3 October 2026
Labor may be on the nose in inner Melbourne over public housing – but it’s taking the fight to the Greens

The government sees an opportunity to regain city seats with targeted policies such as allowing dogs in pubs and extending trading hours Part of the Chinese Hakka minority targeted during Indonesia’s invasion of Timor-Leste, she went first to Jakarta, then Portugal, before finally making her way to Melbourne in 1984. Since then, the 76-year-old has lived in one of North Richmond’s high-rise public housing towers, living what she describes as a “quiet, peaceful life”.
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