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Inside Richmond: Labor and Greens in battle for heart of progressive Melbourne
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Inside Richmond: Labor and Greens in battle for heart of progressive Melbourne

Labor has held Richmond for more than a century, but the Greens are throwing everything at this seat, which the party has identified as their primary target to win at the November 26 state election.

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Greens claim the battleground seat of Richmond

Greens claim the battleground seat of Richmond

Victorian party leader Samantha Ratnam said the result was part of a “Greenslide” sweeping the state.

  • by Bianca Hall
More than half Richmond voters have cast their ballot, as final countdown looms

More than half Richmond voters have cast their ballot, as final countdown looms

If the polls and pundits are right, Gabrielle de Vietri will be claiming victory on Saturday night as the first Greens MP for the key seat of Richmond.

  • by Bianca Hall
‘Uninspired’: Focus group polling shows young voters are switched off

‘Uninspired’: Focus group polling shows young voters are switched off

Focus-group polling in the battleground seat of Richmond shows many young voters are “uninspired” about Saturday’s election, and not engaged in any real sense with the major parties’ policies.

  • by Bianca Hall
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‘It’s not easy being a socialist’: Door-knocking with Richmond candidate Roz Ward

‘It’s not easy being a socialist’: Door-knocking with Richmond candidate Roz Ward

Despite being a micro-party, the Victorian Socialists are campaigning with militant efficiency this state election.

  • by Bianca Hall
It feels ‘a little bit hairy’ now, but the Greens want to make the Yarra swimmable

It feels ‘a little bit hairy’ now, but the Greens want to make the Yarra swimmable

The river has long been Melbourne’s dumping ground, but the Greens have backed a plan to make the Yarra swimmable once more.

  • by Bianca Hall
Feed frenzy: How your local candidate is all up in your socials
November 18

Feed frenzy: How your local candidate is all up in your socials

State political advertising in key seats is now less about the leader and more about the local candidate.

  • by Bianca Hall, Clay Lucas and Rachael Dexter
Liberal candidate preferences Labor over Greens in key seat before backflip

Liberal candidate preferences Labor over Greens in key seat before backflip

Liberal candidate Lucas Moon bucked the directive from central headquarters on Monday morning, handing out how-to-vote cards that directed preferences to Labor ahead of the Greens in the key seat of Richmond for several hours.

  • by Bianca Hall
Greens decry Labor’s ‘sexist’ attack advertisement in Richmond

Greens decry Labor’s ‘sexist’ attack advertisement in Richmond

Labor has launched an attack ad targeting candidate Gabrielle de Vietri for claiming almost $7000 for nanny services.

  • by Bianca Hall
Top Liberals enraged over Guy’s plan to preference Greens ahead of Labor

Top Liberals enraged over Guy’s plan to preference Greens ahead of Labor

A senior member of the Victorian Liberals has derided the party’s preferences tactic as “Trumpian”.

  • by Bianca Hall
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‘People are feeling unsafe’: Liberals target public housing towers
November 11

‘People are feeling unsafe’: Liberals target public housing towers

Over and over again, Lucas Moon knocks, steps back and makes his pitch to residents in North Richmond.

  • by Bianca Hall
Labor gives musos a lift in Richmond and gets rock-star reception on Victoria Street

Labor gives musos a lift in Richmond and gets rock-star reception on Victoria Street

From a famous recording studio to an iconic Vietnamese shopping strip, Labor is ramping up its campaign to win the marginal inner-city seat.

  • by Bianca Hall
Tiny suburb a barometer of Melbourne’s transport challenges

Tiny suburb a barometer of Melbourne’s transport challenges

Cremorne is a microcosm of metropolitan Melbourne, facing the same challenges playing out across the city as Victorians prepare to vote on November 26.

  • by Bianca Hall
‘There is no Greens-Liberal deal’: Greens to preference Labor in every seat

‘There is no Greens-Liberal deal’: Greens to preference Labor in every seat

With Victorian pre-polls to open on Monday, last-minute preference deals are in negotiation. But Greens leader Samantha Ratnam says her party had not, and would not, do a deal with the Liberal Party.

  • by Bianca Hall
‘Very gay and very socialist’: Roz Ward ribs Labor’s election material

‘Very gay and very socialist’: Roz Ward ribs Labor’s election material

The Victorian Socialists candidate in Richmond has poked fun at her rival’s election advertising.

  • by Bianca Hall
‘I know who I am’: Labor candidate hits back over Indigenous identity questions

‘I know who I am’: Labor candidate hits back over Indigenous identity questions

Lauren O’Dwyer, whose family hails from Echuca, describes herself as a proud Yorta Yorta woman, tracing her ancestry to her great-grandfather.

  • by Bianca Hall
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Tears and hand-me-downs: $15m pledge welcomed at Richmond Primary School
November 3

Tears and hand-me-downs: $15m pledge welcomed at Richmond Primary School

The principal of the proud but humble school burst into tears when Labor promised funding for a new building and rooftop sports field if re-elected this month.

  • by Bianca Hall
Dog parks, tram stops and new bridge among pre-poll promises in race for Richmond
November 1

Dog parks, tram stops and new bridge among pre-poll promises in race for Richmond

With less than a fortnight to go before pre-polling opens, parties are jostling to secure your loyalty and your vote.

  • by Bianca Hall
Liberal candidate threatened with enforcement action for campaigning
October 31

Liberal candidate threatened with enforcement action for campaigning

Liberal candidate for Richmond Lucas Moon has been threatened with enforcement action by the Greens-majority Yarra City Council for campaigning without a council permit.

  • by Bianca Hall
‘Shame job’: Clifton Hill housing estate awash with raw sewage
October 28

‘Shame job’: Clifton Hill housing estate awash with raw sewage

Residents of a public housing estate in Clifton Hill say raw sewage flowing under the building and into a shared courtyard has been making people sick.

  • by Bianca Hall
Who will win the hearts of progressive Melbourne?

Who will win the hearts of progressive Melbourne?

The state seat of Richmond is the scene of one of November’s biggest battles for the progressive heart of Melbourne.

  • by Bianca Hall
The three seats that will open a window on the state election

The three seats that will open a window on the state election

This election campaign we’re zeroing in on three very different seats to better understand what’s happening on the ground.

  • by Michael Bachelard
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