Legislative Assembly · District of Narracan
Alyssa Weaver
Last verified 24 Sept 2026
Seat context — Narracan›
Narracan is a Liberal-held Gippsland seat around Warragul and Drouin, represented by Wayne Farnham since a January 2023 supplementary election — the original 2022 contest was declared failed after Nationals candidate Shaun Gilchrist died shortly before polling day. Farnham, a local builder, is recontesting. The field also includes Labor's Jannette Langley, a longtime party member and repeat candidate; the Greens' Alyssa Weaver; Victorian Socialists' Moss Page; Family First's Geoff Dethlefs; and One Nation's Ben Lucas, a Baw Baw Shire councillor on leave from council since 16 September 2026 who defected from the Liberal Party in late 2025.
Background
Describes herself as "a mum, children's book author and disability support worker." SSelf-stated — GREENS-WEAVER26Victorian Greens, "Alyssa Weaver, Candidate for Narracan"View source
Gippsland Monitor's 30 July 2026 candidate guide likewise calls her "a children's book author and local disability support worker." RReported — GIPPSMON26Gippsland Monitor, "Victorian Election 2026: Gippsland Candidates" (30 July 2026)View source
Describes herself as "a Gippsland local" who knows "all too well how our community is overlooked." SSelf-stated — GREENS-WEAVER26Victorian Greens, "Alyssa Weaver, Candidate for Narracan"View source
The Gazette reported in 2022 and January 2023 that she lives at Tynong North, and in 2022 that she was building her first home. RReported — GAZETTE-ANNOUNCE22, GAZETTE-WEAVERThe Warragul and Drouin Gazette, "Greens announce Narracan candidate" (29 Sept 2022)View sourceThe Warragul and Drouin Gazette, "Narracan candidates: Alyssa Weaver (2023 supplementary election profile)" (24 Jan 2023)View source
Those local reports predate 2026, and her 2026 Greens page names no suburb or years of residence. SSelf-stated — GREENS-WEAVER26Victorian Greens, "Alyssa Weaver, Candidate for Narracan"View source
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Wants "every person" to have "equal access to the things they need, regardless of disability, location, cultural background, or financial situation."
Hopes "our push for real climate action and affordable housing builds upon the existing local grassroots movement."
Told the Gazette in September 2026 that "the more candidates the better, we need people from every side of democracy to feel represented."
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
Says "across the Gippsland region, the impacts of a cost of living crisis and underfunding in infrastructure are deeply felt."
In 2022 the Gazette reported she was personally feeling cost-of-living pressures while building her first home; in 2023 it reported she said cost of living and housing insecurity were hitting the community hard.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): free public dental care, a $3,000 "Greens Power voucher" for solar and efficient appliances, and permanently free public transport.
Crime and community safety
No personal statement on crime found.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): prevention over punishment: more funding for youth programs and public housing, health-led responses to mental health emergencies, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14, and repealing Labor's 2025 bail changes.
Housing affordability and supply
Names "affordable housing" as a focus, hoping her campaign builds on "the existing local grassroots movement."
Gippsland Monitor reports she wants a campaign focused on housing affordability and the impacts of climate change.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): 88,000 new public homes with an initial $4 billion, abolishing stamp duty on homes under $1.1 million, and a two-year rent freeze followed by rent rises capped at wage growth.
State government debt and fiscal management
No personal statement found.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): funding its plan through a 0.1% quarterly levy on big-bank liabilities (over $3 billion a year), higher gambling taxes and doubled coal and gas royalties; the costings page does not address state debt directly.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
Says "underfunding in infrastructure" is "deeply felt" across Gippsland; no road, rail line or project is named.
In 2022 the Gazette reported she had seen a lack of investment in healthcare and transport in the electorate.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): trams and trains at least every 10 minutes where infrastructure allows, $245 million for more frequent regional trains and coaches, and bringing road maintenance back into public hands.
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
Says she wants "young people and families of Narracan" to "see themselves reflected in and listened to" and every person to have equal access to education; no mechanism is stated.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): funding all government schools to the full Gonski amount, genuinely free public schools, and an independent school building authority.
Health and healthcare access
Says "from healthcare to education to housing, I want to ensure every person has equal access to the things they need, regardless of disability, location, cultural background, or financial situation."
In January 2023 the Gazette reported she said the outcry for a new hospital was "always front and centre" when she spoke to residents; she has not repeated this in 2026 material found.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): a $3 billion public dental system funded by gambling taxes, saving VicHealth, and community health at 3% of health spending.
The Greens' 2026 health platform page does not mention a West Gippsland hospital.
Urban planning and housing density
No personal statement found.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): rewriting planning rules to increase density around transport hubs, protect green wedges and restore council say, with a 40% urban tree-canopy target and 30% public and affordable housing in developments over 15 dwellings.
Climate and energy transition
Says she wants "real climate action."
In January 2023 the Gazette quoted her saying "the Greens are the only party proposing a real, properly funded and coordinated transition plan with income guarantees so no one is left behind," for fossil-fuel workers and communities.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): banning gas drilling in Victoria's oceans, closing Yallourn in 2028, and an extra $2 billion for the State Electricity Commission to build publicly owned renewables.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
In January 2023 the Gazette reported she was initially attracted to the Greens by their policies on disability rights and a First Nations treaty.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): defending Statewide Treaty against repeal, supporting further local and statewide treaties, and implementing the Yoorrook Justice Commission's recommendations.
Regional and rural Victoria
Presents herself as a Gippsland local whose community is "overlooked," and wants equal access to services "regardless of... location."
Party platform (not candidate-specific): regional trains and coaches run more often, public housing in regional Victoria, and a just transition with community benefits and ownership for renewables and transmission projects.
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.
Says "Narracan deserves stronger representation and better outcomes." SSelf-stated — GREENS-WEAVER26Victorian Greens, "Alyssa Weaver, Candidate for Narracan"View source
New hospital: Labor promised $675 million in 2022 for a 223-bed West Gippsland hospital at a greenfield Drouin site by 2028, and construction had not begun by July 2026. VVerified — ABC-WGH-JUL26ABC News, "Victorian opposition promises $850 million to build new West Gippsland hospital if elected" (23 July 2026)View source
On 23 July 2026 the Liberal-National Coalition promised $850 million for a new hospital at Drouin East with 230 beds and treatment spaces; the Greens' own hospital position was not found. VVerified — GAZETTE-WGH-JUL26The Warragul and Drouin Gazette, "$850 million promised for new hospital" (29 July 2026)View source
Runs on the Greens' 2026 platform: her stated priorities (climate action, affordable housing, equal access to health and education) match its planks and she names no point of divergence. SSelf-stated — GREENS-WEAVER26, GP26-PLATFORMVictorian Greens, "Alyssa Weaver, Candidate for Narracan"View sourceVictorian Greens, "Demand better — The Greens plan (2026 election platform)"View source
Party platform (not candidate-specific): a disability plank covering NDIS protection, equal access to education, carer support and public-service employment quotas, which fits her disability-support work. SSelf-stated — GP26-DISABILITYVictorian Greens, "Disability"View source
She told the Gazette "one in every 10 people in Narracan voted Greens number one last year. I'm there for that one in 10 people." RReported — GAZETTE-SEP26The Warragul and Drouin Gazette, "Election takes shape" (7 Sept 2026)View source
Division-wide Greens first-preference shares at the 2025 federal election were 4.94% in Monash and 8.49% in Gippsland; no Narracan-only figure was found, so her one-in-ten claim could not be checked. VVerified — WP-DIV-MONASH, WP-DIV-GIPPSLANDWikipedia, "Division of Monash (2025 results)"View sourceWikipedia, "Division of Gippsland (2025 results)"View source
Track record & prior candidacies
Repeat candidate: she was the Greens candidate for Narracan at the 2022 election, which was declared failed after the Nationals candidate died days before polling. VVerified — WP-CANDS-2022VIC, WP-NARRACAN23Wikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 Victorian state election"View sourceWikipedia, "2023 Narracan state supplementary election"View source
She then contested the 28 January 2023 supplementary election: 4,132 first-preference votes (11.11%, +5.1 points), second of eleven on first preferences behind Liberal Wayne Farnham (45.00%). VVerified — VEC-NARRACAN23, WP-NARRACAN23Victorian Electoral Commission, "Narracan District supplementary election results (2023)" (28 Jan 2023)View sourceWikipedia, "2023 Narracan state supplementary election"View source
After preferences she finished third on 6,073 votes (16.32%), behind independent Tony Wolfe (6,891) and ahead of Freedom Party's Leonie Blackwell (5,011); Farnham won with 19,230 (51.69%). VVerified — VEC-NARRACAN23Victorian Electoral Commission, "Narracan District supplementary election results (2023)" (28 Jan 2023)View source
The Gazette reported in September 2026 that she had suggested the Greens benefited in 2023 from the absence of a Labor candidate. RReported — GAZETTE-SEP26The Warragul and Drouin Gazette, "Election takes shape" (7 Sept 2026)View source
No other prior candidacy found: she is not in the 2018 Victorian, 2022 or 2025 federal candidate lists, though searches were not exhaustive. VVerified — WP-CANDS-2018VIC, WP-CANDS-2022FED, WP-CANDS-2025FEDWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2018 Victorian state election"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 Australian federal election"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election"View source
Campaign, money & endorsements
Campaign logistics
Endorsements & Donations
Per the VEC's own funding guidance for registered political parties (accessed 2026-09-24), public funding is paid to the registered party, not to individual candidates. Australian Greens Victoria appears on the VEC's list of currently registered parties (first registered 5 August 1997, re-registered 24 October 2024), and is eligible if at least one endorsed candidate receives at least 4% of first-preference votes or is elected.
The amount is based on the party's audited statement of expenditure, the votes its candidates receive and legislated maximums, at an indexed per-vote rate that the VEC's indexation page (accessed 2026-09-24) lists as $7.70 for lower-house candidates in 2026-27, up from $7.46 the year before. The VEC's funding page notes it is under review following the Electoral Further Amendment Act 2026, so these rules may change before the election.