{"id":2058,"date":"2025-01-16T11:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/16\/former-afl-star-anthony-koutoufides-considers-federal-election-bid-in-melbourne\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T11:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:01:22","slug":"former-afl-star-anthony-koutoufides-considers-federal-election-bid-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/16\/former-afl-star-anthony-koutoufides-considers-federal-election-bid-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Former AFL star Anthony Koutoufides considers federal election bid in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>According to sources cited by The Guardian, Koutoufides has been approached to run as an independent and is expected to make a decision on his candidacy soon, with the election scheduled for May 17.<\/p>\n<p>This marks Koutoufides\u2019 second foray into politics. He previously ran in last year\u2019s Melbourne mayoral election, finishing fourth with 13% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Melbourne seat is currently held by Greens leader Adam Bandt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/diaspora-politics\/1258787\/former-afl-star-anthony-koutoufides-considers-federal-election-bid-in-melbourne\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to sources cited by The Guardian, Koutoufides has been approached to run as an independent and is expected to make a decision on his candidacy soon, with the election scheduled for May 17. 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