Meet your candidates

The Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) will host a meet the candidates night for the federal seat of Macnamara on April 16.

To be held at South Melbourne Primary School on Ferrars St, Southbank, at 6pm for a 6.30pm start, the event will provide locals from Southbank and the Montague Precinct with a chance to meet their candidates ahead of the election.

The Labor Party’s Josh Burns, Liberal Kate Ashmor and Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May will all be present, with the event to be moderated by former City of Port Phillip Mayor Cr Bernadene Voss.

The seat of Macnamara represents an intriguing contest in this year’s election in what is a genuine three-horse race for a seat in the House of Representatives.

While the seat has been a Labor stronghold since Federation and held by outgoing Labor MP Michael Danby for the past 20 years, the 2016 election saw then Liberal candidate Owen Guest only lose on the narrowest of margins following preference flows.

Steph Hodgins-May will also take confidence from the last election, having only been edged by Mr Danby by 953 primary votes. Following a change to the electoral boundaries, the Greens also gain 5000 new voters in Windsor, which is historically a strong booth for the party.

Local issues expected to be of particular prominence include planning, infrastructure, climate change, housing and redevelopment of Fishermans Bend.

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