Two Suburbs. Two Statues

Last week, I joined @sammyjcomedian on ABC Radio Melbourne to discuss the Eltham copper butterfly statue. Two suburbs, both alike in dignity. One promised a statue, the other gaining the statue promised to the other. There’s only one clear solution: two statues. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aiv Puglielli MP 🏳️‍🌈 […]

Short stays can’t stay

Regulating short stay accommodation like Airbnb is a key step to addressing our country’s housing crisis. Airbnb’s ensure many of the houses in our state are empty, despite house prices soaring, unlimited rent increases and housing supply falling below demand. We need to unlock these houses so they can be lived in all year round. […]

Too young for social media but not for prison

The Labor Government has decided to ban anyone under 16 from using social media. Despite having no idea how to regulate or enforce this ban, they’ve just gone ahead and announced the policy anyway, saying that social media platforms will have to work it out. The same platforms that are targeting teens and children with […]

We made pill testing law!

This bill accepts the reality that people use drugs, and that young people will experiment with them.

Dire Food Bank Hunger Report on cost of living crisis

‘Low-income households are reaching breaking point’, Foodbank Hunger Report 2024 Over 2 million households in Australia are currently experiencing severe food insecurity, the 2024 Food Bank Hunger Report reveals. This means they are skipping meals, or going entire days without eating. Food Bank’s survey results showed 79% of these households did not have the money […]

Melbourne Youth Orchestras

Recently in Parliament I called on the Victorian Labor government to restore the funding it has cut to Melbourne Youth Orchestras. Funding that was this year earmarked for students from government schools with inadequate music programs, as well as young people from regional areas and those living with a disability. The arts are invaluable and […]