Mel Yuan for Brunswick

Independent candidate for Merri-bek Council & the seat of Brunswick

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  • Do you know how much of the state government’s services are privatised? ❌ No taxation without representation

    Do you know how much of the state government’s services are privatised? ❌ No taxation without representation

    Since the 1990s, successive Victorian governments have corporatised, commercialised and privatised a huge swathe of previously publicly owned assets. Even core regulatory functions, like VicRoads, are now run for-profit by private companies. In many cases, a one off payment was used to pay down debt or fund other infrastructure. In other cases, the outsourcing to…

  • A monocultural Victoria? What does that even look like in Brunswick?

    A monocultural Victoria? What does that even look like in Brunswick?

    I can barely wrap my mind around the concept of a monocultural Australia. The impact on Victoria, Australia’s most multicultural state, and Brunswick with its proud postwar heritage, is hard to imagine. But we shouldn’t ignore the pressures and factors that have led us to this point. What are the pain points? How do we…

  • A hotter, sicker, more dangerous world

    The last two months have seen a complete re-shaping of the global world order of the last 80 years. It’s been hard to watch. It will be even harder for Australia to respond. It’s difficult not to resort to hyperbole and panic, but we must respond strongly, decisively and nationally. The forthcoming Federal election timing…

  • Council car parks are our future new open space

    Council car parks are our future new open space

    I made the following points at the recent Brunswick Residents Network ‘Meet the candidates’ forum. While I am in favour of retaining sufficient car parking to support Sydney Road’s thriving shopping strip and to ensure residents can access much needed services, car parks represent affordable land for future new open space not for housing. ~~~~~…