Legislative Assembly · District of Broadmeadows
Baris Duzova
Last verified 30 Sept 2026
Seat context — Broadmeadows›
The Legislative Assembly district of Broadmeadows covers roughly 47 km² in Melbourne's outer north, including Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas, Fawkner, Jacana and Meadow Heights, plus parts of Glenroy, Roxburgh Park, Somerton and Westmeadows. It is one of Labor's safest seats, held by the party for almost all of its history since the district's creation in 1955. At the 2022 election Kathleen Matthews-Ward won it for Labor with 51.94% after distribution of preferences against the Liberal candidate.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Lower costs by scrapping the Emergency Services Tax and capping tolls at $50 a week, more police and PSOs, real consequences for criminal behaviour and early intervention for at-risk youth.
What Victorians say matters most
5 poll-led issuesCost of living and crime have ranked 1st or 2nd in every Victorian poll since mid‑2025, with debt and housing close behind — see schema §3 for the polling this grouping is based on (DemosAU, Ipsos Issues Monitor, Roy Morgan). The 0-10 'priorityScore' on each candidate's issue entries is NOT a measure of true importance or an independent ranking of what a candidate actually cares about. It reflects how much detail and specificity exists in what that candidate has actually said publicly on that issue -- a named policy mechanism and a verified voting record score higher than a one-line stated priority, regardless of the issue's real-world weight. Render this distinction in the UI wherever the score appears; do not label it just 'Priority' without the qualifier.
Cost of living
Wants to scrap the Emergency Services Tax and introduce a $50 per week toll cap, feeling the cost of living as a young Victorian.
Crime and community safety
The Coalition's bail and sentencing policy, per the ABC, would automatically deny bail to reoffenders under a one-strike rule and treat burglary, serious assault and attempted murder as adult offences.
It would also strengthen breach of bail as an offence and remove the youth exemption.
Nothing on crime is attributed to Duzova personally.
Names more police and PSOs, real consequences and early intervention for at-risk youth, and says he has been a victim of crime.
Housing affordability and supply
The Coalition would lift the first-home buyer threshold to remove stamp duty on homes up to $1 million, per a housing-policy comparison; nothing is attributed to Duzova personally.
State government debt and fiscal management
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Also on the record
6 substance issuesThese don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.
Education and training
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Health and healthcare access
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Urban planning and housing density
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Climate and energy transition
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Regional and rural Victoria
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Local & party context
2 fieldsNot scored the way the eleven issues above are — these are fixed facts about the seat and the party, not positions with more or less emphasis behind them.
Duzova is the Liberal candidate, but no personal statements were found to compare with the Coalition platform. Coalition costings on cost of living, energy, health and education could not be retrieved, so those issues are left empty.
Their profile presents them as part of Jess Wilson's Liberal team, and the policies it names are the party's own plan rather than independent positions of theirs. SSelf-stated — LIBV-BARIS-DUZOVALiberal Victoria, "Baris Duzova — Liberal candidate profile" (22 Sept 2026)View source
Track record & prior candidacies
Contested Broadmeadows for the Liberals at the 2022 state election, receiving 8,044 first-preference votes (23.1%), second behind Labor's Kathleen Matthews-Ward on 45.7%, and losing 34.5% to 65.5% on two-candidate-preferred; not elected. VVerified — WIKI-BMEADOWS-RESULTSWikipedia, "Electoral results for the district of Broadmeadows"View source
This is a repeat candidacy for the seat.
Campaign, money & endorsements
Campaign logistics
Endorsements & Donations
Per the Victorian Electoral Commission's funding guidance (vec.vic.gov.au, accessed 2026-09-29 via search snippets of its independent-candidate and registered-party funding pages), a candidate is eligible for public election funding if they receive at least 4% of first-preference votes in their contest, or are elected. Funding is reimbursed against an audited statement of campaign expenditure, and advance funding must be repaid in full if the threshold is missed.
His 2022 Broadmeadows result of 23.1% cleared the 4% mark, so that campaign qualified for public funding.