A snake catcher running as an independent, a poet and several priests have joined more than 100 business executives, and 92 retirees as candidates clamouring to be elected on Saturday.
Victorian reptile wrangler and local councillor Jarrod Bingham is running in the safe Labor seat of Gorton and said there's no incentive for either party to "promise anything of significance" in such a safe seat. People say it’s pretty funny that there's a snake catcher running for Parliament, but lots of people have also said thank you for giving us an alternative, Mr Bingham said.
The veracity of candidates careers is not policed by the but their occupations are listed on nomination forms and published by the commission.Some were ambiguous , some list more than one job and others were tenuous, such as "senator in exile" .used broad categories to approximate the careers listed and found 13 fewer lawyers, including barristers and solicitors, running in 2019 than 2016.