It was great to join HACSU and so many of our state's life-saving mental health workers at the first stage of their protected industrial action at the Northern Hospital.

They’re advocating for better pay and working conditions for ALL workers in the mental health sector.

In 2025, we should be ending the cost of living crisis and get our state back on track.

It’s time to make these companies pay their fair share. Let’s prioritise household savings instead of bank megaprofits.

The government has been long too eager to help the big banks in making their mega profits at the expense of finding any real solution to the cost of living crisis.

$1 billion a year could change the lives of so many everyday Victorians.

These big banks in Australia have a combined total asset of almost $5.5 trillion. This is close to double the entire GDP of Australia.

Wages have stagnated, everyday costs are on the rise, and the biggest companies are hoarding away the money. We need to turn this around.

Yesterday, Victorian trans and gender diverse advocacy body, Transgender Victoria, announced they would withdraw from the Midsumma Pride March, citing concerns with Victoria Police's participation at the event.

It’s important we take a moment to acknowledge the significance of this.

A building with 15 one bedroom apartments in Parkville used to be full of renters, paying $280 a week, only 2 years ago.

The building was sold in 2022 and is now managed by MadeComfy.

The apartments are now listed for $895 a week.

The same units increasing in price by $600 a week over 2 years.

Woolworths is one of the richest and most powerful companies in Australia, with over 200,000 employees.

All of these employees deserve healthy wages and to be treated with dignity and humanity at work.

They should not be forced to strike to have their needs met.

I’m in awe of our newest Greens MP @anasina-greens.bsky.social who just gave her maiden speech to Victorian Parliament.

Her speech was a historical moment as Victoria welcomed its first Pasefika-Samoan MP, and an experienced fighter for marginalised communities and diversity in essential services.

For renters on Jobseeker, a brand new category of unaffordability had to be introduced: critically unaffordable.

This level meant that over 75% of income was being spent on rent.

Nearly all of Melbourne falls into this category for Australians who are struggling the hardest.

Zero suburbs in metro Melbourne were judged to be affordable. Across Melbourne’s eastern and northeastern metro, rent costs ranged from “moderately unaffordable” to “severely unaffordable”.

This means that anywhere between 25-60% of average household income in these suburbs is spent on rent.