Legislative Assembly · District of Narre Warren South
Jill Nambu
Last verified 24 Sept 2026
Seat context — Narre Warren South›
Narre Warren South becomes an open Labor-held contest in 2026: sitting MP Gary Maas, who has held the seat since 2018, announced in June 2026 that he will not seek re-election. Labor has preselected outgoing Casey City Council Mayor Stefan Koomen as his replacement. The Liberal candidate, Norliah Syer-Peterson, became a prominent vaccine-access advocate after her teenage son's death from meningococcal B in 2025. The Greens' Jill Nambu, One Nation's Trevor Hammond, and Victorian Socialists' Bailey McCracken round out the confirmed field, and independent Scott Watson announced a candidacy on 29 June 2026.
Background
Describes herself as "a local mother, school councillor and active volunteer in the community"; the school is not named. SSelf-stated — GREENS-NAMBU-PAGEVictorian Greens, "Jill Nambu, Candidate for Narre Warren South"View source
Says she has volunteered by "tutoring English for recently arrived migrants, supporting migrant playgroups, and supporting breastfeeding families." SSelf-stated — GREENS-NAMBU-PAGEVictorian Greens, "Jill Nambu, Candidate for Narre Warren South"View source
Says she has "a strong history of advocating for local community interests" and "a proven track record holding government accountable." SSelf-stated — GREENS-NAMBU-PAGEVictorian Greens, "Jill Nambu, Candidate for Narre Warren South"View source
A Cranbourne Star News article of 22–23 September 2026 is summarised as saying her involvement in campaigns over the former Cranbourne Golf Course redevelopment, the proposed Hampton Park waste transfer station and a proposed Clyde North data centre encouraged her to run. RReported — STARNEWS-NAMBU26Cranbourne Star News, "Greens launch campaigns for Narre Warren South and Berwick (seen as a search-result summary only)" (23 Sept 2026)View source
That article could only be seen as a search-result summary, because the site blocks direct access, and none of the primary pages checked names her. RReported — STARNEWS-NAMBU26Cranbourne Star News, "Greens launch campaigns for Narre Warren South and Berwick (seen as a search-result summary only)" (23 Sept 2026)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.
Says she wants to "represent the voice of local residents who are working hard to keep their heads above the water."
Says "families in our area deserve a government that is fully open and transparent."
Says the Greens are fighting to fix the cost of living crisis while "protecting and expanding our local green spaces, tree canopy, and parks."
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 the Greens are "fighting for policies that will make a real difference to fixing the cost of living crisis we face daily."
Party platform (not candidate-specific): free public dental care, a $3,000 "Greens Power voucher" for solar and efficient appliances, a public energy retailer within the State Electricity Commission, and permanently free public transport.
Crime and community safety
No personal statement on crime found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): prevention over punishment: youth programs and public housing, health-led responses to mental health emergencies, and raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14.
Housing affordability and supply
No personal housing statement found on her candidate page.
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): 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 "I know firsthand how hard it is to live without proper public infrastructure and accessible services."
The Star News report is summarised as saying growing communities must receive adequate infrastructure and services, per a search-result summary of an article that could not be read directly.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): trams and trains at least every 10 minutes where infrastructure allows, $270 million for a bus grid across suburban Melbourne, and permanently free public transport.
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
Describes herself as a school councillor; no education policy of her own is stated.
The Star News report is summarised as listing public-school funding among her campaign issues; that could not be confirmed from the article itself.
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
Works in the disability sector and says she knows "how hard it is to live without... accessible services"; no health policy of her own is stated.
The Star News report is summarised as listing healthcare access among her campaign issues; that could not be confirmed from the article itself.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): a $3 billion public dental system, saving VicHealth, community health at 3% of health spending, and a disability plank covering NDIS protection, carer support and public-service employment quotas.
Urban planning and housing density
Says the Greens are committed to "protecting and expanding our local green spaces, tree canopy, and parks" in Narre Warren South.
The Star News report is summarised as saying she identifies stronger state planning laws as a major priority and wants residents consulted; that could not be confirmed from the article itself.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): rewriting planning rules to restore council and community say, a 40% urban tree-canopy target, and a moratorium on all new AI data centres until communities are consulted and laws protect them.
Climate and energy transition
Says the Greens are fighting for "a fairer and more sustainable future for everyone."
Party platform (not candidate-specific): banning gas drilling in Victoria's oceans, closing Yallourn in 2028, an extra $2 billion for the State Electricity Commission, and requiring data centres to run on 100% newly built renewable energy.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
No personal statement found.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): defending Statewide Treaty against repeal and implementing the Yoorrook Justice Commission's recommendations.
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.
Hampton Park waste transfer station: the EPA refused a development licence for the Veolia facility at 290 Hallam Road, and VCAT upheld that refusal on 10 April 2026. VVerified — MIRAGE-WTS-VCAT26, RACHELPAYNE-WTS26Mirage News (City of Casey release), "VCAT Rules on Hampton Park Waste Station Proposal" (10 Apr 2026)View sourceRachel Payne MLC, "Victory for Locals: VCAT Bins Filthy Dump Proposal in Hampton Park" (10 Apr 2026)View source
A Legislative Council petition of 1,415 signatures, presented on 18 February 2025, objected that Casey granted the planning permit before councillors were sworn in. VVerified — PARL-PETITION605Parliament of Victoria, "Tabled petition 9004 — Stop the construction of a waste transfer station in Hampton Park" (18 Feb 2025)View source
Data centres: on 15 September 2026 Casey Council resolved to consult residents on data-centre development by 30 November 2026 and to seek mandatory public notice and consultation for all data-centre applications. VVerified — MIRAGE-CASEY-DC26Mirage News (City of Casey release), "Casey Seeks Community Input on Data Centre Plans" (16 Sept 2026)View source
The Greens' platform matches both fights, with a moratorium on waste-to-energy incineration and on new AI data centres. SSelf-stated — GP26-WASTE, GP26-DATACENTRESVictorian Greens, "Waste and recycling"View sourceVictorian Greens, "Stop AI Data Centres"View source
Runs on the Greens' 2026 platform: her stated priorities (cost of living, green space and tree canopy, open government) match its planks, and she names no point of divergence. SSelf-stated — GREENS-NAMBU-PAGE, GP26-PLATFORMVictorian Greens, "Jill Nambu, Candidate for Narre Warren South"View sourceVictorian Greens, "Demand better — The Greens plan (2026 election platform)"View source
Her local campaigns on planning and consultation sit alongside the party's data centre and waste-to-energy moratoriums, though her own statements on those were only found in an unread news summary. SSelf-stated — GP26-DATACENTRES, GP26-WASTEVictorian Greens, "Stop AI Data Centres"View sourceVictorian Greens, "Waste and recycling"View source
Her candidate page says she has "a proven track record holding government accountable" but gives no example, so that claim could not be checked. SSelf-stated — GREENS-NAMBU-PAGEVictorian Greens, "Jill Nambu, Candidate for Narre Warren South"View source
Track record & prior candidacies
First run for office found: the Greens' 2022 Narre Warren South candidate was Susanna Moore, and no Nambu appears in the 2022 Victorian candidate list. VVerified — TR-NWS26, WP-CANDS-2022VICThe Tally Room, "Narre Warren South – Victoria 2026"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 Victorian state election"View source
No other prior state, federal or council candidacy under her name was found; searches were not exhaustive. VVerified — WP-LGE24-SEM, WP-CANDS-2025FEDWikipedia, "Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne"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.