Fund Tenant Services!
Tenants Victoria never answers the phone. They are completely overrun by renters needing support against unlimited rent rises, unfair bond docking and neglected repairs. Services that advocate for renters, like Tenants Victoria, need greater funding and support for community consultation to ensure they are able to help renters.
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. […]
Abolish Woolworth’s Warehouse “Framework”
Imagine working in a warehouse, wearing headsets directing you around, isolated from your co-workers, surrounded by dangerous machinery, and forced to rush unsafe tasks to meet a 100% target on your work performance at all times. Anything less than 100% is considered failure. Failure can result in public humiliation, disciplinary action and even termination. And […]
Let Doggies be Doggies
PINGERS SQUAD WANT “DOGGIES TO JUST BE DOGGIES” The Victorian Greens, the Animal Justice Party and Legalise Cannabis Victoria have called on the Victorian government to end the use of police sniffer dogs as the summer festival season approaches, raising the issue via procedural questioning during Question Time in the Victorian Upper House. Greens MP […]
Helping Neurodivergent Students Thrive
We need to support all students to thrive in our public schools. Currently 97% of autistic students in mainstream schools experience exclusion or bullying. Neurodivergent affirming professional development for teachers is a low cost solution that can transform school environments in as little as 1-2 years. The Autism CRC recognises neurodivergent affirming practice as the […]
Get Asbestos Out of Public Schools
Children and hard working teachers in this state should not be exposed to asbestos at school. Many public school buildings are in desperate need of upgrading. It’s not just an equity issue now, it’s a health issue. We need urgent action for building upgrades in our state schools. “I currently work at a school that […]
Pill Testing And Sniffer Dogs Don’t Mix
PREMIER MUST CALL OFF THE DOGS AS FIRST FESTIVAL WITH PILL TESTING ANNOUNCED The Victorian Greens have called on the Premier to ensure that police sniffer dog squads are not present during the summer festival season, as it’s announced that Beyond the Valley will be the first festival with life-saving pill testing services. The Police […]
School Cleaners Deserve Respect
School cleaners are an essential part of school communities. They deserve secure and well paid employment. It’s what’s best for the kids. It’s what’s best for school employees. And it’s what’s best for our public schools. Queensland, Western Australia, the ACT and Tasmania already directly employ their school cleaners through the government, so why can’t […]
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 […]
