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Alex Bhathal

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Alex Bhathal
Personal details
Political partyAustralian Greens
Alma materRMIT University, Latrobe University, University of Melbourne
OccupationSocial worker, former politician
Websitehttps://alexbhathal.com/

Alexandra Kaur Bhathal[1] (born 1964 or 1965)[2] is a social worker and former politician. She is most known as a perennial candidate for the Australian Greens in the Division of Batman, having stood on six occasions; 2001, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2016, and at the 2018 Batman by-election.[3] Bhathal was also the candidate for the state Electoral district of Northcote in 2006.[4]

Early life[edit]

Bhathal's father was a Punjabi Sikh from a village near Verka Town, India.[1]

2018 by-election[edit]

Bhathal's campaign was damaged when a 101-page document containing claims of bullying by Bhathal was leaked.[5] After the by-election, an internal Greens review dismissed the allegations against Bhathal, and apologised to her.[5]

After politics[edit]

Bhathal was planned to be the candidate for the Division of Cooper[lower-alpha 1] at the 2019 Australian federal election, but withdrew in August 2018, stating that her previous campaign had been "sabotaged" by individuals within the party.[6]

In February 2019, Bhathal resigned from the Australian Greens, stating she had been the victim of "relentless organisational bullying" over several years.[7]

A documentary was made about Bhathal's unsuccessful campaign in 2018, entitled The Candidate.[8] The screening of the film in July 2019 was sabotaged, with the fire alarm being set off as soon as the film started.[9]






Footnotes[edit]

  1. The division of Batman was abolished prior to the 2019 election, and the division of Cooper was created, with boundaries similar to Batman's.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Alex Kaur Bhathal - Greens candidate for Batman, VIC". SBS Language. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  2. "20 Questions with Alex Bhathal". Australian Greens. 2016-05-26. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 2024-04-12. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. Manning, Paddy (6 February 2018). "Sixth time lucky? Meet Alex Bhathal". The Monthly. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2024. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. "Curriculum Vitae". Alex Bhathal. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Preiss, Benjamin (2018-08-07). "Greens apologise to Alex Bhathal over handling of bullying complaint". The Age. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  6. Henriques-Gomes, Luke (2018-08-10). "'Sabotage': perennial Greens candidate Alex Bhathal won't contest next election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  7. Henriques-Gomes, Luke (1 February 2019). "Former Greens candidate Alex Bhathal quits party, blaming 'organisational bullying'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  8. Towell, Noel (2019-07-08). "Greens' candidate horror show comes to the big screen". The Age. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 2024-04-12. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. "Chaos at Greens screening". The Australian. 29 July 2019.


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