Legislative Assembly · District of Werribee
Sue Munro
Last verified 30 Sept 2026
Seat context — Werribee›
Werribee is a Labor-held seat in Melbourne's outer south-west covering Werribee, Werribee South and Wyndham Vale. Tim Pallas held it and won it in 2022 with 45.4% of first preferences and 60.9% two-party-preferred against the Liberals' Mia Shaw. He resigned in January 2025, and at the 8 February 2025 by-election Labor's John Lister won by 693 votes: the Liberals' Steve Murphy led on first preferences (29.0% to 28.9%), with independent Paul Hopper third on 14.6%, and Lister won 50.8% to 49.2% in the two-candidate count. Lister is recontesting. The Tally Room says the by-election vote was fragmented by Hopper's candidacy. The 2026 field found is seven candidates: Lister, the Liberals' Reece Clark, the West Party's Paul Hopper, the Greens' Tushar Kumar, One Nation's Paul Pateras, Family First's Matthew Emerson, the Victorian Socialists' Sue Munro and the New Democrats' Prashant Tandon. An independent named Matthew De Angelis appears in an earlier audit note but not on The Tally Room's list.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Expanded public housing and rent freezes, better health and mental health services, free and reliable public transport, sensible approaches to crime and addiction, and services in new housing developments.
"Werribee is a beautiful multicultural community that needs to be nurtured and cared for by government as we grow."
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
The party's fiscal policy would fund services with a 10% annual wealth tax on billionaires and a 20% bank profits tax; nothing on cost of living is attributed to Munro personally.
Crime and community safety
Wants sensible approaches to crime and addiction.
Housing affordability and supply
Wants expanded public housing and rent freezes.
The party's housing policy would cut all residential rents 25% then freeze them for five years, and build at least 15,000 public housing units a year for ten years.
State government debt and fiscal management
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
Wants free, reliable public transport and transport access in new housing developments.
A summary of the party's transport policy says it would make public transport free.
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
A summary of the party's education policy says it would provide universal preschool and childcare and end NAPLAN testing; nothing is attributed to Munro personally.
Health and healthcare access
Wants improved health and mental health services, drawing on her nursing career, and healthcare access in new housing developments.
A summary of the party's health policy says it would fully fund public healthcare and expand free community clinics.
Urban planning and housing density
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Climate and energy transition
A summary of the party's energy policies says it would move to 100% publicly owned renewable energy; nothing is attributed to Munro personally.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
A summary of the party's First Nations policy says it wants a treaty with material change beyond symbolic recognition; nothing is attributed to Munro personally.
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.
Their priorities match the Victorian Socialists' statewide platform. SSelf-stated — VS-SM, VS-POLICIES, VS-CANDIDATESVictorian Socialists, "Sue Munro"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Policies"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Candidates"View source
No point of divergence was found.
Track record & prior candidacies
Stood for the Victorian Socialists in Werribee in 2022, receiving 1,391 votes (3.6%). VVerified — WIKI-WER-RESWikipedia, "Electoral results for the district of Werribee"View source
Stood again at the February 2025 by-election, receiving 3,008 votes (7.14%), making 2026 their third run, as their profile says. VVerified — WIKI-WER-BYE, VS-SMWikipedia, "2025 Werribee state by-election"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Sue Munro"View source
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.
Munro polled 3.6% in 2022, below the 4% mark, and 7.14% at the 2025 by-election, above it, so the by-election campaign qualified for public funding.