Radio host Alex Dyson has announced he’s having another crack at politics.
The former Triple J breakfast host revealed on Thursday that he will be running as an Independent in the Victorian seat of Wannon in the next Federal election for the third time.
Making the announcement on his Matt and Alex – All Day Breakfast podcast – that he shares with his former Triple J co-host Matt Okine – Alex said that he was looking forward to suiting up and hitting the hustings in the regional Victorian electorate.
‘I am happy to announce that once again, I’m going to be putting on the suit and tie and fronting up as the independent candidate for the seat Wannon, in southwest Victoria. We’re going again,’ Alex revealed, much to the delight of his co-host.
Matt, admitting that the machinations of the Australian political landscape were a mystery to him, asked Alex to confirm what the announcement meant.
‘All I know is you are going to be the potential leader of the people of Wannon,’ Matt said.
Alex said he preferred to think of himself as a potential ‘head follower’ rather than a leader.
‘Well, I would like to call it the “head follower,” because what the independent [candidate] does is listen to the people,’ Alex replied.
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Former Triple J breakfast host Alex Dyson revealed on Thursday that he will be running as an Independent in the Victorian seat of Wannon in the next Federal election, for the third time
Alex added that while mounting a political campaign was a monumental task, the pros definitely outweighed the cons.
‘It’s such a big thing to do and it’s such a difficult thing to go through, but I couldn’t not do it,’ he said.
‘And I think despite it being extremely taxing and tiring a lot of the time, the good side of it, and the people you meet, and the hope and goodwill that comes out of running for parliament, it’s something that I couldn’t not say yes to again.’
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I’m going to be putting on the suit and tie and fronting up as the independent candidate for the seat Wannon, in southwest Victoria. We’re going again,’ Alex revealed, much to the delight of his Matt and Alex – All Day Breakfast co-host Matt Okine
In spite of Alex’s noble intentions, he added that the cutthroat nature of the political machine had already began to rear its ugly head.’
‘I’m getting attacked from all sorts of angles,’ he said.
‘Already the big parties, who are in at the moment, have been putting out polling… there is people on phones calling random people in Wannon going, “What’s your biggest concern on Alex Dyson?,”‘ Alex continued, laughing.
‘They’re already doing negative campaign farming on me. I can save you the time, just listen to All Day Breakfast – there’s your biggest concerns with Alex Dyson, he says them every morning at 5am.’
Alex, who left his Triple J breakfast hosting gig in 2016, also took to Instagram to announce his candidacy with an ‘election winning’ snap which elicited a huge response from followers.
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‘It’s such a big thing to do and it’s such a difficult thing to go through, but I couldn’t not do it,’ he said
Not least of which Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac, who invoked the lyrics of Chumbawamba to send his encouragement.
‘In the words of the great Chumbawamba… “I get knocked down, but I get up again” (we’ll leave out the bit about taking a whisky drink, a vodka drink, a lager drink & a cider drink etc). This is unfinished business. Vote 1 @aedyson,’ Sam wrote.
This will be the third time that Alex has contested the seat, with his first tilt coming in 2019 with a brief campaign that featured a video showing Alex explaining his policies via interpretive dance.
He secured 10.3 per cent of the vote, despite the seat being classified as a safe Coalition seat since the 1970s.
Running again in the 2022 federal election, Alex narrowly lost to Liberal Dan Tehan. However he secured 19.29 per cent of the vote in the first preference count and 46.08 per cent in the two candidate preferred count.
He hilariously made headlines during his 2022 stint with the Potholes of Wannon campaign, which saw him creatively decorate potholes in Wannon as plant boxes, eskies, and even golf-putting courses.
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He hilariously made headlines during his 2022 stint with the Potholes of Wannon campaign, which saw him creatively decorate potholes in Wannon as plant boxes, eskies, and even golf-putting courses