Leanna Nguyen

Says she will fight for "price controls on staple goods" and for caps on rents, describing "a generational cost of living crisis" in which working-class people struggle to put food on the table.

Says Labor has used migrants as scapegoats for a cost-of-living crisis it has "refused to fix," and that the rich have "rapidly increased their wealth at our expense."

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a "$100 trolley" scheme for a week's groceries, paid for by supermarket profits, and publicly owned, community-run food hubs at neighbourhood houses and community centres.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): an immediate cap on household electricity and gas prices, funded by energy-company profits and windfall taxes, and wiping existing household utility debts.

Her bio has no statement on policing or crime; the only related material is her anti-racism campaigning, including against a neo-Nazi recruitment gym.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a legal presumption in favour of bail, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 16, ending mandatory sentencing, banning new prison construction, and reversing the past decade's increases in Victoria Police funding.

The same platform would redirect that money into housing, secure jobs, education, preventive health and community services such as neighbourhood houses and youth centres.

Says she will fight for caps on rents, a "rapid expansion of public housing," and lower mortgage rates for working-class households through a new state bank.

Says property developers are "given free rein" to build new homes "without a thought to adequate services."

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a 25% cut to residential rents followed by a five-year freeze, at least 15,000 new public homes a year for 10+ years, a 30% tax on long-vacant residential land, and a cap of five properties per individual.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a state bank offering owner-occupier home loans "at below market rates" and not lending to residential property investors; no specific rate figure is given.

Her bio does not address state debt or borrowing; her only fiscal framing is that the rich have "rapidly increased their wealth at our expense."

Party platform (not candidate-specific): the party's funding page does not address state debt or borrowing directly; its plan is new taxes, including a 10% annual tax on billionaires' wealth, a 20% tax on the five largest banks' profits, and a flat 35% mining royalty.

Says she wants to "reverse privatisation of core services"; no specific project, road or rail line is named.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): permanently free public transport, reversal of transport privatisation "without compensation to private operators," turn-up-and-go frequency on high-frequency routes, and removing tolls on toll roads.

Says Labor "continues to underfund schools and hospitals" and that she will "push funding back into" schools, hospitals and community centres; no school or program is named.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): class sizes capped at 15, 3,200 more state-run early learning and childcare centres, and qualified-staffed libraries in all public schools.

Says Labor underfunds hospitals and that she will push funding back into them; no specific health policy of her own is stated.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): public hospital beds raised to at least 3 per 1,000 Victorians, free public community health centres (including dental, allied health and mental health), free ambulance services, and staff-to-patient ratios.

Says she will "put resources into making our neighbourhoods liveable" and criticises developers for building homes without adequate services.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a 30% minimum for affordable housing in new developments, a developer-funded levy for transit, schools and parks, a 30% minimum tree canopy, and an end to the sale of public land.

No candidate-specific statement found in her bio.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a zero-carbon economy by 2035, closing Loy Yang A by 2030, prohibiting new fossil fuel projects, and a publicly owned, not-for-profit energy operator with major public investment in offshore wind, solar and batteries.

No candidate-specific statement found in her bio.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): extend the powers of statewide and local Treaties and support increased First Nations control over First Nations affairs, plus a reparations tax on commercial and investment properties.

The same platform pledges to end the "contemporary stolen generation" by reducing the number of First Nations children in out-of-home care.

Party platform (not candidate-specific): a dedicated rural and regional roads maintenance program, equal per-capita public transport services with Melbourne, and electrified rail expansion (Geelong loop, Melbourne–Ballarat dual lines, Warrnambool upgrades).

Party platform (not candidate-specific): defending and extending the end of native forest logging introduced in January 2024.