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Your Melbourne Greens team continues (and grows by one!)
I have some news: at the time of writing (early June), my baby is due in one week! And before I embark upon a short period of maternity leave, I wanted to “officially’ announce that I’m putting up my hand to continue as your state MP for Melbourne at the Victorian election in November.
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Housing in Melbourne is cooked and the Victorian Government just made it worse
David lives in North Melbourne with four housemates. He loves his rented townhouse and his housemates but says he is disappointed that the “Aussie dream” of home-ownership continues to get further and further out of reach.
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Arts venues at risk: we must save the Nicholas Building and The Curtin
Arts and culture is central to Melbourne’s identity. Personally, it’s one of the main reasons I love to live here.
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We must protect Victoria’s oceans from gas drilling
Like most Victorians, our beaches and oceans are very special to me.
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New bike lanes for Royal Parade and Flemington Rd
For several years, I’ve been advocating loudly to the state government to fix the bike lanes on Royal Parade and Flemington Rd.
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How do we keep Melbourne’s vital arts scene alive?
I was so pleased to recently attend the opening night of the War-Rak/Banksia festival at the newly rebuilt La Mama Theatre in Carlton in December.
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A four-point plan for our city’s recovery
When it comes to COVID and lockdowns, Melbourne’s CBD and Docklands are some of the hardest hit areas in the country.
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Making access to the vaccine as easy as possible
Our community is just the best. Victoria is set to become one of the most vaccinated places in the world, and we’re doing it at record speed.
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Thank you to our community healthcare heroes and everyone getting vaccinated
On my way to Parliament recently, I popped in to say hello and thank you to the amazing nurses and staff from Cohealth and the City of Melbourne who are running a pop-up vaccination clinic at Melbourne Town Hall.
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Supporting our local schools in Carlton
While parents around the city have been tearing our hair out, working out how on earth to home-school children while also working and maintaining our own mental health in the middle of a pandemic, thousands of us are realising again just how valuable our local teachers and schools are.
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Rotary news for November
Council approves plan to bulldoze historic Punt Rd stand
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