The Victorian Liberal Party has preferenced a conservative Christian who promotes gay conversion therapy and refers to homosexuality as "sexual brokenness", on a how-to-vote card in the state's west.

Key points: Dianne Colbert is an independent running for the seat of Buninyong

Dianne Colbert is an independent running for the seat of Buninyong She says labels like homosexual and transgender are attempts by Satan to steal people's identities

She says labels like homosexual and transgender are attempts by Satan to steal people's identities Liberal Buninyong candidate says he had no say over the way preferences appeared

Independent candidate Dianne Colbert, who describes herself on a LinkedIn page as the founding director of the All Nations Christian Mental Health Association, has been placed second on the Liberals' how-to-vote card for the lower house seat of Buninyong, in next weekend's state election.

Ms Colbert has previously referred to the term "transgender" as "part of Satan's push to remove male and female from the dictionary", and told the ABC that homosexuality was a kind of "sexual brokenness".

"Satan seeks to steal your identity in all kinds of ways," she posted on Facebook last year.

"He uses many labels; rejected; homosexual; unlovable; lesbian. Maybe he has whispered transgender in your ear. Don't listen to him."

Candidate had 'zero' say over preferences, did 'no research'

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Liberal candidate Andrew Kilmartin said he did not do any research into the seven candidates he was standing alongside.

"It's not really important to me. I'm concentrated on getting my message out there and going door-to-door," he said.

Mr Kilmartin said he did not share Ms Colbert's views, but had "zero" say over the way preferences flowed on his ticket.

"It's all organised by the state director," he said.

"I'm sure he has discussions with the other parties in the area and he organises preferences across the whole state."

The ABC contacted Liberal Party state director Nick Demiris to see why the party decided to preference Ms Colbert, but did not receive a response.

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On Sunday afternoon the Liberal Party announced that, if elected, it would establish a parliamentary inquiry into "the quality, range and effectiveness of public services for the LGBTI community in outer suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria", and establish the state's first LGBTI business roundtable.

"Victoria's LGBTI community is large and diverse and if elected to government on 24 November, the Liberal Nationals are looking forward to working constructively with LGBTI individuals, families and representative bodies," a media release from MP David Davis read.

Asked on Monday about the preference decision, Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy said he expected his party to win on first preferences.

"I don't expect our preferences to be distributed in the seat of Buninyong at all," he said.

Mr Guy did not respond directly on how the decision to preference Dianne Colbert reflected on the party.

"You know, [you] make decisions with the limited information you know about people; you need to lodge a preference form."

He said Labor should also be under scrutiny for its preference decisions — including a decision to place the Greens second in Footscray.

"I hope you're asking Daniel Andrews the same question," Mr Guy said.

The Greens candidate for the seat, Angus McAlpine, has been forced to apologise for "reprehensible" lyrics he rapped as the frontman in hip hop outfit Broken Aesthetiks.

A Labor party spokesman would not be drawn on why the decision was made to preference the Greens in the seat, but reiterated their earlier condemnation of the candidate's comments, and the party's refusal to stand him down, as "completely appalling".

Independent candidate Dianne Colbert has referred to the innateness of homosexuality as a "myth" and says the term "transgender" is the work of Satan. ( Supplied )

'Very lucky' to be chosen as party's preference

Ms Colbert told the ABC she was pleased the Liberal Party had chosen to preference her above all other candidates in the seat.

"I'm very lucky they've chosen to give me that position," she said.

Ms Colbert said she made the decision to support the Liberal Party first in her own preferences because it had pledged to stop the Education Department's anti-discrimination program Safe Schools.

"A program I'm immensely concerned about, and so that's why I've actually chosen to preference them," she said.

Ms Colbert would not reveal who she made the preference agreement with inside the Liberal Party, but said it was in the days prior to the opening of pre-polling earlier this month.

"There's very little time for people to have conversations, because the VEC [Victorian Electoral Commission] organises pre-polling within two days of the finalisation candidates," she said.

"There are conservative parties that have preferenced people with completely opposite views, because there's not enough time for proper talks."

Ms Colbert said there was nothing unusual about a mainstream party preferencing someone with her stance on sexuality.

"I think many people hold similar views, having listened to the stories of people who have come out of the LGBTQI lifestyle," she said.

Mental health first-aid accreditation revoked

Ms Colbert previously worked as a mental health first-aid instructor in schools around Ballarat and was accredited with Mental Health First Aid Australia.

But the organisation revoked her status as an instructor in 2017 after it received a complaint about her homophobic remarks online.

She responded with a call-out on Facebook for "stories of people whose lives have been restored from homosexuality and transgenderism".

Former Buninyong Greens candidate Tony Goodfellow raised the initial complaint with Mental Health First Aid Australia.

He said it was concerning that Mr Kilmartin had preferenced Ms Colbert on the ticket.

"It shows that he endorses Dianne Colbert's views and is happy to promote someone with homophobic views," he said.

"If he doesn't share [those views], why would he preference her? As a candidate, you do have some agency."