Ms Travers has a background in retail banking, bus driving and the public service, and has been a union organiser.
Ms Travers believes in equal opportunity, fairness, inclusiveness and the power of collaboration.
Her policies include strengthening health care, implementing renewable energy, supporting education and delivering accessible and affordable child and aged care.
Paul Bachelor, Family First Party
Mr Bachelor has a background in electrical engineering, education, including at high schools in Echuca, corporate training, and has been involved in religious enterprises.
He believes in traditional Western family values, supporting the nuclear family, reducing the size of government, and is anti-abortion.
His policies include a move away from exposing children to LGBTQ+ material, encouraging heterosexual marriage, pausing net-zero policies and pursuing nuclear energy.
Glenn Floyd, Trumpet of Patriots
Mr Floyd has a background in both the public and private sectors, and founded a non-profit organisation to enhance industry self-regulation in online security.
He believes in strong border policies, economic freedom, supporting the Nicholls’ community needs, and has conservative values, including the belief in only two genders.
His policies include cutting immigration, reducing government spending, ending net-zero policies and promoting Australian values.
Aaron Tyrrell, One Nation
Mr Tyrrell is a dairy farmer and husband to state Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell.
The One Nation Party believes in Australian values, protecting the country’s jobs, industry and culture, and is sceptical about man-made climate change.
Party policies include slashing government waste, cutting immigration, reducing the cost of building new housing and supporting nuclear energy in the medium term.
Sam Birrell, the Nationals
Mr Birrell is the incumbent member of the Nicholls electorate and has a background in agronomy.
He believes in supporting community members to attain education and employment, multiculturalism and advocating for local agriculture.
His policies include decreasing energy prices, cracking down on supermarket price gouging, reducing red tape for regional housing and supporting regional healthcare.
Jeff Davy, Australian Citizens Party
Mr Davy currently works a truck driver, has a background in dairy farming and has served as secretary for various local groups.
He believes in a complete reform of the banking and financial system, restoring integrity to public governance and supporting local agriculture.
His policies include a return to government banking, ensuring foreign policy decisions are free from overseas influence and abolishing negative gearing.
Shelby Eade, The Greens
Ms Eade is currently working as a horticulturalist and was born in Echuca and raised in Rochester.
She believes in sustainable environmental practices, advocating for the issues affecting the Nicholls community, and greater access and availability of public services.
Her policies include increasing taxes on multinational corporations to fund health care and housing, building publicly owned renewable energy and making groceries cheaper.
Nicholls voting locations
Bamawm
Bamawm Sports Centre, 714 Bamawm Hall Rd.
Colbinabbin
Colbinabbin Primary School, 48 Mitchell St.
Kyvalley
Kyvalley Public Hall, 534 Scobie Rd.
Lockington
Lockington & District Community Centre, Barton St.
Nanneella
Nanneella Estate Primary School, 159 Bennett Rd.
