Inside Richmond
Giant-slayer: How door-knocking and deals turned red Richmond Green
Despite the Greens’ lofty predictions at last weekend’s election, it claimed only the inner-city seat of Richmond from Labor. What made this seat different?
- by Bianca Hall
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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
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
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
‘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
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
No teeth, scurvy diagnoses: Cost of living drives food bank pressures
Away from the theatrics of the campaign trail, the most pressing issue for Victorians this election - the cost of living - is on stark display at lines at Melbourne food relief centres.
- by Bianca Hall and Rachael Dexter
November 18
Victorian election
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 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
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
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
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