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Samantha Ratnam

@samantharatnam.bsky.social
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Social worker, serving our community. Green at heart 💚

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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TLDR: Has our community just been swindled? We are about to hear an announcement today from the Labor government about our long suffering Upfield train line - BUT - here is the info you need to decode it.
theage.com.au
Level crossings on hold as Labor vows to fix Melbourne’s most unreliable train line
Services on the Upfield line will increase by 50 per cent under the government’s latest election promise, but drivers will continue to face long commute times.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well done to the majority of Merri-bek Councillors tonight who pushed for strong action to support the community campaign to save our youth centre in Brunswick ✊🏾 After more than 6,000 people signed a petition, it was disappointing to see all the Labor councillors either vote against or abstain.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Group voting tickets have been abolished finally! Tim Read has been driving this reform on behalf of the Greens for years. For anyone ever wondering why vote Greens - this is why. We get things done for our democracy and a better future 💚
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tonight’s Four Corners expose into ‘affordable housing’ revealed how Labor federal & state govts are basically using public money to prop up private development - resulting in homes that are NOT actually affordable. Too many homes are left empty & many return to full price after a certain period.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Labor in the UK are starting to apologise for their response to the genocide in Gaza. Years later, after over 70,000 Palestinians were killed, now they say they have realised they should have done more to hold Israel to account. How long before Labor in Australia does the same?
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It’s too late Pauline! We ARE a multicultural community and there is no going back. First Nations were here first, all of us came after.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Labor look set to capitulate once again to the fossil fuel lobby and walk away from a 25% export tax on gas revenue. These mega-profitable corporations are able to extract a natural resource - that belongs to all of us - without paying their fair share. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Anthony Albanese accused of ‘caving to gas companies’ as Labor set to reject new export tax
David Pocock says prime minister – who is trying to shore up fuel supplies – is parroting industry talking points
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
These jokers from the Liberals, Nationals and One Nation are about to ratchet up the assault on Australia’s multiculturalism and the place of migrants in our society. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
theage.com.au
Angus Taylor claims too many self-serving migrants are draining the nation
Taylor will use his first major policy speech to warn that too many self-serving migrants have taken advantage of Australia and eroded the national culture.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Solidarity with the people of Lebanon who are enduring a ferocious attack in the south especially. Countries like Australia that refused to sanction Israel at the height of the genocide in Gaza, have helped create the global permissions for this impunity.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The Prime Minister is partying with billionaires while everyone else struggles to pay their bills. It’s everything wrong with politics right now. He came to Coburg for a visit yesterday. But maybe this is why he was really here. amp.nine.com.au/article/9a06...
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A government that oppresses the right to protest through law and allows the police to use brutal force against people, creates the conditions for violence.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
When talking about the heat expected in Melbourne today, our 5yo daughter said hopefully “I won’t have to go through a 45 degree day again”. “Unfortunately you will. This will be the coolest summer you’ll experience in your life” replied dad. “Why?” We both fell silent, too heartbroken to answer.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The right to protest is under attack across the world. Through both working with people seeking asylum & through politics, I’ve met so many people from the Iranian community who’ve stood up against oppression with great courage and conviction. It is the reason so many had leave to seek safety.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The situation in Venezuela tells us everything about the link between fossil fuel barons and political power. It’s a country rich in oil assets that the US wants to get its hands on. It also reveals why the fight against climate change is a fight FOR people.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Devastating and gut wrenching scenes coming out of Bondi Beach tonight. Love and strength to everyone there and especially the families of those tragically killed and injured.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Pauline Hanson spoke at an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne today. At which she said, “I don’t want to move to Victoria”. Well Pauline, we don’t want you to move here either. Please leave our beautiful & proudly diverse state alone. Goodbye 👋🏽
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We are failing our young people.  We don’t fund schools fully or pay teachers properly.  Housing is expensive & jobs are precarious. Families are stressed & hope is fading. And when they get into trouble, governments want to throw them in jail for longer - not fund the services they need.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations Zohran Mamdani on a seismic victory to become New York’s next mayor! Up against the odds, the prejudice & the billionaires, his campaign ran on courage & won. A big step forward for free childcare, freezing rents and making life affordable again. And a huge step forward for hope ❤️
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Labor sat on the climate risk report, approved the North West Shelf gas project & announced weak CO2 targets that will cause climate carnage. Labor pretends to care but is actually failing. But the people of Wills won’t be fooled. We will fight for our planet & all life on earth with all we have.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
When the neo-Nazis started to congregate and organise in Victoria years ago, we sounded the alarm.  A parliamentary inquiry initiated by the Greens gave the Victorian government a good chance to understand the nature of the threat posed by these right-wing extremists.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Everything Labor does from now on to support Palestinian liberation will be BECAUSE of the power of the Palestinians & everyday people who have mobilised against the genocide. Not because of Labor’s morality or courage.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
So proud of our community for showing up in their thousands for peace for Palestinians today ❤️ Too many politicians deride this movement when they feel overwhelmed by their own moral failures. But history won’t reward the cowards. History will remember the courageous.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Sanction Israel now. Someone has to start. The world will follow. Before all the children in Gaza die.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
People in Gaza are being starved by Israel. More words from Australian Labor today, trying to appease their consciences. But they’ve sat on their hands for 18 months & alongside too many other countries, have given Israel moral cover for this genocide. Sanction Israel NOW.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Great speech Rosalie Woodruff & well done @tasmaniangreens.bsky.social on a great election result so far with more counting to go 💚
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
No bombs. No war. No AUKUS.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This Refugee Week comes at a time when we are witnessing in real time how our lives across borders are intertwined. As war erupts, more & more people will flee across the world. Only to be met with more closed borders and cruelty, not care, for those running for their lives.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Imagine. Just imagine. That instead of these bombs, war mongering and death, the world was organising peace summits. Places, spaces, forums, across continents to talk about de-escalation , disarmament, peace and celebrating our diverse communities, their strengths and beauty.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Love, strength and power to all those brave souls aboard the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, facing incredible threats right now. We are with you ❤️
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Labor is now using the same talking points as big wealthy property corporations. If only supply is the problem, why are 8,000 new homes sitting unsold in Victoria right now? It doesn’t add up. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
abc.net.au
Housing minister declares Australia has made it 'uneconomic' to build homes
In a frank interview with the ABC, Housing Minister Clare O'Neil declared that Australia has made it "uneconomic" to build homes.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Labor has approved Australia’s largest fossil fuel project today. Woodside’s North West Shelf project will be allowed to burn gas until 2070. It will spew 4.3 BILLION tonnes of carbon pollution over its lifetime. Our planet does not stand a chance with Labor in charge.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
After weeks of counting, the final results for Wills are in. We achieved a 7.57+ swing to the Greens! We fell short by 1.5% or 1600 votes, but have narrowed the margin. It’s never been closer. And it’s now clear that Labor cannot win Wills without Liberal and One Nation preferences.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Why won’t Australia sanction, or even threaten to sanction Israel? Gaza has been starved intentionally since March the 2nd.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
In The Age today, there is an extensive piece by Chip Le Grand about the election campaign in Wills. You will notice the absence of the voices and perspectives of all the other candidates except for Labor.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This week Labor confirmed that the Upfield train line will have NO more than 3 trains per hour. Now the election is done, their pretence of doing anything about the Upfield line is over.  The status quo continues: ❌public school funding cuts ❌poor services in the north
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
👋🏽 A quick update regarding the Wills vote count. While some media outlets are projecting a Labor win in Wills, we understand that there are over 10k votes that haven’t been counted that could make the result much closer. We are unlikely to know more until the end of the week.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Our campaign to turn Wills Greens has been historic 💚 The count remains close & the results will go up and down over the next few days. But I remain hopeful as I have throughout this incredible journey. I’ve always been ready to serve our community & that will never change.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Today’s the day. We are on the brink of something historic here in Wills. If less than 1 in 10 people change their vote, the Greens can win here. A better world is possible, you just have to vote for it.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Far-right populists have a playbook: they pick fights with the things that help people feel acknowledged, included & respected. It’s a tactic designed to divide us and exploit people’s anxieties. Dutton’s war on Welcome to Country ceremonies is another chapter in this tired, dangerous playbook.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Every new coal and gas project makes the climate crisis worse. And Labor has approved over 30 new coal & gas projects since they got into government. We know the Liberals want even more, plus nuclear 🤯 We can’t keep voting for the same two parties and expect a different result. Vote [1] Greens
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Early voting is now open! That means now - right now - you can head down to an early voting centre near you and vote for the change we really need. VOTE for dental into Medicare. VOTE for rent caps & lower mortgages. VOTE for real climate action. VOTE for justice for Palestine. It’s up to us.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Early voting opens tomorrow 💚🗳️ This is your chance for change! If you want more than just tinkering around the edges, Vote 1 Greens. If you want to keep Dutton out, Vote 1 Greens. If you want real change when it comes to the cost of living, housing and climate crisis, Vote 1 Greens.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Ask me Anything! I’m doing an AMA on Reddit on Wednesday 16th April 6-7pm. Look forward to answering your questions then! www.reddit.com/r/Australian...
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today the PM dropped by Wills on his way to the airport to announce expanding the PBS. While he’s at it, why not expand Medicare to cover dental & mental health too? This election, voters in Wills are powerful: they can elect a Greens MP to keep Dutton out and get Labor to act.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Greens' pressure works! Labor has adopted our plan to make super market price gouging illegal.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It’s on! The election has been called for May 3rd! Your vote in Wills has never been more powerful. If less than 1 in 10 people change their vote, the Greens will win.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Have you noticed the cost of food going up, up? The evidence is in. Coles and Woolies having been raking in bigger profits from making us all pay more. The Greens will make price gouging by the big supermarkets illegal to bring down the cost of food. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
ACCC urges reform as Coles and Woolworths named among ‘most profitable’ supermarkets in world
A 441-page report calls for 20 recommendations, including greater transparency around prices, special offers and ‘shrinkflation’
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Instead of working with the Greens to lock in cost of living relief like free GP visits next week, Labor will use parliament to do a deal with Dutton to make it easier for big corporations to trash our environment. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge
Labor will push the contentious bill through parliament next week despite concerns about the extinction of the Maugean skate
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Great turnout at the first climate and environment candidates forum in Wills! Thanks to ACF and local groups for the hard work to make it happen. It was disappointing that Labor’s candidate Peter Khalil and the Liberal didn’t attend.
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Samantha Ratnam @samantharatnam.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Devastating to wake up to more civilian carnage in Gaza. Israel has broken the ceasefire and the Palestinian people are being asked to pay the price. When will our government sanction Israel?
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