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TerrainOct 23, 2026

Wildlife Victoria

What it is. A wildlife rescue and advocacy organisation running a "Vote 1 for Wildlife" campaign with six asks, including ending duck hunting, strengthening the Wildlife Act and ending kangaroo harvesting. Its public actions include enroll…

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TerrainOct 23, 2026

Vote Climate One

What it is. A volunteer group that publishes traffic-light preferencing guides per electorate, telling voters which candidates are strongest on climate. For this election the guides are published only after the ballot draw on 11 November 2…

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TerrainOct 23, 2026

What it is. The Victorian Council of Social Service, the peak body for the community sector. It has published a 2026 Election Platform setting out six priority areas for community organisations .

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TerrainOct 23, 2026

Tenants Victoria

What it is. A renters' advocacy organisation running a "Dignity" election platform. Its asks are renters' rights, closing the minimum-standards loophole, a rental registration scheme and an excessive-rent checker; it publishes electorate-b…

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TerrainOct 23, 2026

A national progressive campaigning organisation running a Victorian campaign reported at $600,000 or more, aimed at stopping One Nation taking Labor-held seats.

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TerrainOct 23, 2026

Council to Homeless Persons

What it is. The peak body on homelessness in Victoria. It has published an Election Priorities Guide 2026 setting out its asks of the next government .

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TerrainOct 23, 2026

What it is. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre is running an election volunteer team under the banner "help hope defeat hate", aimed explicitly at countering anti-migrant politics in the campaign .

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TerrainOct 20, 2026

Transport and Infrastructure

Roads/potholes, the $33.3bn Suburban Rail Loop, VNI West and the Western Renewables Link transmission lines, and regional rail/hospital infrastructure.

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Statewide Treaty

The Statewide Treaty Act 2025 (Act 45/2025) and its institutions (Gellung Warl — First Peoples' Assembly, truth-telling and accountability bodies).

TerrainOct 20, 2026

SEC and Electricity

Energy prices and supply, the state-owned SEC, the Victorian Default Offer, and the contest over renewables/gas/coal/nuclear.

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Integrity and Anti Corruption

The CFMEU/Big Build corruption scandal and the royal commission called in response, plus the IBAC Amendment Bill 2026.

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Immigration and Populist Themes

One Nation's nativist/populist platform — "mass immigration", net-negative migration, "end multiculturalism" — plus its broader anti-establishment message on crime, debt and "corruption".

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Rent levels, rental security, first-home entry and social-housing supply.

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Health and Ambulance Response Times

Hospital capacity, ambulance response/ramping, and health workforce pay disputes.

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Emergency Services Levy

The Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund (ESVF), which replaced the Fire Services Property Levy from 1 July 2025, charged to all property owners…

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Education and Teacher Pay

The AEU enterprise agreement ending a year-long dispute and strike threat — pay rises of 28.3-32.4% over four years plus a $2,000 sign-on bonus.

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Crime and Community Safety

Youth crime, knife/machete crime, home invasions, carjackings, bail laws and police resourcing…

TerrainOct 20, 2026

Cost of Living and Energy Prices

Household cost pressure (mortgages/rates, fuel, power bills, groceries) plus state debt/taxes that underpin them.

TerrainOct 18, 2026

First Nations Treaty is on the ballot

Both the Coalition and One Nation promise to repeal the Statewide Treaty and abolish Gellung Warl. The polling says the pledge lands badly in exactly the seats the Liberals have to hold.

TerrainOct 14, 2026

One Nation is not only taking Labor's seats

The usual reading is that One Nation splits the right and hands its preferences back to the Coalition. In the seats where the Nationals sit, the measured transfers run the other way.

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