Alex Turnbull teams up with GetUp as the voice of robocalls in key Victorian seats

Alex Turnbull joins GetUp as the voice of robocalls urging voters in key seats not to vote Liberal.

Alex Turnbull has voiced robocalls for GetUp urging voters not to back the Liberals in key Victorian marginal seats. Picture: Hollie Adams

Malcolm Turnbull’s son Alex Turnbull has teamed up with left wing activist group GetUp to record robocall messages urging voters in key Victorian seats not to vote Liberal in Saturday’s federal election.

In Liberal backbencher Kevin Andrews’s eastern Melbourne seat of Menzies, voters will be played a radio clip of Alex Turnbull saying the Coalition is in chaos and doesn’t deserve anyone’s vote.

In Health Minister Greg Hunt’s Mornington Peninsula seat of Flinders, a recorded message will be sent to 17,000 voters, featuring Alex Turnbull saying, “we need more people who want action on climate change. This election don’t give the Libs your vote.”

GetUp have been campaigning hard in the seat Mr Hunt holds with a 7 per cent margin, and say they have made 80,000 calls to Flinders voters.

Kevin Andrews.

Greg Hunt.

“Hi, this is Alex Turnbull here, Malcolm Turnbull’s son. I’m calling you to let you know that this election, you have a choice,” he says in the robocall.

“You can vote for Peter Dutton’s deputy, Greg Hunt, who was part of the coup that removed Malcolm and scrubbed any chance of action on climate change.

“Or you can vote for someone who has integrity and is standing up for action on climate change.

“We don’t need more people like Greg Hunt and Peter Dutton in power. We need more people who want action on climate change. This election don’t give the Libs your vote.”

Mr Turnbull has been highly critical of conservative MPs who led the charge against his father last August.

He has also been supportive of independents like Liberal turncoat Julia Banks, who is running in Flinders against Mr Hunt.

The younger Turnbull’s new role in the campaign against Mr Hunt adds to an already fierce battle on the Mornington Peninsula. The Health Minister holds his seat on a margin of seven per cent.

The organisation this week bought wrap-around advertising in local newspapers and plans to deploy 120 volunteers in Flinders on Saturday to have a presence at every polling booth in the seat.

In Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s eastern Melbourne seat of Kooyong GetUp will play voters a recorded message from a local grandfather talking about his concern about climate change and his children and grandchildren’s future.

Alex Turnbull has been a vocal critic of the Liberal Party since his father lost the prime ministership in August last year. In October, the younger Mr Turnbull listed Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton, Angus Taylor, Kevin Andrews and Eric Abetz as his “Top Five Crazy Liberals”.

Alex Turnbull has also claimed to have spent a six-figure sum supporting non-Liberal candidates in the federal election, including Senate candidates Father Rod Bower, a Gosford rector, and the ACT independent Anthony Pesec.