An Altona North university student is the youngest person so far to put her hand up for the Hobsons Bay council election.
Hue Man (pronounced Way Man) Dang, who arrived in Australia from Vietnam in 2001, will turn 19 in the election month of October.
The bachelor of science student said she had not decided which ward to stand in or who to preference.
“I’m trying to focus a lot more on policies rather than politics right now and, of course, I won’t really know who will be running until September 20 when the names come out, so there’s no point in worrying and thinking too much about it now when I really can’t tell who will actually be in there and who I can give my preferences to,” Ms Dang said.
“I think, in a sense, one thing that people would really question a lot about me is kind of, you know, am I too young, am I really inexperienced.
“But I feel that, as a young person, I have a lot of energy to give out to the community and I think the age that I am doesn’t really indicate how much love and how much I want to see this community grow and how much I care for it.”
Nominations officially open September 15 and close September 20.
The majority of councillors statewide are aged over 46 and the largest age group is 56-65, according to Municipal Association of Victoria data.
