Legislative Council · South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Brandon Hoult
Last verified 30 Sept 2026
Seat context — South-Eastern Metropolitan Region›
South-Eastern Metropolitan elects 5 MLCs and comprises 11 Legislative Assembly districts across Melbourne's south-east — Berwick, Carrum, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Mordialloc, Mulgrave, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South and Rowville. In 2022, Labor won 2 of 5 seats (Lee Tarlamis and Michael Galea), the Liberal-National Coalition 1 (Ann-Marie Hermans), Legalise Cannabis 1 (Rachel Payne) and the Liberal Democrats 1 (David Limbrick).
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Affordable and social housing, fair infrastructure alongside new development, better buses and trains, support for local arts and live music, community safety with housing affordability, renewable energy, healthcare including nurse-to-patient ratios, gambling advertising limits and skills training.
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
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Crime and community safety
Wants community safety paired with housing affordability and limits on gambling advertising.
Housing affordability and supply
Wants affordable housing for all and social housing to prevent homelessness, with gentle medium-density infill of 2 to 6 storeys rather than high-rise.
State government debt and fiscal management
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
Wants fair infrastructure investment alongside new developments and better bus and train services.
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
Wants skills training and education for local workers.
Health and healthcare access
Wants healthcare improved, including nurse-to-patient ratios.
Urban planning and housing density
Wants gentle medium-density infill to preserve suburban character and wildlife.
Climate and energy transition
Wants a renewable energy transition.
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.
The party page lists Brandon Hoult as its South-Eastern Metropolitan candidate; no Sustainable Australia platform document was retrieved, so only his own priorities are recorded. SSelf-stated — SAP-BHSustainable Australia Party, "2026 Victorian election: South-Eastern Metropolitan Region candidates"View source
Wikipedia's 2026 candidates table lists them under the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region. RReported — WIKI-2026CANDSWikipedia, "Candidates of the 2026 Victorian state election"View source
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.
Hoult has not previously contested a state election on the sources retrieved, and Sustainable Australia's earlier results in this region were not retrieved.