Dandenong Ranges Greens

29/08/2026

The Victorian Greens propose to completely abolish stamp duty for owner-occupier homes valued up to $1.1 million and reduce it on a sliding scale for homes valued up to $1.6 million.

20/08/2026

Cr Jim Child OAM JP MAICD, O'Shannassy Ward Yarra Ranges Council, Victoria. said capping waste charges would force the council to cut costs elsewhere in order to make up for lost revenue.

“How are we going to pay for this? Because it’ll come back to us to pay for it,” Cr Child said.

“If it’s capped, we’re going to have to make a decision as far as our budget is concerned, regarding what we are going to cut.”

“Our community has to be made aware of the consequences, and the financial consequences, of what’s playing out with this proposal put forward by the state opposition,” Cr Child said.

The Yarra Ranges Council had “a whack” at the Victorian Liberal opposition’s proposed return to weekly rubbish collections at the 11 August council meeting. O’Shannassy Ward councillor Jim Child said a return to weekly red-lid bin collections would undo major landfill reductions the council ...

12/08/2026

Every day, vulnerable Australians are bombarded with gambling ads. Targeted inducements and personalised promotions are designed to keep them betting, even when they're trying to stop.

Yet this Labor Government is failing to take the action needed to protect them.

Labor's new gambling laws are weak and riddled with loopholes. They fail to create a national gambling regulator, leave dangerous online advertising and inducements largely untouched, and rely on an opt-out model for streaming – instead of putting people in control with opt-in protections.

To tackle the harm of this insidious industry on our kids, we need to stop the gambling ads.

That's why the Greens are calling on the Federal Government to:

Ban all TV, radio and online gambling advertising.
End the grip of the gambling industry on politics by banning political donations from gambling and other destructive industries.
The Greens will keep fighting for reforms that protect people, not gambling company profits, and deliver the full intent of the Murphy Report.

Join us to demand urgent action on gambling harm.

https://greens.org.au/campaigns/ban-gambling-ads

14/07/2026

IT'S TIME FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT.
Big Tech corporations are deploying dangerous AI systems across Australia without proper safeguards.

Workers are losing jobs, creators are having their work stolen, and our personal data is being harvested without consent.

Meanwhile, high-risk AI is increasingly making decisions about our healthcare, housing, and justice system, in secret. We deserve better.

That's why we are calling on the Albanese Government to:

Pass a comprehensive AI Act. Stop dangerous AI before it's unleashed, not after it ruins lives.
Stop the great AI art theft. Ban tech giants from stealing creative works and force them to pay creatives fairly.
Our data, our choice. No more sneaky data grabs: we decide if AI gets trained on our personal information and if we want to turn off AI in apps and on devices.
End secret AI decisions. When AI decides your job, loan, or freedom, you deserve to know how and why.
Protect workers from robot takeover. No AI in workplaces without talking to workers first and helping them retrain where needed.
Stop AI's climate vandalism. Force Big Tech to reveal and slash the massive carbon footprint of their power-hungry AI data centers.

https://greens.org.au/campaigns/protect-australians-ai

03/07/2026

The Victorian Greens are calling on the Allan Government to immediately strengthen Victoria's anti-corruption laws, saying there is no excuse to delay reform until after the election.

It follows new reports that companies working on Big Build projects continued making payments to alleged underworld figures despite repeated warnings to the government.

The Greens said the allegations expose the gap between Labor's claims of having "zero tolerance" for corruption and its refusal to give IBAC the powers it needs to properly investigate where taxpayer money is going.

27/06/2026

We don't have the deep pockets that the old parties do, but we do have thousands of generous supporters like you. Your donation to this campaign will go directly towards increasing the local vote which means we’ll reach more people, and people power is what we need to build a future for all of us. Thanks to you, we can continue standing up for real action on climate change, and for a society that cares about people over the vested interests of big business. Donate here https://contact-vic.greens.org.au/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=3180

20/06/2026

The Greens have introduced a bill into the Senate in an attempt to create a mandatory responsibility scheme for plastic packaging producers.

Australia's soft plastics recycling industry is operating at nearly triple the capacity it was at now-collapsed national recycler REDcycle's peak, but consumers are yet to be convinced.

16/06/2026

Without migration Australia wouldn't be in the World Cup finals. Let's remember that the next time someone says they want to end migration.

The pathway to safety that brought Nestory Irankunda’s family to Australia is one that is rapidly closing.

01/06/2026

A vote for One Nation is a vote for billionaires.

24/05/2026

The Dandenong Ranges National Park has been smashed by loophole logging.

Forest Fire Management Victoria is tearing up nature’s complex and fragile web of life. Their operations ignore the latest science and are often conducted without scrutiny or oversight.

The Dandenong Ranges National Park has been smashed by loophole logging. We're working with local filmmaker Lewis Haskins to highlight the destruction. Lewis...