustainable Australia Party
Formerly known as: Sustainable Population Party
Party background: A national party founded in 2010, Sustainable Australia currently has a small presence on councils in WA and NSW.
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Australia → know → WA
The party most recently held a seat in the Victorian parliament from 2018 to 2022, with former MP Clifford Hayes representing the Southern Metropolitan Region.
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Hayes → hold → Region
Sustainable Australia has focused its policy platform on delivering a plan to address the housing crisis.
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Australia → focus → crisis
Its policy platform is to deliver lower rents, no stamp duty, slower migration and more social housing.
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Sustainable Australia said it has no plans to advocate for legal changes outside its policy platform.
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Sustainable Australia is running candidates in all eight upper house regions.
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It is not running candidates for the lower house.
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Animal Justice Party currently has one MP sitting in parliament.
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Animal Justice Party is campaigning on a suite of animal welfare policies.
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It includes:
- Abolishing animal farming with the rapid phasing out and banning of factory farming, aquaculture and live animal export
- Banning duck hunting in Victoria
- Banning puppy and kitten farms, and banning the sale of fur products
- Introducing subsidies for veterinary care, and making vet services exempt from GST
- Introducing tobacco-style laws regulating processed meat, including banning its sale to minors, mandating health warnings and introducing a tax on the products
Candidates:
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The party will run candidates in the lower house seats of Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Carrum, Eildon, Eltham, Eureka, Euroa, Evelyn, Frankston, Geelong, Gippsland South, Greenvale, Hastings, Kalkallo, Kororoit, Kew, Lara, Laverton, Macedon, Melbourne, Melton, Mildura, Mill Park, Monbulk, Murray Plains, Nepean, Niddrie, Ovens Valley, Prahran, Ringwood, Shepparton, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Wendouree and Yan Yean.
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The party will also look to retain its Northern Victoria seat in the upper house, and will run candidates in the Eastern Victoria Region.
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Australian Citizens Party
Formerly known as: Citizens Electoral Council
Party background: A national party founded in 1988, the party won a shock victory in the 1988 Barambah by-election in Queensland.
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The party changed its name in 2019.
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Australian Citizens Party has pledged to open a state-owned bank using post offices as branches and use the bank to help build 200,000 new homes.
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It also pledges to institute a two-year rent freeze, and outlaw the sale of state assets while mandating all electricity is sold via the State Electricity Commission.
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Australian Citizens Party will run lower house candidates in Berwick, Bentleigh, Greenvale and Polwarth.
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It will also run candidates in South-Eastern Metropolitan and Northern Victoria regions.
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The Australian Democrats are a national party founded in 1977 by former Liberal MP Don Chipp, who famously proclaimed he would "keep the bastards honest".
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Former Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick will run for Western Victoria Region on an Australian Democrats ticket this election.
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The Australian Democrats have three major policy branches in the coming election:
- Reforming Victoria's upper house by adopting proportional representation and abolishing regions
- Addressing crime by creating Safety and Prevention Hubs in 10 key areas
- Establishing an independent infrastructure authority to oversee major projects and crack down on corruption
Candidates:
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The Australian Democrats will run lower house candidates in Lowan and Richmond.
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It will run upper house candidates in Northern Metropolitan, South-Eastern Metropolitan, Western Victoria, North-Eastern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan and Southern Metropolitan regions.
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The party has undergone numerous name changes and is not to be confused with the similarly named Reform Australia Party.
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Registered officer Milton Wilde most recently ran in the 2026 Nepean by-election, garnering 0.4 per cent of the vote.
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Wilde → run → vote
He previously ran in state and federal elections as a candidate for political parties founded by Clive Palmer.
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The party will run candidates in South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, including Mr Wilde.
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Climate Action Now was founded by anti-lockdown activist Monica Smit to use Victoria's group voting ticket system to funnel votes from left-wing voters to right-wing parties.
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Group voting tickets have since been abolished in the state.
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Ms Smit previously told the ABC she does care about the environment and denied the party is a front.
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On its website, Climate Action Now has a suite of environmental policies as election pledges, including improving bushfire management in the state, controlling brumby and wild boar populations and scaling back foreign-owned renewable projects in Victoria.
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The party will contest Footscray, Pascoe Vale, Prahran and Preston.
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Founded in 1978, the Democratic Labour Party is a national party which traces its origins to a split with the Labor Party in 1955.
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It most recently held two seats in Victorian parliament, after former Liberal MP Bernie Finn and former Labor MP Adem Somyurek joined the DLP after being ousted from their own parties.
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Both MPs have since left the DLP.
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The party has not announced policies for the coming Victorian election, but defines itself as fighting for workers' rights, small business, religious freedom and strong family values.
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The Democratic Labour Party will run for the lower house seats of Bayswater, Box Hill, Glen Waverley, Morwell, Niddrie, Pakenham, Point Cook, Ringwood, Ripon, Sunbury, Sydenham and Werribee.
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…and 72 more, not listed.
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