Samantha Ratnam Greens MLC for Northern Metro

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As our local MP, I’m fighting for our community. Please tell me what matters to you most, so I can be your voice in state Parliament.

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Samantha Ratnam Greens MLC for Northern Metro

What matters to you

As our local MP, I’m fighting for our community. Please tell me what matters to you most, so I can be your voice in state Parliament.

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Don’t see your issues here? Tell me what else matters to you.

Hi, I’m Samantha. A Melbourne local, here to represent you in the Victorian Parliament.

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What I’m fighting for

With your support, my Greens colleagues and I have pushed the Government to go further and faster on the issues that matter to our community.

ABOUT ME

I am the Greens' Upper House MP for the Northern Metropolitan Region

Together, my Greens colleagues and I want to take on the big corporations who are destroying our planet, make sure everyone has a safe and affordable place to call home and empower our kids to grow up knowing that they belong. 

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I saw this poster in Brunswick and started weeping.

These posters were a part of the @no_photo2024 campaign a few months ago highlighting the omission of Palestinian photographers in the Photo 2024 festival thereby excluding images documenting the genocide in Gaza.

The day before seeing this, I heard Andrew Garfield say “that’s why art is so important. Because It can get us to places that we can’t get to any other way”

And today we are hearing of more horrors in Gaza, this time an attack by Israel on the Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital.

“Associated Press footage showed children among the wounded. A man sobbed as he carried a toddler with a bandaged head in his arms.”

“Another small child with a bandaged leg was given a blood transfusion on the floor of the packed hospital.”

And we remember that our institutions here don’t even have the courage to show the photos, tell the stories, admit to their complicity, stop their tacit permissions, end the weapons deals, sanction governments, do anything at all, while children perish and mothers hold their bodies 💔

(Quotes source: ABC online 14 Oct 2024)
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Demolishing & privatising public housing in a housing crisis? 🤔 It just doesn’t add up.

We’re taking action with residents and the community to save public housing in Victoria.

We know Labor’s disastrous plan can be stopped - let’s keep the pressure on!

Join us next Saturday 19 October for a rally at 126 Racecourse Rd, Flemington (details in highlights ⬆️) from 11.30am
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In the middle of housing crisis, with so many Victorians struggling to find a home, how can Victorian Labor justify keeping public housing apartments empty?

These are affordable, publicly-owned homes that could house entire families in need of a home - right now!

Labor is determined to demolish and privatise all 44 public housing towers and hand over huge swathes of public land to private developers.

They’re forcing residents to leave, keeping these apartments empty, just so their property developer mates can make mega profits.

This has got to stop.

That’s why the Greens, public housing residents and advocates, and the wider community are fighting tooth and nail to stop Labor’s plan to demolish and privatise the 44 towers.

You can join us NEXT SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER for a community rally from 11.30am in Flemington.

We’re meeting at the base of 126 Racecourse rd, Flemington and taking a walk of solidarity to 33 Alfred St, North Melbourne.

These are two of the first set of towers Labor wants to demolish so we’re getting together to support the local community say ‘STOP THE DEMOLITION! SAVE PUBLIC HOUSING!’

You can find out more info about the rally in our link in bio.

#savepublichousing
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If you are feeling the weight of what is happening around the world right now, you are not alone.

Join with us as we work to turn despair into hope into action right here in our community of Wills.

There are some great events coming up including our Women of Wills event this Sunday or a weekend doorknock. More info here https://samantharatnam.com/events/

See you soon!
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Join @jillstark__ , @clementine_ford , @anasina_graybarberio and myself for afternoon tea and drinks to celebrate the women of Wills!

We’ll discuss what’s important to local women and how we can elect more progressive women to represent us, right here in Wills.

Get your ticket via the link in my bio 🔗💕
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Join me and @timreadgreens, MP for Brunswick on Saturday in Coburg to talk to voters about how we can improve cost of living, secure and affordable housing, act on the climate crisis change and make our suburbs more liveable by voting Green at the council election.

RSVP at https://samantharatnam.com/events
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Let’s rally for public housing! 📢🏡 Saturday 19 October, 11.30am - 1pm
The Labor Government wants to demolish and privatise all 44 public housing towers in Victoria, starting with the Flemington and North Melbourne towers.

Residents were shocked by the announcement when it was made a year ago and they still don’t have answers about why this is happening or what their future holds.

Residents have been telling us they want to stay and this is our chance to support them! ✊🏾

Let’s come together to let the Flemington and North Melbourne community and all public housing residents know, they are not alone and demand that the Labor Government #StopTheDemolition and #SavePublicHousing

Meet us, @rahunion_victoria, @blackpeoplesunion, @savepublichousingcollective, @friends_of_public_housing_vic, @vic_socialists @socialistalliancevic, 100% PUBLIC (formerly @savebarakbeacon) and more at 126 Racecourse Rd, Flemington for an 11.30am start.

There will be morning tea, followed by speeches and a Solidarity Walk to 33 Alfred Street North Melbourne - link in bio to RSVP

Can’t make it Saturday? We’ll need help, this week and next, leafleting neighbourhoods to help spread the word 📨 Send us a DM if you’d like to help then.

💚💚💚 #housing #PublicHousing #HousingCrisis
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It is impossible to capture the size and feeling of the peace rally in Melbourne today.

For a year, every single week, thousands have gathered in streets like these across the world to bear witness to the suffering of the Palestinian and now Lebanese people.

We call for an end to genocide and we march for peace.

Many of our world leaders may be failing us, but the people are not.

The people, united, can never be defeated ❤️
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Can you help us reach our goal of knocking on 20,000 doors by joining an event this weekend?

Local council ballots start arriving on Monday and there’s so much at stake. By electing more Greens councillors we could make housing more affordable, create more green space and secure investment in community and youth services. We can also elect local leaders who are campaigning for justice and peace at home and overseas.

Research shows that one to one conversations change minds. Nothing changes if nothing changes.

Can you help us remind people their votes are powerful this weekend?

RSVP at http://samantharatnam.com/events

Authorised by M Shield, Victorian Greens Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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A one stop shop, in your community, where you could go for free and see a doctor, a registered nurse, a dentist and even a psychologist - sounds pretty good right?

Well the Greens have a plan to build 6 of these Local Healthcare Clinics right here in Wills, in our local community, and better yet, tax the corporations rorting the system to pay for it. 

Here’s how.
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The sprint is on to elect more Greens to Merri-bek and Hume Council. 📬 Can you help elect leaders like @angelicapanopoulos_greens and @jayiwasaki_greens by joining a door knock or letter boxing flyers this weekend?
Sign up at https://samantharatnam.com/events or in my bio 🔗💚

Authorised by M Shield, Victorian Greens Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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“Embracing culture is our shield; celebrating it, our rebellion”
– A beautiful reflection from Matiu

I am so proud to represent the region that was one of the first communities that the Nepalese community settled into when they arrived in Australia.

We are so lucky to have the generosity, determination and excellence of the Nepalese community as part of our rich multicultural fabric here in Victoria.

Celebrating Teej with the community has always been a joy.
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