Endorsements in the 2025 Australian federal election

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Various newspapers, organisations and individuals endorsed parties or individual candidates for the 2025 Australian federal election.

Endorsements for parties

Newspapers and publications

Daily newspapers

Newspaper	City	Owner	Endorsement		Notes
The Advertiser	Adelaide	News Corp		None [1]	Advocated for a majority government but did not endorse a specific party. Against Labor on merits, against Coalition due to poor campaign
The Age	Melbourne	Nine Entertainment		Labor [2]
The Australian	National	News Corp		Coalition [3]
Australian Financial Review	National	Nine Entertainment		Coalition [4]
The Canberra Times	Canberra	Australian Community Media		Labor [5]
The Courier-Mail	Brisbane	News Corp		Coalition [6]	Strongly advocated against voting for The Greens. [7]
The Daily Telegraph	Sydney	News Corp		Coalition [8]
Herald Sun	Melbourne	News Corp		Coalition [9]
The Mercury	Hobart	News Corp		Coalition [10]
The Sydney Morning Herald	Sydney	Nine Entertainment		Labor [11]
The West Australian	Perth	Seven West Media		Coalition [7]
The Saturday Paper	Melbourne	Schwartz Publishing		None [12]	Advocated for a minority government

Online publications

Newspaper	Owner	Endorsement		Notes
Guardian Australia	Guardian Media Group		Labor [13]	Advocated for a Labor minority government. [7]
			Greens [13]
			Teal independents [13]
Junkee	Junkee Media		None [14]	Advocated voting against the Coalition but did not endorse a specific party. [14]
The Nightly	Seven West Media		Coalition [15]

Regional newspapers

Newspaper	Location	Owner	Endorsement		Notes
The Courier	Ballarat	Australian Community Media		Labor [16]
Illawarra Mercury	Wollongong			Labor [17]
Newcastle Herald	Newcastle			Labor [18]

Endorsements for individual candidates

Bennelong

For Jerome Laxale (Labor)

• Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales ^[19]

For Scott Yung (Liberal)

• Joe Hockey, Liberal Treasurer 2013–2015 and Ambassador to the United States 2016–2020 ^[20]
• John Howard, Liberal Prime Minister 1996–2007 ^[21]
• Trent Zimmerman, former Liberal Member for North Sydney 2015–2022 ^[20]

Boothby

For Louise Miller-Frost (Labor)

• Julia Gillard, Labor Prime Minister from 2010–2013 ^{[22] [23]}
• Peter Malinauskas, Premier of South Australia ^[24]

Braddon

For Mal Hingston (Liberal)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015 ^[25]

Bradfield

For Nicolette Boele (Ind)

• Kylea Tink, former Teal independent member for the division of North Sydney ^[26]

For Gisele Kapterian (Liberal)

• Gladys Berejiklian, Liberal Premier of New South Wales 2017–2021 ^{[27] [28]}
• Joe Hockey, Liberal Treasurer 2013–2015 and Ambassador to the United States 2016–2020 ^[29]
• Trent Zimmerman, former Member for North Sydney 2015–2022 ^[27]

Bullwinkel

For Matt Moran (Liberal)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015 ^[30]
• John Howard, Liberal Prime Minister 1996–2007 ^[31]

Curtin

For Kate Chaney (Independent)

• Fred Chaney, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1989–90, uncle ^{[32] [33]}
• Michael Chaney, businessman and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, father ^[34]

For Tom White (Liberal)

• John Howard, Liberal Prime Minister 1996–2007 ^{[35] [36]}

Dickson

For Peter Dutton (LNP)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015 ^{[37] [38]}
• Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK and MP for Clacton (UK) ^[39]
• John Howard, Liberal Prime Minister 1996–2007 ^{[40] [41] [38]}
• Paul Murray, presenter on Sky News Australia ^[42]
• Scott Morrison, Liberal Prime Minister 2018–2022 ^[38]

Dobell

For Brendan Small (Liberal)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015 ^[43]

Eden-Monaro

For Kristy McBain (Labor)

• Ricky Stuart, Australian Rugby League coach ^[44]

Fowler

For Tu Le (Labor)

• Chris Hayes, Former Member for Fowler 2010–2022 and Werriwa 2005–2010
• Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales ^[45]

Gilmore

For Fiona Phillips (Labor)

• Jennifer Robinson, human rights lawyer and barrister ^[46]

Goldstein

For Zoe Daniel (Independent)

• Stephen Charles KC , Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal 1995–2006 ^[47]
• Simon Holmes à Court, businessman and convenor of Climate 200 ^[48]
• Ian Macphee, Liberal Party Member for Goldstein 1984–1990 ^[49]

Grayndler

For Anthony Albanese (Labor)

• Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks ^[50]
• Joe Exotic, American celebrity ^[51]
• Julia Gillard, Labor Prime Minister 2010–2013 ^[52]
• Jennifer Robinson, human rights lawyer and barrister ^[46]

Kooyong

For Amelia Hamer (Liberal)

• Ted Baillieu, Premier of Victoria 2010–2013 ^[53]
• Peter Costello, Liberal Treasurer 1996–2007 and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 1995–2007 ^[53]
• Lindsay Fox, businessman ^[54]
• Josh Frydenberg, Liberal Treasurer 2018–2022 and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party 2018–2022 ^{[55] [56]}
• Jeff Kennett, Premier of Victoria 1992–1999 ^[57]

For Monique Ryan (Independent)

• Julian Burnside, human rights lawyer and Australian Greens candidate for Kooyong at the 2022 federal election ^[58]
• Peter Gordon, lawyer and president of the Western Bulldogs ^[59]
• Simon Holmes à Court, businessman and convenor of Climate 200 ^[59]

Lindsay

For Melissa McIntosh (Liberal)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015

Mackellar

For James Brown (Liberal)

• John Howard, Liberal Prime Minister 1996–2007 ^[60]

For Sophie Scamps (Independent)

• Juanita Phillips, journalist and news presenter ^[61]

Melbourne

For Adam Bandt (Greens)

• Abbie Chatfield, TV personality and podcast host ^[62]

Petrie

For Luke Howarth (LNP)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015 ^[63]

Spence

For Daniel Wild (Liberal)

• Tony Abbott, Liberal Prime Minister 2013–2015 ^[64]

Sturt

For Claire Clutterham (Labor)

• Julia Gillard, Labor Prime Minister from 2010–2013 ^[65]
• Peter Malinauskas, Premier of South Australia ^[66]

For James Stevens (Liberal)

• Christopher Pyne, former Minister for Defence and Liberal Member for Sturt 1993–2019 ^[67]

Sydney

For Tanya Plibersek (Labor)

• Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2012–2013 and Labor Premier of New South Wales 1995–2005 ^[68]

Tangney

For Sam Lim (Labor)

• Roger Cook, Premier of Western Australia ^[69]

Warringah

For Jamie Rodgers (Liberal)

• Joe Hockey, Liberal Treasurer 2013–2015 and Ambassador to the United States 2016–2020 ^[20]
• Trent Zimmerman, former Liberal Member for North Sydney 2015–2022 ^[20]

Wentworth

For Allegra Spender (Independent)

• John Hewson, former Member for Wentworth 1987–1995, Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition 1990–1994 ^[70]
• Rachel Perkins, filmmaker ^[70]
• Julia Zemiro, comedian and television presenter ^[70]

For Ro Knox (Liberal)

• Janet Albrechtsen, journalist ^[71]
• Joh Bailey, hair stylist ^[72]
• Mike Baird, Liberal Premier of New South Wales 2014–2017 ^[73]
• Rowan Dean, presenter on Sky News Australia ^[71]
• John Howard, Liberal Prime Minister 1996–2007 ^{[74] [75]}
• Erin Molan, journalist ^[76]
• Lewis Roberts-Thompson, former AFL footballer ^[77]

Wills

For Peter Khalil (Labor)

• Julia Gillard, Labor Prime Minister from 2010–2013 ^[78]
• Marcia Langton, scholar and writer ^[79]

See also

• How-to-vote card

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