RE–ELECTED Indi Independent MP, Helen Haines, will begin as a mentor for some fellow federal Independent members in Wangaratta today.

Kooyong's Dr Monique Ryan, Goldstein's Zoe Daniel and the member for Curtin Kate Chaney will be coming to learn the essentials of politics from Dr Haines.

"It's around the fundamentals, how to switch on a computer, how to process an institution enquiry... all the things you've got to do when you're a new member of parliament," she said.

"When you're an Independent you don't have a party that are doing all of that for you, so you have to work it out for yourself."

Dr Haines said she gained valuable experience from her Indi predecessor Cathy McGowan, and she wants to ensure that the incoming wave of new Independents are as prepared as they can be before sitting in parliament.

"I was fortunate enough to have Cathy (McGowan) to mentor me as a new member of parliament, so I'm paying it forward," she said.

"I had a very steep learning curve when I became the member for Indi in 2019 and I want to assist in any way I can."

Dr Ryan famously beat former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg for the seat of Kooyong, while Ms Chaney and Ms Daniel also claimed their seats from the Liberal Party.

There will be a record 10 Independent members sitting at the crossbench of the House of Representatives, the largest in Australian Federal Government history.

Dr Haines said she contacted all Independents to congratulate them on their election victories.

"It's a whole new way of doing politics," she said.

"It's very exciting."

In Wangaratta yesterday, where Dr Haines was formally declared the winner of the seat for Indi, she said she'd been communicating with the newly formed Labor government with how to best incorporate the unprecedented number of Independents and their policies into government discussion.

"We're talking with the new government about how it will all work operationally," she said.

"About the number of questions we get at question time, how we will go about our private members' legislation business, lots of reform, around the Jenkins review and how to improve the culture of parliament house."

Dr Haines said a federal ICAC will be her top priority when parliamentary discussions begins, and she has already been in talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney–Ge...