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Australian politicians on record.

Legislative Council · South-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Jane Foreman

Last verified 30 Sept 2026

Family First

Family First's candidate listing gives no occupation for her.

Candidate photo — pending
Seat context — South-Eastern Metropolitan Region›
Illustration pending

South-Eastern Metropolitan elects 5 MLCs and comprises 11 Legislative Assembly districts across Melbourne's south-east — Berwick, Carrum, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Mordialloc, Mulgrave, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South and Rowville. In 2022, Labor won 2 of 5 seats (Lee Tarlamis and Michael Galea), the Liberal-National Coalition 1 (Ann-Marie Hermans), Legalise Cannabis 1 (Rachel Payne) and the Liberal Democrats 1 (David Limbrick).

Identity & ballot position§ 01
House
Legislative Council
Seat
South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Incumbent
No
Party
Family First
Ballot position
Not yet assigned
Group ticket order
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
§ 02

Background

Occupation / profession
Family First's candidate listing gives no occupation for her.
Prior public roles
Nothing found in the sources reviewed.
Local ties
No residence or local ties are stated in the sources retrieved.
Education
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
§ 03

Platform

Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.

Stated top campaign priorities

Her party's 2026 messaging stands for freedom, fair laws and family, sex-based rights and protections for women and girls, supporting parents, children and working families, and spending that delivers for taxpayers; nothing is attributed to her personally.

SSelf-stated — FF-JFOREMAN-2026Family First Party Australia, "Jane Foreman, Legislative Council Candidate for Victoria"View source

What Victorians say matters most

5 poll-led issues

Cost 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

iWhat this coversPosition on everyday household costs — groceries, utilities, insurance, transport.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Crime and community safety

iWhat this coversPosition on crime rates, policing and community safety, including youth crime and bail law.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Housing affordability and supply

iWhat this coversPosition on home ownership costs, rental affordability, and housing supply/planning.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

State government debt and fiscal management

iWhat this coversPosition on debt levels and what they mean for future taxes and service funding.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Infrastructure and public transport delivery

iWhat this coversPosition on congestion, commute reliability, and cost/timeline overruns on major projects.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Also on the record

6 substance issues

These don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.

Education and training

iWhat this coversPosition on school funding and infrastructure, curriculum and teaching quality, university funding and research, and TAFE/VET.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Health and healthcare access

iWhat this coversPosition on hospital and clinic funding, GP/specialist access and wait times, and ambulance performance including ramping.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Urban planning and housing density

iWhat this coversPosition on zoning and density, heritage and consultation processes, urban sprawl versus infill, and access to parks and green space.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Climate and energy transition

iWhat this coversPosition on renewable energy targets, offshore wind delivery, transmission infrastructure, and the reinstated State Electricity Commission.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Treaty and First Nations affairs

iWhat this coversPosition on implementing the Statewide Treaty and the new Gellung Warl representative body, and on future local treaties.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Regional and rural Victoria

iWhat this coversPosition on water security, the native-forest-logging transition, road and service funding, and population decline in country towns.
Candidate’s priority0 / 10

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

Local & party context

2 fields

Not 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.

Seat-specific issues
No region-specific project is named.
Party platform alignment
She runs on Family First's 2026 platform; her individual profile page could not be retrieved, so no personal positions are recorded. SSelf-stated — FF-JFOREMAN-2026Family First Party Australia, "Jane Foreman, Legislative Council Candidate for Victoria"View source
V VerifiedS Self-statedR Reported— hover or tap any mark for what it means
§ 04

Track record & prior candidacies

Terms served
No elected office found.
Portfolios held
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Notable votes, bills, committee work
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Previous candidacies
No earlier campaign is recorded in the sources retrieved.
§ 05–08

Campaign, money & endorsements

Campaign logistics

Website
www.familyfirstparty.org.au/jane_foreman_vic_2026
Social
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Contact
Not yet published — no personal campaign contact found in sources reviewed; the party page links only to the party's general social media accounts and a donation form.
How-to-vote card
Not yet published

Endorsements & Donations

Organisational
None reported in sources reviewed.
Individual
None reported in sources reviewed.
VEC disclosure
Not yet available.
Public funding

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.

Foreman has not previously contested a state election on the sources retrieved, and Family First's earlier results in this region were not retrieved.

Dataset housekeeping

Nomination status
Expected — Listed as Family First's candidate for South-Eastern Metropolitan on the party's own Victorian 2026 candidates page and dedicated profile page, so the 'expected' bar is met though no VEC nomination is lodged yet. The region rests on the party's candidates page alone (the profile page names no region) and was not independently confirmed elsewhere. The party's registered officer for Family First Victoria is also named Jane Foreman (VEC list of registered parties). Newly surfaced: the candidate was not on the roll before this pass (Jane Foreman was listed only under a non-existent region name). Ticket position not stated. VEC nomination cannot be lodged until nominations open 4 November 2026.
Last verified
30 Sept 2026
Sources
See the Source register below — every V/S/R mark on this page names its specific source on hover.

Source register

FF-JFOREMAN-2026
Family First Party Australia, “Jane Foreman, Legislative Council Candidate for Victoria” — Party's own material — View source · accessed 24 Sept 2026
FF-VIC2026
Family First Party Australia, “Victorian Election (2026 candidates)” — Party's own material — View source · accessed 24 Sept 2026