Prominent shareholder activist and Crikey founder Stephen Mayne has formally declared a run for a spot in the Senate in Victoria at next month’s federal election, just hours after announcing a parallel political push for a seat in the Victorian upper house.
After warning of a potential run for the Northern Metropolitan Region on his website The Mayne Report for months, the serial candidate appeared to confirm his intentions on Facebook yesterday afternoon. But late last night, that post was deleted, and a press release issued in the early hours of this morning spruiking a Senate bid instead.
Crikey contacted Mayne this morning, who said that a “staffer” had included the reference to Northern Metro on Facebook, and that he was still in the race, pending the Senate result and negotiations with Manningham Council, on which he serves as councillor for Heidi Ward. Read more »
