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What matters most to you? As your local MP in State Parliament, I’m focused on tackling the big issues facing us, such as climate change and homelessness, as well as local issues like the future of schools and transport in our inner suburbs. I want to represent your interests, so...

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Messages of thanks for those in iso

Right now, hundreds of people and families connected to North Melbourne Primary School are in isolation. They are quarantined in their homes for 14 days, to keep the rest of us safe from COVID-19 and the new ‘Delta’ variant. This isn’t easy, but knowing that the community appreciates their sacrifice...

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Local schools and other Melbourne Budget winners

I've just come out of the Victorian Budget lock-up and I wanted to let you know what today's budget means for our electorate of Melbourne.

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Standing up for our local schools

For the past three years, I've been working with a group of parents to get more State Government funding to fix Kensington Primary. We’ve made some serious headway and have secured funding for urgent works, like cleaning up mould and building wheelchair accessible ramps. But a lot more needs to...

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Campaigning to stop Labor’s bad tax on electric cars

A few weeks ago the Victorian Labor Government's new proposed tax on electric cars was dubbed by leading environmental organisations as the ‘worst electric vehicle policy in the world’ (and rightly so). The Greens will vote against the Victorian Labor Government’s electric vehicle tax in Parliament. Victoria is the only...

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DO YOU LIVE IN THE CBD? I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!  This COVID-19 pandemic has hit us all hard, but for those who spend our lives in the inner city, it's really changed things dramatically. Before the pandemic, inner-city Melbourne was the bustling, busy, vibrant heart of our state....

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Welcome to my online local newsletter. I don’t often send out newsletters (I like to save the paper!), but I do think it’s important for local MPs to let the community know what they’re working on. So here’s a digital version of what I’ve been up to recently: Campaigning to...

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STANDING UP FOR PUBLIC HOUSING Last year during the pandemic, nine public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne were placed into a ‘hard lockdown’. These were the harshest restrictions imposed anywhere in Victoria.  Throughout this time, my office helped many people to access urgent needs, like food, medication and...

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COMMUNITY WINS FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE-DESTROYING GAS PROJECT Since 2018, I’ve worked with the local community to oppose AGL’s plan for a huge, polluting gas import terminal in Westernport Bay on the Mornington Peninsula. I’ve asked questions in Parliament, put pressure on Ministers, generated media interest, joined community protests and contributed...

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Another win for cyclists and bike safety

Last year, dozens of new temporary bike lanes popped up across inner Melbourne during the pandemic. They were such a success that 40 kilometres of permanent separated bike lanes have now been rolled out across the city and our inner suburbs. Thank you to our Melbourne City Greens Councillors for...

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