Lower House -
Mornington
Ashli Beards
Meet Ashli Beards One Nation’s candidate for Mornington. Ashli is a practising lawyer, mum, wife and Mornington Peninsula local of more than 14 years, whose time in the Supreme Court of Victoria exposed her to what she sees as the state’s systemic failures on crime, and whose experience feeling cost-of-living pressure at home drove her to stand with One Nation. She’s focused on holding parliament accountable, tackling rising crime on the Peninsula and addressing housing affordability and homelessness, determined to fight for real fixes rather than empty gestures.
Ashli is a practising lawyer, mum, wife and a Mornington Peninsula local for more than 14 years. Her goal is clear: deliver real fixes for the electorate and drive the recovery that Victoria desperately needs.
“As a lawyer, I grab issues by the scruff of the neck and keep hammering until I get the best possible result. We need that determination to hold parliament to account – not another MP taking selfies with potholes.”
“I’m also a mum who feels the cost-of-living pressure, a wife who watches her husband work endlessly only to be hit with higher taxes. After years of seeing the same problems get worse, I realised One Nation had been fighting for us, not against us. Yet the Uniparty said otherwise for 30 years – to distract us as they pulled the wool over our eyes.”
After having two children, Ashli joined one of Australia’s top law firms, working in commercial litigation. Yet it was during her earlier stint in the Supreme Court of Victoria when she saw the government’s systemic failures.
“Labor has controlled Victoria’s criminal justice system for nearly 23 of the past 26 years. Their soft laws treat offenders as misunderstood victims. We recently saw the case where two repeat offenders were sent to a Queensland theme park on taxpayer money for committing a carjacking and home invasion. You can’t make this up.”
“Crime rose 31% on the Peninsula since 2022. Over ten years, car theft is up around 80% and robbery is up 180%.”
For Ashli, affordable housing and homelessness remain growing problems in the district.
“Population growth, plus Labor’s red, green and black tape, has outpaced available homes.”
“Voters can choose the major parties disconnected from reality – or One Nation, with a plan to restore community safety, prosperity, and get our state back.”