Katherine Copsey

@katcopseygreens.bsky.social

Victorian Greens Member for the Southern Metro Region in the Victorian Parliament. Standing up for people and planet 🌏 She/her. Authorised by Katherine Copsey, 206-208 Bay St Brighton VIC 3186

Living it up at Derby Day, courtesy of a corporation you’re supposed to regulate, is not 'stakeholder engagement'. The Ministers' code of conduct bans “gifts” like this for good reason - but Labor Ministers accept them with impunity. What happened to “Integrity won’t be optional”?

In Victoria we're seeing the cost of rebuilding homes after climate disasters skyrocket - but Labor and the Liberals want to drag us backwards by supporting new coal and gas. The Greens will swiftly move to renewables and make the polluters pay for the climate damage they cause.

As we see the tragic scenes of climate-fuelled disaster in Nepal, the latest data shows Australia's emissions barely coming down at all. In Victoria, One Nation and the Liberals are pledging to spend taxpayer money on more coal stations or keeping polluting coal open longer. (1/4)

Screenshot from an article in The Point, which is linked down-thread.

Text reading "The government has set the target of reducing Australia’s emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and (at best) 62% below 2005 levels by 2035, with the longer-term goal of hitting net zero emissions by 2050.

These targets are nowhere near enough to ensure Australia does its part to limit global warming to 2ºC above pre-industrial levels.

The Climate Council has noted that “to have a strong chance of meeting this goal, Australia would need to set a net zero target for 2035.”

Unfortunately, while we are not on target for net zero by 2035, neither is the current trajectory anywhere near the path to achieving net zero by 2050:"

Graph showing Australia's actual emissions since 2020, with future projections indicating the path to net zero by 2035; our 2030 target; our 2035 target; net zero by 2050; and the trend since June 2023. Each of these is higher than the last.

Text reading "Chart: The Australia Institute, source DCCEEW, Table 1B.

It’s bad enough to set emissions targets that don’t accord with the science, but to fail to achieve them is utterly pathetic."

IBAC is unable to investigate the vast majority of complaints about Victoria Police officers - which means most of the time police are investigating themselves. Victoria needs an independent police ombudsman that can investigate these complaints without conflicts of interest.

Labor is determined to shut down any independent agency that doesn't do what Labor politicians want. Infrastructure Victoria provides transparent, independent advice - while Labor cooked up SRL in secret, and started Transurban's West Gate Tunnel without taking it to an election.

We're in a cost of living crisis - but the PM delivers for big corporations & tech bros, not you. You'll be paying for AI every time you turn on the lights or aircon. With so many workers facing losing their jobs due to AI, you shouldn’t pay for it on every power bill too.

A coal powered data centre rollout means AI will push up power bills for everyone. Labor says that letting data centres use coal & gas will push up power prices by 13%, and hit Queenslanders the hardest. They're doing it anyway.

Nobody in charge of regulating an industry should be accepting gifts from that industry. This week the Greens introduced a Bill to ban these kinds of “gifts” - but Labor and the Liberals teamed up to vote it down. Only the Greens are fighting to get big money out of politics.

The Liberal-National-One Nation plan to cancel VNI West will mean more emissions and higher bills for Victoria - meanwhile, Labor keeps approving polluting new fossil fuel projects. Only the Greens stand for a fossil-free future powered by cheap and abundant renewables.

We did it! Following our campaign, the new timetable from 23 August will include extra weekend morning services on the Sandringham Line! This means better access to our shops, cafes and beautiful beaches. Thanks to everyone who signed our petition and supported the campaign!

A tile with text reading "We did it! 
More trains on Sundays on the Sandy Line" 
The background image is a photo of Brighton Beach Station on a sunny day. On the right two Metro trains are stabled at the inactive platform, while on the left the active platforms curve away. You can see the sea beyond the station, and the deep blue sky above.

We did it! Following our campaign, the new timetable from 23 August will include extra weekend morning services on the Sandringham Line! This means better access to our shops, cafes and beautiful beaches. Thanks to everyone who signed our petition and supported the campaign!

A tile with text reading "We did it! 
More trains on Sundays on the Sandy Line" 
The background image is a photo of Brighton Beach Station on a sunny day. On the right two Metro trains are stabled at the inactive platform, while on the left the active platforms curve away. You can see the sea beyond the station, and the deep blue sky above.

Labor's 'No Air In Prison' bill is suffocating human rights. They need to withdraw the bill, and invest in the preventative measures that actually keep our community safe. The Greens stand with Gellung Warl and all the legal and human rights groups condemning Labor's cruel bill.

The Glenferrie Primary School community are proud of their 150-year heritage, but many of their facilities are aging and no longer fit for purpose. They need fair and equitable funding to bring facilities up to modern standards.

We asked what you think about dental care in Victoria, and it's not good Over 90% of people who answered our survey said services are too expensive Dental care is health care, and everyone should be able to afford the dentist when they need it What's your story? Let us know ⬇️

Green tile with greyscale wide open mouth. 
Text reading "I am in pain and my teeth are actively being destroyed - Ziggy"Green text with greyscale mouth slightly open. The teeth have braces, and the lips are slightly curled into a sort of wince. 
Text reading "I haven't seen a dentist for years. I know even just a check up will cost hundreds of dollars that I don't have. - Maisy"Green tile with greyscale mouth. A finger is pulling the lips away from the teeth. 
Text reading "Have not sought dental assistance for erupted & impacted wisdom teeth with severe pain due to costs. - Tea"Green tile with greyscale mouth. The mouth is agape with tongue protruding slightly. 
Text reading "I'm in desperate need of getting my wisdom teeth removed. Due to cost I've had to forgo getting them done. Therefore I'm living with constant teeth and jaw pain. - Libby"

It's disappointing that there's no longer a Minister for Active Transport in the new Labor ministry. When fuel costs are high and transport emissions keep rising, helping people make more trips by walking & cycling is a priority for the Greens - it's a shame it's not for Labor.

Katherine Copsey MP wearing a green helmet and standing with her bike in front of the Victorian Parliament.