Cheek Media founder Hannah Ferguson has announced she intends to run in Anthony Albanese’s seat of Grayndler at the next federal election.
Ferguson, who was born in the electorate, says she doesn’t feel represented by the prime minister at a local level.
Albanese has held the seat, which covers Sydney’s inner-west, since 1996, and he won just over 53 per cent of the primary vote at the last election.
Speaking to Channel Seven, Ferguson says she’ll campaign on gas export tax and gambling.
“I think this is an incredibly progressive electorate that demands and deserves more than a politician who is beholden to the interests of the gambling lobby and the fossil fuel industry,” Ferguson says.
“I think more people need to be standing up, putting their heads above the parapet and challenging people like the prime minister. At the end of the day, he’s an elected local representative and I believe he’s failing the area and I want to change that.”