Legislative Assembly · District of Kalkallo
Eddie Dadisho
Last verified 30 Sept 2026
Seat context — Kalkallo›
Kalkallo is a safe Labor seat in Melbourne's outer-north growth corridor, covering Craigieburn, Mickleham, Kalkallo, Yuroke, Beveridge and Wallan. It was created in the 2021 redistribution and first contested in 2022, when Ros Spence, previously member for the predecessor seat of Yuroke, won it with 53.9% of first preferences and 66.5% two-party-preferred against the Liberals' Bikram Singh. She is recontesting, and since 4 August 2026 is Minister for Youth Justice, Corrections, Victim Support and Community Sport. The 2026 field found is four candidates: Spence, the Greens' Payal Tiwari, One Nation's Troy Steans and the Victorian Socialists' Courtney Millett. No Liberal candidate has been found, although Wikipedia's 2026 candidates table lists Steans under the Liberals, which conflicts with the party's own page.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Tougher laws and more police to crack down on crime, lower taxes to ease the cost of living, support for small business and upgraded local roads including the complete duplication of Donnybrook Road and a pothole elimination plan.
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
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The Coalition's bail and sentencing policy, per the ABC, would automatically deny bail to reoffenders under a one-strike rule.
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.
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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
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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.
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-EDDIE-DADISHOLiberal Victoria, "Eddie Dadisho — Liberal candidate profile"View source
Wikipedia's 2026 candidates table does not list them; they were found on Liberal Victoria's own profile list.
Track record & prior candidacies
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.
Eddie Dadisho has not previously contested a state election on the profile's account, and the Liberals' earlier results in this seat were not retrieved.