Our 2025 Federal Election Candidates

Frankie Bray for Senate

Frankie Bray is honoured to run as the Animal Justice Party’s Lead Senate Candidate for South Australia in the upcoming Federal Election. Frankie lives and works on Kaurna country in Adelaide, where...

Julie Pastro for Senate

From as far back as she can remember, Julie has loved animals. She has always tried to help them where she can by rescuing and caring for injured wild birds, fostering dogs,...

Matt Pastro for Hindmarsh

Matt Pastro is a teacher at St Mary’s College in Adelaide, a father of 4 children, and a carer of two rescue dogs. He has spent most of his adult life...

Lionel Pengilley for Adelaide

Lionel Pengilley has a passion to improve the lives of animals and build a more sustainable society. An outlet for his passion is the Animal Justice Party. Since joining the Animal...

Bin (Alyssa) Liu for Kingston

Alyssa is a dedicated animal advocate, healthcare professional, and long-time vegan committed to creating a kinder, more compassionate world. With a background in medicine and a master’s degree from the UK, she...

Miranda Smith for Spence

Miranda has spent over a decade advocating for change through the political system—because she believes every animal deserves to live free from pain, fear and suffering. Whether it’s farmed animals, wildlife, or...

Geoff Russell for Makin

Geoff Russell combined a working life in IT with working for animals ever since becoming vegetarian and then vegan in the 1980s. In 2009 he wrote a book about the high red...