Dr Tim Read MP

theage.com.auMelbourne’s massive data centre boom forces planners to rewrite the scriptBut fading “social licence” and data centre boom complicate Victoria’s green energy switch.

22 June

The Greens are calling for a moratorium on new AI data centres. These power & water hungry data centres will keep us hooked on dirty coal and gas, push back our transition to renewables and threaten our access to drinking water www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

22 June

They guzzle power and water, they don't make good neighbours, but Labor are letting them bypass planning processes and set up shop with no regulation or requirement to run off 100% new renewable energy. All for what? To line the pockets of big tech billionaires like Elon Musk.

22 June

We need to stop the AI data centre frenzy until the Government and these big tech companies can answer some basic questions about how they’ll impact our communities and our environment.

19 June

Today teachers did something incredible - they chose to stand in solidarity with education support workers and reject the Allan Labor Government’s divisive and low ball pay offer. I know this would have been a hard decision for a lot of teachers.

theage.com.auDemands for more school strikes as teachers reject 28 per cent pay offerAustralian Education Union members have voted down the state government’s proposal, setting the stage for more industrial chaos.

19 June

You work hard and are the lowest paid in the country. But this offer from Labor pitted hard working, underpaid coworkers against each other. The Greens will be right there with you for every strike. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

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Senator David Shoebridge

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social

19 May

Israel is grossly breaching international law and kidnaps 11 Australians. The Labor Government instead of taking actions against Israel, blame the people trying to break Israel’s illegal blockade. That’s Labor and they won’t change.

19 May

@senatorwong.bsky.social and team must work to secure the urgent release of Australians seized by the IDF yesterday off Cyprus. They were sailing to Gaza with food, medical supplies and other aid, when illegally captured by Israeli forces off Cyprus. Australia should condemn this action. (2/2)

abc.net.auIsraeli forces intercept Gaza flotilla with Australians on board, organisers sayThe organisers of a flotilla of ships trying to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza say Israel's navy is intercepting the group off the coast of Cyprus.

19 May

Very proud of the Australians on this flotilla including Gemma O'Toole from Brunswick, and ten others. (1/2)

1 May

It’s pretty annoying when your bins aren’t collected. But the real frustration is a state government that's underfunded councils for years, forcing workers to strike just to be paid fairly. Fund our councils, Premier Allan. #springst

29 Apr

Well put by Adam. With a fuel crisis and upcoming Brunswick level crossing removal works, there's no time like the present for a pop-up bike lane trial on Sydney Road. www.instagram.com/p/DXoiv0Xj5Q...

29 Apr

If this is true and Avi can find 500 party members, then Victoria's undemocratic Upper House electoral system will work in his favour. Labor must scrap Group Voting Tickets. Until then, our elections remain open to manipulation by far-right actors.

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theguardian.comStudent claiming RMIT is ‘complicit in genocide’ in social media post faces misconduct actionStudent accused of sharing a video of the university’s defence and aerospace research centre with the RMIT Students for Palestine Instagram account

10 Apr

If RMIT considers itself to be a university, it should reflect on this student's comment rather than attempt to silence her. RMIT's claim that her post somehow endangered people is unconvincing and sounds more than a little desperate.

Victorian teachers in the AEU have just voted to stop work on Tuesday the 24th of March. Our teachers are the lowest paid in the country and the Greens fully support them in fighting not just for themselves, but for Victorian students. (¼)

That money is ripped from the funding pool that pays for teacher salaries. This cut means less support, less resources, & worse outcomes for students. Teachers could cross the border to NSW and get an almost $300 a week pay rise. It’s no wonder we have a teacher shortage. (¾)

Right now, the Greens’ inquiry into the impact of these cuts is underway. Well, one of those impacts is playing out in real time. Teachers having to go on strike to demand better. This is the impact of underfunding public schools. We can and we must do better. (4/4)

Victorian public schools receive thousands of dollars less per student than other states and territories, and while places like WA and the ACT are already meeting their minimum funding requirements, Victorian Labor has cut $2.4 billion from public education over the next five years. (2/4)

How does Victoria’s underfunding of public schools impact children, families, teachers, and the broader community? That’s the question we’re hoping to answer on Thursday at the first hearing of the parliamentary inquiry into Vic Labor’s $2.4 billion public school cuts. (1/4)

Vic public schools receive thousands of dollars less per student than the rest of the country, and our teachers are the lowest paid. This has real impacts on outcomes. It means less support for students, programs being cut, and more kids falling through the cracks. (3/4)

A strong public education system is an important leveller in society. It shouldn’t matter your background or what your parents can afford, equal access to education is a fundamental right. (4/4)

The Greens secured this inquiry last year after we learnt Labor quietly cut $2.4 billion from Victorian public schools, by delaying meeting their minimum funding requirements. This delay also means Vic schools lose millions in Commonwealth funding. (2/4)

The Greens are bringing our anti-corruption reforms to parliament again today. The majority of Victorians want investigation into corruption on Labor’s Big Build - the only people standing in the way are Jacinta Allan and the Labor Party. (1/5)

Presently, IBAC can only investigate suspected criminal offences, but we know corruption often exists in the grey, the sort of thing you might get sacked for. Victoria's current definition of corruption is so tight that IBAC can't even make findings of "corrupt conduct". (4/5)

We’ve seen scandal after scandal in Victoria. To clean this up - not just this time, but stop it from happening again - IBAC needs the powers it has been asking for. Anything less is a cop-out. (5/5)

On Monday in a public hearing, I asked the IBAC boss what powers IBAC needs to investigate Big Build corruption. The Greens Bill includes all these reforms; follow the dollar powers, public hearings & expanding IBAC's jurisdiction to investigate grey corruption. (2/5)

The Liberals have introduced a Bill that would give IBAC two of these powers, follow the dollar and public hearings, but leaves out the most crucial power, expanding IBAC’s jurisdiction But IBAC's jurisdiction must be expanded if we want it to investigate corruption. (3/5)

BREAKING: Labor just blocked the Greens reforms to Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog, preventing it from investigating $15 billion lost to corruption on Labor’s Big Build Projects. Labor saw the parliament was going to pass the Greens reforms so they pulled the Bill. (1/5)

Think about that: billions handed by Labor to private corporations and contractors has allegedly disappeared to corruption, but our anti-corruption watchdog can’t track this money - and that’s how Labor wants it. (4/5)

Labor pulled out every trick in the book to stop the laws passing, including leaning on cross-benchers to shoot down anti-corruption laws. It begs the question, what are Labor trying so hard to hide? (5/5)

This is the second time this week Labor have run away from investigating corruption. First, the Premier said she’d referred it to IBAC despite knowing IBAC lacked the power. And this evening, Labor adjourned their Bill within minutes of learning they didn’t have the numbers (2/5)

We’ve known the problem for years. IBAC doesn't have the power to follow public money into outsourced Government projects. The Greens reforms would have given IBAC these powers. Other states have these, but Vic has some of the weakest anti-corruption laws in the country. (3/5)

10 Feb

We show up to school fetes and fundraisers to try and pay for broken roofs, toilets, air conditioners, and just general upkeep of aging schools, while the Labor Government is using the depreciation of our school buildings as an accounting trick to underfund our public schools?

theage.com.auState’s ‘accounting tricks’ shortchange schools by $1.37bThe Victorian government is accused of a huge underspend on government schools.

10 Feb

It seems like Jacinta Allan’s Labor gov will do anything they can to cut funding to public schools. This isn’t new. Vic Labor have been using this trick to reduce funding for schools for years. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

10 Feb

This is on top of the $2.4 billion that Labor secretly cut from public schools by delaying their funding commitments. At this point I’m convinced they’re being satirical when calling Vic the education state, or maybe they just mean private schools.

5 Feb

When we learnt tobacco products cause cancer, we started taxing big tobacco companies to pay, at least in part, for the damage they cause. Why don't we do the same for climate polluters? (½)

greens.org.auMake Big Polluters Pay | The Australian Greens

5 Feb

Fossil fuel companies make billions in profit, get handed public money by the major parties, and leave impacted communities to clean up their mess. Join the Greens call to make coal & gas companies pay for the damage caused by fires and floods. greens.org.au/vic/campaign...

abc.net.auVictorian opposition vows to block health promotion agency's axingThe Allan Government's plan to merge VicHealth with the health department hits a major political roadblock, with the state opposition vowing to vote against the move.

3 Feb

Everyone but Labor can see that slamming the door on prevention is a false economy. Right now, they don't have to numbers to get a Bill to abolish VicHealth through the upper house, but Jacinta Allan still defended the short-sighted plan. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

abc.net.auMP battling cancer says condemned health agency could have saved himVictorian Greens MP Tim Read reveals he will retire from politics at this year's election after he was diagnosed with metastatic cancer — but not before one last political fight.

29 Jan

I spoke to the ABC about my recent cancer diagnosis, my decision to step down as Greens MP for Brunswick at the next state election, and my fury at the state Labor Government for slamming the door on preventative health by abolishing VicHealth. (1/2) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

timread.org.auSave VicHealth - Tim ReadHealth Promotion saves us pain and money by fighting preventable disease at the cause. Sign the petition to save VicHealth

29 Jan

Closing VicHealth is a false economy. I've started a petition to save VicHealth, and I'd like your signature. You can come by my office to sign or print it and collect signatures. If we get 2000 paper signatures, we trigger a debate in parliament. (2/2) timread.org.au/issue/save-v...

Not surprised that Victorian teachers are considering industrial action. Vic teachers are the lowest paid in Aus & last year Jacinta Allan's Labor Gov cut $2.4 billion from public schools, most of which would have gone to boosting school staff & increasing teacher salaries. 1/4

Victorian Labor's choice to underfund public schools also means Vic Schools lose out on millions in federal funding. Getting thousands of dollars less per student than all other states and territories. Victorian public schools are the lowest funded in the country. 3/4

The Greens secured an inquiry into Labor’s $2.4 billion public school cuts which is due to begin this year. We can’t let Labor get away with these cuts, funding our schools to fail and locking Vic teachers into low salaries for years to come. 4/4

It’s no wonder Vic has a teacher shortage crisis; all they have to do is cross the border to NSW to get a $15,000+ pay rise. That’s nearly $300 a week less in Vic, at a time where housing, groceries, everything is costing more. We can do better by our teachers. 2/4

theguardian.comAustralia should reconsider alliance with ‘fiercely unpredictable’ US, former foreign ministers sayBob Carr says Trump foreign policy presents a ‘colossal challenge’ for Australia and Gareth Evans says the Aukus pact should be reconsidered

13 Jan

AUKUS is financially irresponsible and ties our foreign policy to Trump's caprice. What further excuse does Albo need to cancel it? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

13 Jan

AUKUS will cost $375 billion. That's $1,000,000 of taxpayer money, every single day, for more than 1,000 years. And we're handing it over to Trump.

nytimes.comTrump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela.

5 Jan

It’s naive to think the US attack on Venezuela is about anything other than dirty fossil fuel profits. Trump himself told reporters after the attack “We’re going to be taking out a tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground.” (½) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...

5 Jan

It's time for Australia to review AUKUS and ask ourselves if we want to keep supporting the US military when it resorts to old-fashioned piracy, ignores international law, and worsens the climate crisis. (2/2) Full statement from the Greens here bsky.app/profile/davi...

Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social

Statement on US aggression in Venezuela

14 Dec 2025

smh.com.auFaced with looming shortfalls, Victoria opens the way for new gasDespite committing to the transition away from gas, Victoria will grant two new gas reserves in the Otway and Gippsland basins to ensure “an orderly transition”.

10 Dec 2025

When Jacinta Allan’s Labor Gov. says Victoria has a gas shortfall what they mean is their buddies in fossil fuel companies want to continue to rake in profits from gas - at the expense of our climate & energy bills. (1/2) www.smh.com.au/environment/...

greens.org.auLabor’s special treatment for fossil fuel corporations abandons climate science and will slow transition to cheaper, cleaner energy | The Australian GreensThe Victorian Greens have slammed Jacinta Allan’s Labor Government for approving new gas drilling in the Otway and Gippsland basins, warning it locks Victoria into decades more fossil fuel pollution, ...

10 Dec 2025

Victoria doesn’t have a gas supply problem, we have a political problem. Labor is choosing special treatment for gas corporations instead of accelerating electrification and renewables, which would mean cheaper bills and improved energy security. (2/2) greens.org.au/vic/news/med...