Legislative Assembly · District of Niddrie
Lana Nguyen
Last verified 24 Sept 2026
Seat context — Niddrie›
Niddrie is a safe Labor seat in Melbourne's north-west, represented by Ben Carroll since a 2012 by-election. Carroll became Victoria's 50th Premier on 28 July 2026, succeeding Jacinta Allan, and is recontesting Niddrie. The Liberal candidate is Samantha Byrne, a Moonee Valley City councillor and current mayor; the Victorian Socialists' candidate is Brendan Laws, a teacher and Australian Education Union rank-and-file organiser. The Greens' candidate is Lana Nguyen, a community-events coordinator.
Background
Says she is standing for Niddrie because "I see life growing harder for the people in my community"; the page does not say how long she has lived there. SSelf-stated — VG-NGUYENAustralian Greens Victoria, "Lana Nguyen, Candidate for Niddrie"View source
Says her family "raised me to believe in looking after one another, working hard, and giving back to those around us." SSelf-stated — VG-NGUYENAustralian Greens Victoria, "Lana Nguyen, Candidate for Niddrie"View source
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Her page says "I believe we can build a fairer system, one that puts people first," and promises "I will listen, work hard and fight for the changes we need."
Her stated concerns are the rising cost of essentials, access to healthcare, aged care and education, and people having "less time for the people they love."
What Victorians say matters most
5 poll-led issuesCost of living and crime have ranked 1st or 2nd in every Victorian poll since mid‑2025, with debt and housing close behind — see schema §3 for the polling this grouping is based on (DemosAU, Ipsos Issues Monitor, Roy Morgan). The 0-10 'priorityScore' on each candidate's issue entries is NOT a measure of true importance or an independent ranking of what a candidate actually cares about. It reflects how much detail and specificity exists in what that candidate has actually said publicly on that issue -- a named policy mechanism and a verified voting record score higher than a one-line stated priority, regardless of the issue's real-world weight. Render this distinction in the UI wherever the score appears; do not label it just 'Priority' without the qualifier.
Cost of living
Says "everyday essentials like bread, milk, and eggs keep getting more expensive while supermarkets make billions in profits," and that "people are working more just to get by, leaving them with less time for the people they love."
The Greens' 2026 platform index and health page do not mention supermarket prices.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): work towards a four-day week for the Victorian public sector with no loss of pay, and restore paid sick leave for casual workers.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): free public dental care, a $3,000 "Greens Power voucher" for solar and efficient appliances, and permanently free public transport.
Crime and community safety
No personal statement on crime or safety found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): prevention over punishment: more funding for youth programs and public housing, health-led responses to mental health emergencies, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14, and repealing Labor's 2025 bail changes.
Housing affordability and supply
No personal statement on housing found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): 88,000 new public homes with an initial $4 billion, abolishing stamp duty on homes under $1.1 million, and a two-year rent freeze followed by rent rises capped at wage growth.
State government debt and fiscal management
No personal statement on debt or budgets found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): funding its plan through a 0.1% quarterly levy on big-bank liabilities (over $3 billion a year), higher gambling taxes and doubled coal and gas royalties; the costings page does not address state debt directly.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
No personal statement on infrastructure or transport found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): trams and trains at least every 10 minutes where infrastructure allows, $245 million for more frequent regional trains and coaches, and bringing road maintenance back into public hands.
Also on the record
6 substance issuesThese don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.
Education and training
Lists education among the services that are "becoming harder to access"; no policy of her own is stated.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): funding all government schools to the full Gonski amount, genuinely free public schools, and an independent school building authority.
Health and healthcare access
Says "quality healthcare, aged care and education is becoming harder to access," and that supporting her dad through cancer "has made the importance of accessible health care deeply personal to me."
The Greens' 2026 platform index and health page do not mention aged care.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): a $3 billion public dental system funded by gambling taxes, saving VicHealth, and community health at 3% of health spending.
Urban planning and housing density
No personal statement on planning found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): rewriting planning rules to increase density around transport hubs, protect green wedges and restore council say, with a 40% urban tree-canopy target and 30% public and affordable housing in developments over 15 dwellings.
Climate and energy transition
No personal statement on energy or climate found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): banning gas drilling in Victoria's oceans, closing Yallourn in 2028, and an extra $2 billion for the State Electricity Commission to build publicly owned renewables.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
No personal statement on Treaty found on her candidate page.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): defending Statewide Treaty against repeal, supporting further local and statewide treaties, and implementing the Yoorrook Justice Commission's recommendations.
Regional and rural Victoria
No personal statement found on her candidate page; Niddrie is a metropolitan seat.
Party platform (not candidate-specific): regional trains and coaches run more often, public housing in regional Victoria, and a just transition with community benefits and ownership for renewables and transmission projects.
Local & party context
2 fieldsNot scored the way the eleven issues above are — these are fixed facts about the seat and the party, not positions with more or less emphasis behind them.
Runs on the Australian Greens Victoria's 2026 platform; her concerns about costs, healthcare and time at work sit alongside its public dental plan, free public transport and public-sector four-day-week planks. SSelf-stated — VG-NGUYEN, GP26-PLATFORM, GP26-WORKERSAustralian Greens Victoria, "Lana Nguyen, Candidate for Niddrie"View sourceVictorian Greens, "Demand better — The Greens plan (2026 election platform)"View sourceAustralian Greens Victoria, "Workers Rights | Platform | Australian Greens Victoria"View source
She names no policy of her own and no point of divergence from the party's platform. SSelf-stated — VG-NGUYENAustralian Greens Victoria, "Lana Nguyen, Candidate for Niddrie"View source
Track record & prior candidacies
Campaign, money & endorsements
Campaign logistics
Endorsements & Donations
Per the VEC's own funding guidance for registered political parties (accessed 2026-09-24), public funding is paid to the registered party, not to individual candidates. Australian Greens Victoria appears on the VEC's list of currently registered parties (first registered 5 August 1997, re-registered 24 October 2024), and is eligible if at least one endorsed candidate receives at least 4% of first-preference votes or is elected.
The amount is based on the party's audited statement of expenditure, the votes its candidates receive and legislated maximums, at an indexed per-vote rate that the VEC's indexation page (accessed 2026-09-24) lists as $7.70 for lower-house candidates in 2026-27, up from $7.46 the year before. The VEC's funding page notes it is under review following the Electoral Further Amendment Act 2026, so these rules may change before the election.