Alex Bhathal

Alexandra Kaur Bhathal[1] (born 1964 or 1965)[2] is a social worker, lecturer and Australian politician.

[4][5][6] Bhathal's father was a Punjabi Sikh from a village near Verka Town, India.

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

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

[17] She ran against previous Darebin Mayor Sussane Newton who had been alleged to have had a role in the sabotage of Bhathal's 2018 by-election campaign.

Bhathal (right) with Adam Bandt (left) and Samantha Ratnam (centre) in 2016.
Bhathal in 2010 as Greens candidate for the Northern Metro region
Posters for Bhathal in the front yard of a house owned by the Labor member for Batman, David Feeney . The house caused controversy during the 2016 election campaign as Feeney had not declared it in his list of MP interests.