Legislative Assembly · District of Narre Warren South
Trevor Hammond
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
His One Nation candidate page calls him a "self-employed tradesman who has run his own business in the local area for more than 43 years"; the trade is not named. SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMONDOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View source
It adds that he has "spent decades working in the building industry." SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMONDOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View source
His page says he "played a key role in raising awareness about a proposed hazardous-waste transfer station and stood his ground for weeks despite pressure from government officials." SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMONDOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View source
No elected or appointed public office was found for him; the only earlier candidacy located is Holt in 2025. VVerified — WP-HOLT25, WP-CANDS-2022VIC, WP-CANDS-2022FEDWikipedia, "Division of Holt (2025 result)"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 Victorian state election"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 Australian federal election"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.
His page says he supports "common sense policies focused on tackling crime, reducing the cost of living, improving housing affordability and strengthening energy security."
He is quoted saying "We need real local people who can connect with their communities, with new ideas and fresh policies, not the empty election promises we hear all the time."
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
His page lists reducing the cost of living as a priority and says cheaper, more reliable energy "can help reduce household costs and inflation and put more money back into family budgets."
Party platform (not candidate-specific): wind back Labor's land-tax increases on rental properties and small owners, lift the payroll tax threshold, and abolish the 10% stamp duty on home, contents and car insurance.
Crime and community safety
His page says he "wants stronger action on youth crime and graffiti, alongside practical measures to make local communities safer"; the measures are not specified.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): tougher bail and sentencing for repeat offenders, more youth detention capacity, and courts giving community safety greater weight on bail; the party's own crime page is not yet public.
Housing affordability and supply
His page lists "housing affordability" among his priorities; no policy of his own is stated.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): review every government fee on new homes, release under-used government land, put a legal time limit on approvals, and free up granny flats and spare-room rentals.
The same platform would raise the foreign purchaser duty and attributes rising rents largely to net overseas migration.
State government debt and fiscal management
No personal statement on debt or budgets found on his candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): says Victoria's debt is the highest in the country; the party's fiscal-management page is still marked "update in progress."
The Election Tracker ledger records a pledge to review state spending to cut waste and slow debt growth, and to phase out payroll tax, both uncosted.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
His page says that locally he wants "greater investment in roads, improved children’s parks, more activities for teenagers and infrastructure that keeps pace with a growing community."
No specific road, project or amount is named.
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
No personal statement on education found on his candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): a knowledge-rich year-by-year syllabus, explicit instruction and systematic phonics, expanded trade schools, and school vouchers so public funding follows the student.
Health and healthcare access
No personal statement on health found on his candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): a statewide surgical wait-list view and targets to end chronic ambulance ramping, guaranteed 24/7 regional emergency departments, and cutting non-clinical bureaucracy to fund more nurses and beds.
Urban planning and housing density
His page credits him with helping raise awareness of a proposed hazardous-waste transfer station (see seat-specific issues).
Party platform (not candidate-specific): require genuine community consultation before high-rise development is imposed on established suburbs.
Climate and energy transition
His page says he "supports increased baseload coal and gas energy production to help reduce electricity costs."
It says he backs renewable energy only "where it can compete without government subsidies."
Party platform (not candidate-specific): scrap net-zero targets and renewable subsidies, cancel the VNI West and Western Renewables Link transmission projects, repeal the state nuclear ban, and reverse the ban on gas connections in new homes.
At a 31 August 2026 announcement with Pauline Hanson, the party also pledged to keep Loy Yang A running past its planned 2035 closure, and its Victorian leader said the cost had not yet been discussed with the owner.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
No personal statement on Treaty found on his candidate page.
Party record: One Nation MLC Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell spoke against the Statewide Treaty Bill on 28 October 2025 ("Scrap it") and voted No in the Legislative Council division, which passed 22 to 17.
The Election Tracker ledger records repeal of the Statewide Treaty framework as a One Nation 2026 election commitment.
Regional and rural Victoria
No personal statement found on his candidate page; Narre Warren South is a metropolitan seat.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): restrict water trading to farmers with land to irrigate, ban industrial solar, wind and battery projects on irrigated or bushfire-prone land, and reinstate the 35 fisheries officers cut in 2025.
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.
His page says he played a key role in raising awareness of a proposed hazardous-waste transfer station and stood his ground "for weeks." SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMONDOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View source
The EPA refused Veolia's licence for its Hampton Park facility at 290 Hallam Road and VCAT upheld that refusal on 10 April 2026; the Casey release reporting it does not name him. VVerified — MIRAGE-WTS-VCAT26Mirage News (City of Casey release), "VCAT Rules on Hampton Park Waste Station Proposal" (10 Apr 2026)View source
Locally he wants more investment in roads, children's parks and activities for teenagers. SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMONDOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View source
His energy position (more baseload coal and gas, renewables without subsidies) sits within One Nation Victoria's platform to scrap net-zero targets and renewable subsidies. SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMOND, ON-ENERGYOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View sourceOne Nation Victoria, "Energy"View source
His crime, cost-of-living and housing lines are general and match the party's platform themes; no point of divergence was found. SSelf-stated — ON-HAMMOND, ON-COLOne Nation Victoria, "Trevor Hammond for Narre Warren South"View sourceOne Nation Victoria, "Cost of Living (incl. Taxes & Charges, Housing)"View source
Track record & prior candidacies
Contested the 2025 federal election in Holt for One Nation, receiving 8,655 first-preference votes (8.72%, a 3.85-point swing to the party); Labor's Cassandra Fernando held the seat. VVerified — WP-HOLT25, WP-CANDS-2025FEDWikipedia, "Division of Holt (2025 result)"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2025 Australian federal election"View source
No earlier candidacy was found under his name in the Wikipedia candidate lists for the 2022 Victorian election or 2022 federal election. VVerified — WP-CANDS-2022VIC, WP-CANDS-2022FEDWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 Victorian state election"View sourceWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2022 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. One Nation Victoria appears on the VEC's list of currently registered parties (first registered 31 May 2018, re-registered 7 November 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.