Landlords’ Profits

5 Greens MPs and Councillors hold up "rent freeze now" signs at a public forum about renting

You might think from the way some real estate agents and landlords are carrying on right now that they are bleeding money to keep their tenants happy.

Cremorne Community’s Concerns

Swan St in the day, with cars and trams

Gabrielle asks the Minister of Planning about the Cremorne Community’s Concerns. Full transcript: My question is for the Minister for Planning. Last week I met with residents of Cremorne, who are concerned their once vibrant neighbourhood is being rapidly overdeveloped by office buildings, with no oversight and no vision for the future. These families feel […]

Save Live Music Venues

Greens MPs, including Adam Bandt, Ellen Sandell and Tim Read, with musicians outside the Curtain Hotel about how to save live music venues

Live music venues are under threat. Ruthless insurance companies have hiked up their costs and venues are shutting under the strain.

Where are the promised rental reforms?

Housing protest marches down the street

Gabrielle asks the Victorian Labor Government when they will actually implement their promised rental reforms. Full transcript of her question in parliament: My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs, and the action that I seek is for the minister to provide a time line for the implementation of renting reforms announced six […]

Camp Sovereignty

Aboriginal flag and signs at Camp Sovereignty

Gabrielle’s statement in Parliament about Camp Sovereignty. Full Transcript: On 26 January First Nations leaders re-established Camp Sovereignty. Hundreds now sit on top of a small, quiet hill just down the road at Kings Domain. But the land that they occupy is not the domain of some distant monarch. It is a burial site with […]