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The Victorian Socialists candidate for Calwell, Omar Hassan, will now contest Scullin. The reasoning is due to ‘personal respect and solidarity’ for the Greens candidate in Calwell, Mohammed El-Masri, as well as living in Thomastown which is in Scullin.
Mohamed El-Masri*
I’m expecting Victorian Socialists and Greens primary vote to increase.
Victorian Socialists may get a slight boost, but without their fly in fleet of doorknockers like they had for the state election it mightn’t be so easy. Labor could easily be knocked down under 40 on primary but still win the seat comfortably
Victorian Socialists came third on primary votes in Thomastown at the 2022 Vic election (yes, even beating the Greens). It’s plausible that they could grab a slice of the very large, disaffected anti-establishment vote.