Box Hill
Below is a mock up of a Traffic Light Voting Guide for Footscray. The Box Hill guide for voters will not be published until after the ballot draw on Tuesday November 10th.
Below is a mock up of a Traffic Light Voting Guide for the Victorian Upper House in the WESTERN METROPOLITAN REGION. The EASTERN METROPOLITAN REGION guide for voters in Box Hill will not be published until after the ballot draw on Tuesday November 10th.
Voting Traffic Light in the 2026 Victorian State Election
You will receive two ballot papers to vote for your preferred candidates in the Victorian House of Assembly and the Victorian Legislative Council .
To vote Traffic Light, vote for all the Green Light candidates or parties first, then the Orange Light ones. Number the red light candidates last.
Red light candidates are threat to achieving a fair future for us all not just in relation to Climate Rescue, but also a range of social issues most of us are concerned about. The order you number the Red Light candidates will have a significant effect on creating a good outcome at this election. We describe this advice as Strategic Preferencing. Strategic Preferencing combined with your Traffic Light Voting Guide will turbo charge the effectiveness of your vote in Red Light electorates.
Strategic Preferencing in the Box Hill District (How to turbo-charge your vote!)
Box Hill is a Red Light electorate held by the Labor Party. We strongly advise to you preference the Labor candidate last. You have three other Green Light candidates to vote for. Fortunately for Box Hill residents, one those three is an Outstanding Green Light candidate and a very worthy independent.
Strategic Preferencing in the Southern Metropolitan Region
Whether you vote below, or above the line, number One Nation or their candidates stone motherless last. The divisiveness promoted by this party will tear us apart. Your vote can help to exclude them from minority government and preserve our capacity to restore social cohesion. They have the unhinged capacity to take a wrecking ball to the good influence of the Legislative Council.
To do this effectively you will need to fill in all the boxes either above the line or below the line.
Outstanding Green Light Candidates
Dr.Heena Sinha Cheung Community Independent
A Strong Voice. A Fairer Box Hill.
A survivor, a founder of frontline community disability services, a delegate to the United Nations — and the Independent candidate Box Hill deserves.
“There is a quiet anger in Box Hill right now, and I share it. Every day, I talk to women and families who are honestly fed up — tired of being treated like an afterthought by career politicians, and tired of seeing our community sold off in secret developer deals. I’ve spent my life surviving the cracks in a broken system, so I know exactly what it feels like to be invisible. I’m not running to play the game; I’m running to break the silence.”
Local Issues in Box Hill
Vote Climate One Assessment
1. If you are elected to the next Victorian House of Assembly will your policy focus support real action on issues relating to the ecological and climate emergency?
Yes. If elected to the next Victorian Parliament, I will support real and evidence-based action on the ecological and climate emergency. Climate action is not separate from the issues facing our communities — it is connected to our health, cost of living, transport, energy security, biodiversity and the kind of future we leave our children.
As an Independent, I will listen to the evidence, climate and environmental organisations, researchers and my community, and advocate for practical action that both reduces emissions and strengthens the resilience of our communities.
2. Are you prepared to use the application of the 3Rs, the Climate Rescue Accord and the Green Transition to inform, when relevant, your position and advocacy on legislation and policy?
Yes. I am prepared to use the 3Rs, the Climate Rescue Accord and the Green Transition to inform, where relevant, my consideration and advocacy on climate-related legislation and policy.
As an Independent, I will assess legislation on its merits, informed by the best available evidence, expert advice and the voices of affected communities. I believe we need the courage to consider the scale and urgency of the ecological and climate challenge while ensuring that the transition is practical, fair and leaves no community behind.
Dr Heena Sinha Cheung