Endorsements in the 2025 Australian federal election

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

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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