Eight candidates will contest the Monash electorate in next month's federal election, with Greens candidate Mat Morgan taking out top position on the ballot paper.
The Australian Electoral Commission ballot draw on Friday saw seven political parties and one independent listed for voters to consider.
The ballot paper will be: Mat Morgan of Leongatha (Greens); Russell Broadbent of Pakenham (Liberal); Deb Leonard of Cape Woolamai (Independent); Allan Hicken of Traralgon (Pauline Hanson's One Nation); David Welsh of Sunderland Bay (Australian Federation Party); Jessica O'Donnell of Drouin (Australian Labor Party); Megan Edwards of Fish Creek (Liberal Democrats); and, Christine McShane (United Australia Party).
Mr Broadbent will seek his seventh consecutive term as Member for Monash, previously known as McMillan.
Holding the seat with a 6.9 per cent margin, the long serving Liberal member will be again challenged by the ALP's Jessica O'Donnell.
Mr Broadbent and Ms O'Donnell went head-to-head in the 2019 federal election where Mr Broadbent attracted 46 per cent of the primary vote, a decrease of 3.5 per cent. Ms O'Donnell increased the ALP's vote in Monash by 1.75 per cent, attracting 29.6 per cent of the vote.
At the 2019 election, One Nation recorded 7.6 per cent of the primary vote, slightly more than The Greens' seven per cent.
While looking to increase the Greens' vote in Monash, the party's top of the ball candidate Mr Morgan is focussing on climate change issues in the electorate.
Mr Morgan said he had an expectation that people took elections more seriously than simply casting their vote down the ballot card - "but being at the top may help."
He said climate issues were his main focus. "We've got an electorate full of farmers and people along the coastline so it affects them all."
Asked if he had set a target for this election, Mr Morgan said "the target is to get rid of Scott Morrison and Russell Broadbent."
Mr Broadbent said there was a strong push for people not to vote for the major parties. But, he said, many people were indicating they were still happy to vote for him, despite him being a major party "and I hope that holds some weight."
"I have never taken any election for granted because I have lost four of those 13 elections. I've made this electorate stronger than it's been in the past but that doesn't mean we take the seat for granted," he said.
For the ALP, Ms O'Donnell said regardless of ballot paper positions, people were ready to cast their votes for change.
"People are politically active in a way which is quite exciting. People want change and they are excited about change...(and) I have the capacity to bring something different to the electorate," she said.
A former Drouin resident, Ms Edwards said she was passionate about democracy and everyone's opportunity to vote.
"I love democracy and the healthy contest of ideas. Politics is about outcomes, policies that impact all of us. A silver lining of the last two years has been the increased understanding of how much our vote matters and engagement in politics has increased dramatically," she said.
Mr Hicken said it was good to see so many candidates in the Monash electorate because the public was sick of the two major parties and wanted change.
He said One Nation candidates were community people fighting for the community. "People agree with what we are standing for, they are tired with what's happening and the push by the major parties."
Ms McShane said parties like UAP showed that candidates were fighting for the people not for each other. "We don't consider ourselves the minor parties anymore."
This year, independent candidate Deb Leonard also has thrown her hat in the ring with the backing of Voices for Monash. Ms Leonard has set out to provide an alternative to party politics.
Ms Leonard and Mr Welsh did not attend the ballot draw.