The people of Melbourne have had a huge impact on the Victorian Parliament.

With your support, we’ve achieved some amazing things across a number of key areas, including:

Climate Change

• Campaigning for the retirement of Hazelwood, Australia’s dirtiest coal power plant – it was retired in 2017. We’re now working with the local community on the transition to the clean economy.
• Topping up the weakened Federal target by securing a Victorian Renewable Energy Target.
• Campaigning alongside farmers and locals to ban fracking in Victoria. We’ve also achieved a four-year moratorium on all onshore gas.

Environment

• Winning funding for 130 rangers to protect our National Parks.
• Putting the Great Forest National Park on the map to stop logging which endangers the Leadbeater’s possum, and protect our water catchments. This is now a big issue for voters.
• Introduced a bill to ban plastic bags and introduce a container deposit scheme for packaging like drink cans and bottles, which was unfortunately not supported by the government or opposition.
• Campaigning against the damaging use of public beaches for racehorse training, which threatens the endangered Hooded Plover.
• Voting to stop cattle grazing and prevent large developments in national parks.

Social Justice

• Reforming renter's rights, including giving renter's the right to have a pet and make minor modifications to their homes.
• Securing $6 million of funding for African and migrant job seekers.
• Securing 3000 new public TAFE places for asylum seekers and refugees.
• Introducing a Bill to decriminalise peaceful begging on the street – to be voted on in 2017.
• Achieving Dying with Dignity legislation for the terminally ill, after a ten-year campaign of sustained pressure.
• Defending workers’ Christmas Pay, which we stopped the government from cutting.
• Passing new donations rules to cap big donations to political parties. We also introduced a bill to ban donations from property developers – unfortunately it was voted down by the old parties.
• Moving an inquiry into retirement housing, bringing to light the exploitation of elderly citizens.
• Amending the ‘Back to Work’ Bill to ensure transparency and equal benefits for refugees and asylum seekers.
• Electing the first Aboriginal woman to enter the Victorian Parliament.
• Defeated the City of Melbourne's callous and punitive homeless ban
• Secured $37 million for legal assistance to people facing barriers to justice.

Liveable Melbourne

• Defeating the terrible East-West toll road, and converting the purchased housing to social housing.
• Campaigning successfully for two new primary schools for Docklands and North Melbourne (but now we need new secondary schools!).
• Winning $22 million for safer cycling and better bike infrastructure.
• Protecting Melbourne’s heritage, especially against dodgy developers, by supporting tougher legislation.
• Getting funding reinstated for vital housing and homelessness services.
• Blocking the dodgy privatisation of the Port of Melbourne, which unfortunately eventually passed with the government and opposition working together.
• $1.3 Million for an upgrade of Racecourse Road, for better safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and all road users.
• Helping hundreds of residents with important local issues.