The nitty gritty

We need action, not empty promises.
I’m committed to real solutions
that put people first.

A home for everyone

Fixing the broken rental system

Keeping Church & State Separate

A Home for Everyone

Over 25,000 Victorians are experiencing homelessness on any given night (ABS Census 2021), and over 70,000 people are on the Victorian public housing waiting list (Housing Registrar Annual Report 2023).
Stable housing is a human right. I will push for a bold target: at least 10% public housing in every Local Government Area (LGA).
This ensures people can stay close to their jobs, schools, healthcare, and community support networks, rather than being pushed into isolation and poverty.

Key Data:

In Victoria, less than 3% of housing stock is public housing (Productivity Commission, 2023
Children under 18 account for 1 in 6 homeless people.

Fixing Renting – Homeworthy Certificate
Renters deserve dignity and safety.
Today, about 51% of renting households report issues like damp, mould, or broken amenities (Victorian Rental Report, 2023).
My Homeworthy Certificate plan will require every landlord to prove — every four years — that their property meets minimum legal standards for safety, cleanliness, and habitability, just like a roadworthy certificate for cars.
Key Data:
Almost 30% of Victorian households are renters (ABS 2021).
Complaints about rental conditions rose by 20% over the past two years.
Impact:
The Homeworthy Certificate will reduce retaliatory evictions and empower renters to demand basic living standards without fear of homelessness.

Keeping Church & State Separate
In a secular democracy, public policy must serve everyone, not religious institutions.
Across Australia, religious organisations receive over $31 billion in tax exemptions annually (Census 2021, Treasury Estimates).
Meanwhile, their influence shapes laws on healthcare (like abortion access), education (chaplaincy programs), and human rights (discrimination exemptions).
Key Data:
Nearly 40% of Australians identify as non-religious — the largest and fastest-growing group (ABS 2021).
Public hospital services, aged care, and schools funded by taxpayers should be free from religious control over service delivery.
Goal:
Reform public funding and legislation to reflect evidence-based, inclusive governance — not sectarian interests.

Fixing Our Voting System

#climaterescue

Fixing Our Voting System – Abolishing Group Voting Tickets (GVTs)
Victoria’s upper house voting is being gamed.
Group Voting Tickets allow parties to "swap" votes behind closed doors, leading to micro-party candidates winning with tiny fractions of the primary vote.
For example, in 2018, one candidate was elected with just 0.62% of the first-preference vote.
Key Data:
In 2022, preference harvesting affected outcomes in 5 out of 8 Victorian regions.
Surveys show over 70% of voters believe they should control their own preferences (VEC, 2022).
Solution:
Abolish GVTs and move to optional preferential voting above the line, ensuring your vote stays where you want it — not where power brokers deal it away.

Greater access to quality Education and facilities

Fully Funded Public Education
Public education is underfunded and unequal.
Currently, only 1.3% of public schools in Victoria are funded to the minimum Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) recommended by the Gonski review (Grattan Institute, 2023).

Public education funding must reflect public values. That means ensuring that any school receiving taxpayer support is inclusive, respectful, and non-discriminatory. Schools that receive government funding must not discriminate on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, or cultural background. Every child has the right to learn in a safe and affirming environment—without fear of exclusion or prejudice.
Key Data:
Victorian public schools are underfunded by $1,800 per student on average.
90% of disadvantaged students attend public schools, but funding growth heavily favours private schools.
Goal:
Fully fund public schools to 100% of SRS.
Require non-discrimination guarantees for private schools that receive public money.

I support the Climate Rescue Accord

REDUCE (Fast to zero emissions)

Develop evidence-based roadmaps to near zero across all sectors for emergency implementation including energy and mining, transport, consumption and manufacturing, agriculture, land use, and construction. This includes:
- Stop fossil fuel expansion.
- Phase out fossil fuel use and extraction, including Scope 3 emissions and emissions resulting from fossil fuel exports.
- Prevent and phase out sources of methane release.

REMOVE (Drawdown to reduce greenhouse concentrations, not provide offsets)

Stop deforestation and land use change that releases CO2 and reduces sequestration potential and support industry change that makes large areas of land available for revegetation.
Sequester CO2 using natural means, such as rewilding.
Facilitate urgent R&D into direct air capture of greenhouse gases.

REFLECT/REPAIR (Active cooling)

Facilitate urgent R&D and international cooperation in the area of immediate cooling strategies:
- to compensate for the loss of the aerosol masking effect as we reduce fossil fuel emissions
- to actively cool until reduce and remove achieve a safe climate on their own.

The Climate Rescue Accord's minimum demands - www.climaterescue.net

Integrity First

Fixing Accountability – Independent Anti-Corruption Watchdogs
Victorians deserve a government they can trust.
Today, anti-corruption bodies like IBAC face political pressure, limited powers, and insecure funding — all of which undermine their ability to investigate misconduct without fear or favour.

I will push for anti-corruption watchdogs that are truly independent, with their own budgets, stronger powers, and legal protection to hold power to account.

Key Data:
IBAC’s funding has fluctuated year to year, limiting its long-term planning and investigations.

Current source of funds ensures IBAC cannot put government authorities offside or risk budget cuts.

Impact:
Properly funded and protected watchdogs will expose corruption faster, protect whistle-blowers, and rebuild public confidence in our democracy.
No more secrets. No more cover-ups. Just truth and transparency.

Justice that Protects

Fixing Justice – Real Safety for Survivors
Safety isn’t a privilege — it’s a right. In Australia in 2024 one woman was killed every 4 days.

Right now, survivors of family violence are being let down by delays, weak bail oversight, and inconsistent protections across Victoria.

I will push for mandatory cross-checks on bail conditions state-wide, limit the number of concurrent bails a person can receive, and apply GPS ankle monitors to high-risk domestic violence offenders.

Key Data:
In 2022–23, Victoria Police responded to over 94,000 family violence incidents — about one every six minutes.

Repeat offenders account for nearly half of all family violence-related charges.

Impact:
Lets stop the abuse before it escalates, support survivors with real-time safety planning, and ensure justice acts before tragedy strikes — not after.

Protecting our food bowl

Supporting Farmers Through the Climate Crisis - Protecting our food supply

Victoria’s farmers are on the frontline of the climate emergency. They feed our communities, steward our land, and face increasing droughts, floods, and extreme weather. We must invest in their resilience.

I support targeted investment to help farmers:

Transition to climate-smart, regenerative practices
Access clean energy and water efficiency tools
Strengthen local supply chains and food security
Adapt to the risks of a changing environment

Backing farmers is climate action. It’s also economic and regional resilience. We need policy that listens to those on the land and gives them the tools to lead the transition and protect our food supply.