Below is a mock up of a Traffic Light Voting Guide for Footscray. The Hawthorn guide for voters will not be published until after the ballot draw on Tuesday November 10th.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 The SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGION guide for voters in Hawthorn will not be published until after the ballot draw on Tuesday November 10th.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 will turbo charge the effectiveness of your vote in Red Light electorates.

Strategic Preferencing in Hawthorn District

Hawthorn is a Red Light electorate .We strongly advise you to preference the Liberal candidate last. You have three Green Light candidates to vote for. Fortunately one those three is an Outstanding Green Light candidate and a very worthy independent.

Strategic Preferencing in the North Eastern 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.

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

Shima Ibuki Community Independent

Hawthorn deserves a representative who is focused on this community.

I’m Shima Ibuki, and I’m running as your independent candidate for Hawthorn in this year’s state election.

For the last 17 years, I’ve lived in Surrey Hills, raising my family and working closely with people across our community. As a councillor and now Deputy Mayor of Boroondara, I’ve been directly involved in making decisions, solving local issues, and delivering outcomes that matter.

That experience has reinforced something simple — people want practical results, not politics.

Right now, at the state level, Hawthorn isn’t getting that. The current government has struggled to deal with key challenges like housing, cost of living, and economic management, while trust in decision-making continues to decline.

Hawthorn needs a representative who is focused on our community, not bound by party lines, or beholden to a political faction, or vested interests.

That’s why I’m running.

As an Independent, I will be accountable to the people of Hawthorn. I will listen, engage, and push for decisions that reflect what this community actually needs.

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 I am elected to the next Victorian House of Assembly, my policies will focus on climate action related to the ecological and climate emergency that we are currently experiencing.

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 support the 3Rs, the Climate Rescue Accord and the Green Transition and will use them to inform my position and advocacy on legislation and policy relating to climate action if I am elected to the next Victorian House of Assembly