Sarah Mansfield Greens MLC for Western Victoria
I’m proud to be your representative
The needs and challenges facing regional and rural communities have been overlooked for far too long. As the Greens’ first regional MP and as Co-Deputy Leader, I will fight for the changes our communities need.
I’m proud to represent you in State Parliament, and I’m committed to making a real difference to the lives of people in our region, with better access to healthcare, housing people can actually afford and urgent action on climate change.
Sarah Mansfield Greens MLC for Western Victoria
I’m proud to be your representative
The needs and challenges facing regional and rural communities have been overlooked for far too long. As the Greens’ first regional MP and as Co-Deputy Leader, I will fight for the changes our communities need.
I’m proud to represent you in State Parliament, and I’m committed to making a real difference to the lives of people in our region, with better access to healthcare, housing people can actually afford and urgent action on climate change.
The Greens bring a positive vision to Western Victoria
As your local MP and Co-Deputy Leader of the Victorian Greens, I’m fighting for the things our community needs. The Greens stand for affordable housing, tackling the cost of living crisis and securing action on climate.
Don’t see your issues here? Tell me what else matters to you.
No Gas Terminal for Corio Bay
RENT FREEZE NOW
STOP SUPERMARKET PRICE GOUGING
Climate Impacts Survey
Save the Murray Darling
Better sexual and reproductive healthcare
Stop Seismic Blasting in the Otway Basin
Stop Waste Incinerators
Accessible dental care for everyone
Ban oil and gas drilling in our seas
Quality housing people can afford
“Western Victoria now has a strong, Green, representative in State Parliament, fighting for action on climate change and what people in the regions need.”
- Sarah Mansfield
ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Sarah
I live in Geelong, on Wadawurrung Country, with my young family.
As a GP, I spent time working with people who were homeless. This experience highlighted the failure of our social and political systems, being lived by people struggling in our communities every day.
It was what motivated me to serve on local council before having the great privilege of becoming your first Greens State MP.
I hear regularly from constituents who are struggling to make ends meet in Western Victoria. Their stories make it clear that too often, access to housing, affordable food and healthcare is determined by your postcode and income rather than by need. This has to change.
I’m committed to bringing the voices of regional and rural communities to our State Parliament. I’d love to hear what matters most to you and what you want to see change for the better in Western Victoria.
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Today The Greens announced our plan to get the government back into the business of building homes through the Public Builder.
The public builder is a 100% publicly owned, not-for-profit building company, selling and renting genuinely affordable, well designed homes.
Housing is essential. Just like healthcare and education, we shouldn’t just leave it to the private market.
The public builder would build 200,000 homes over 20 years for you to rent at no more than 25% of your income or to buy without ending up in lifelong debt.
As long as Labor takes donations and policy advice from property investors, they will always be the party for landlords and developers.
We’ll keep fighting for renters, first home buyers and young people - so everyone can have a secure, affordable place to call home.
Today The Greens announced our plan to get the government back into the business of building homes through the Public Builder.
The public builder is a 100% publicly owned, not-for-profit building company, selling and renting genuinely affordable, well designed homes.
Housing is essential. Just like healthcare and education, we shouldn’t just leave it to the private market.
The public builder would build 200,000 homes over 20 years for you to rent at no more than 25% of your income or to buy without ending up in lifelong debt.
As long as Labor takes donations and policy advice from property investors, they will always be the party for landlords and developers.
We’ll keep fighting for renters, first home buyers and young people - so everyone can have a secure, affordable place to call home.
This week, I’ll be introducing a Private Members Bill into the Victorian Parliament to improve access and equity for people seeking voluntary assisted dying in Victoria.
As the first state to introduce voluntary assisted dying, the laws were drafted with safeguards, but now years later these are restrictive barriers that are causing harm and stopping people from being able to access the scheme. It was a privilege to announce this reform yesterday at the Go Gentle Voluntary Assisted Dying Conference in Brisbane, alongside stakeholders who have campaigned tirelessly to ensure all Australians can die with dignity.
@dwdvictoria #vichealth #dyingwithdignity #voluntaryassisteddying
This week, I’ll be introducing a Private Members Bill into the Victorian Parliament to improve access and equity for people seeking voluntary assisted dying in Victoria.
As the first state to introduce voluntary assisted dying, the laws were drafted with safeguards, but now years later these are restrictive barriers that are causing harm and stopping people from being able to access the scheme. It was a privilege to announce this reform yesterday at the Go Gentle Voluntary Assisted Dying Conference in Brisbane, alongside stakeholders who have campaigned tirelessly to ensure all Australians can die with dignity.
@dwdvictoria #vichealth #dyingwithdignity #voluntaryassisteddying
The Greens want to make things better for all Victorians, especially people like Dominic, Laura, Ella and Jane. To do this, we need your help. We are surveying Victorian’s to hear how the cost of living crisis is affecting your health.
Have you:
⏰ Delayed accessing healthcare in the last 12 months?
💰 Avoided seeing a doctor or getting a scan because of the cost?
🤒 Found it hard to get the healthcare you need?
🧠 Felt this impact your physical or mental health?
We want to hear about it all, and what you think the government should be doing to improve healthcare access. This will better inform our health policies and ensure we’re fighting for you and the things you need.
Take the 5-minute survey (link in bio) and help join the fight to make healthcare accessible and affordable for all 🩺🥕🧠
The Greens want to make things better for all Victorians, especially people like Dominic, Laura, Ella and Jane. To do this, we need your help. We are surveying Victorian’s to hear how the cost of living crisis is affecting your health.
Have you:
⏰ Delayed accessing healthcare in the last 12 months?
💰 Avoided seeing a doctor or getting a scan because of the cost?
🤒 Found it hard to get the healthcare you need?
🧠 Felt this impact your physical or mental health?
We want to hear about it all, and what you think the government should be doing to improve healthcare access. This will better inform our health policies and ensure we’re fighting for you and the things you need.
Take the 5-minute survey (link in bio) and help join the fight to make healthcare accessible and affordable for all 🩺🥕🧠
It’s disappointing, but sadly not surprising, to read the findings of the Women’s Health Victoria report, which places regional Victorians at a severe disadvantage when it comes accessing abortion.
Whilst the Victorian Health Minister is calling for more regional hospitals to have a capability to undergo surgical abortions, I think we must go further, and ensure that ALL regional, public hospitals can offer this procedure to those that need it.
Sexual and reproductive rights are fundamental human rights, and we must do more to ensure that women’s health gets the funding, services and support it so desperately needs.
It’s disappointing, but sadly not surprising, to read the findings of the Women’s Health Victoria report, which places regional Victorians at a severe disadvantage when it comes accessing abortion.
Whilst the Victorian Health Minister is calling for more regional hospitals to have a capability to undergo surgical abortions, I think we must go further, and ensure that ALL regional, public hospitals can offer this procedure to those that need it.
Sexual and reproductive rights are fundamental human rights, and we must do more to ensure that women’s health gets the funding, services and support it so desperately needs.
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Responses to our Cost of Living survey are flooding in, and people’s experiences are what we feared; many Victorians are forgoing essential healthcare due to growing out-of-pocket costs. We must do better.
The government can address the increasing costs of healthcare to ensure that your access to healthcare doesn’t depend on your postcode, age or income. If you’d like to have your say on how the cost of living is affecting your health, head to the link in bio to complete the survey.
Responses to our Cost of Living survey are flooding in, and people’s experiences are what we feared; many Victorians are forgoing essential healthcare due to growing out-of-pocket costs. We must do better.
The government can address the increasing costs of healthcare to ensure that your access to healthcare doesn’t depend on your postcode, age or income. If you’d like to have your say on how the cost of living is affecting your health, head to the link in bio to complete the survey.
I just hit send on my submission to Engage Victoria, voicing my opposition to Viva Energy’s proposed floating gas terminal in Corio Bay. My submission cited concerns including air quality, the risk to public safety, and Victoria’s ability to meet it’s 2035 renewable targets.
This project, can, and will be stopped. The future of Geelong is in renewables, not fossil fuels.
Submissions close at midnight TONIGHT. Head to the link in bio to utilize @environment_victoria’s handy submission tool, which will guide you through the process. And thank you to all who have taken the time to write a submission so far - every voice counts! 📣
I just hit send on my submission to Engage Victoria, voicing my opposition to Viva Energy’s proposed floating gas terminal in Corio Bay. My submission cited concerns including air quality, the risk to public safety, and Victoria’s ability to meet it’s 2035 renewable targets.
This project, can, and will be stopped. The future of Geelong is in renewables, not fossil fuels.
Submissions close at midnight TONIGHT. Head to the link in bio to utilize @environment_victoria’s handy submission tool, which will guide you through the process. And thank you to all who have taken the time to write a submission so far - every voice counts! 📣
Thanks to the wonderful group of volunteers who helped us to get the word out about Viva’s revived plans for a floating gas terminal in Corio Bay!
You can join the community who are urging the Victorian Labor Government to reject this proposal by heading to our website (see link in bio) to sign the petition and make a submission.
Submissions close this Thursday, Sep 24 so get yours in!
Thanks to the wonderful group of volunteers who helped us to get the word out about Viva’s revived plans for a floating gas terminal in Corio Bay!
You can join the community who are urging the Victorian Labor Government to reject this proposal by heading to our website (see link in bio) to sign the petition and make a submission.
Submissions close this Thursday, Sep 24 so get yours in!
Despite Geelong experiencing the second-highest number of fatal overdose deaths over any Victorian municipality in 2023, this week, the Labor Minister for Mental Health said there are ‘no plans’ to open a medically supervised injecting room in the area.
The Coroners Court Report into Victorian Overdose Death 2013 - 2023 identified Geelong as having the highest number of unintentional drug overdose deaths of any regional Victorian area. Another recent report, released by the Penington Institute, found that opioids, like heroin and oxycodone, were the leading contributor to overdose deaths in Geelong over the past decade.
The Victorian Greens have long been calling for additional MSIR facilities. Evidence shows that they are best located close to where there are high rates of injecting drug use, like Geelong, and form an important part of drug harm reduction strategies.
Despite Geelong experiencing the second-highest number of fatal overdose deaths over any Victorian municipality in 2023, this week, the Labor Minister for Mental Health said there are ‘no plans’ to open a medically supervised injecting room in the area.
The Coroners Court Report into Victorian Overdose Death 2013 - 2023 identified Geelong as having the highest number of unintentional drug overdose deaths of any regional Victorian area. Another recent report, released by the Penington Institute, found that opioids, like heroin and oxycodone, were the leading contributor to overdose deaths in Geelong over the past decade.
The Victorian Greens have long been calling for additional MSIR facilities. Evidence shows that they are best located close to where there are high rates of injecting drug use, like Geelong, and form an important part of drug harm reduction strategies.
Have you voted in the council election yet? It’s a postal vote, and it’s compulsory. You should receive your ballot in the mail.
I finally remembered to post mine this morning (after walking around with the ballot in my bag for a week). You’ve got one more week to get it in the post - make sure you don’t forget!
Have you voted in the council election yet? It’s a postal vote, and it’s compulsory. You should receive your ballot in the mail.
I finally remembered to post mine this morning (after walking around with the ballot in my bag for a week). You’ve got one more week to get it in the post - make sure you don’t forget!
It was a busy week back in Parliament, with wins for the climate and renters. Key Greens amendments to the SEC bill were passed, which will ensure that any profits made by the SEC will go back to funding Victoria’s renewable transition. Meanwhile, councils will now have the power to better regulate short-stay accommodation, freeing up more housing for people to rent long-term.
Meanwhile, for Western Victoria I -
🚢 Asked the treasurer if the Government will fund the proposed destructive gas terminal in Geelong, including the dredging of Corio Bay
🏥 Called on the Government to do more to reduce wait times for people relying on outpatient specialist appointments
🇦🇫 Spoke up for the Hazara community and the trauma they have endured and the limbo that is Australia’s temporary protection visa system
👩⚕️ Asked the Minister for Mental Health to address the growing number of drug overdoses in Geelong and consider opening a medically safe injecting room
With only three sitting weeks left for 2024, there is still plenty of work to be done! Now, it’s back to Geelong to continue the fight for people and the planet.
It was a busy week back in Parliament, with wins for the climate and renters. Key Greens amendments to the SEC bill were passed, which will ensure that any profits made by the SEC will go back to funding Victoria’s renewable transition. Meanwhile, councils will now have the power to better regulate short-stay accommodation, freeing up more housing for people to rent long-term.
Meanwhile, for Western Victoria I -
🚢 Asked the treasurer if the Government will fund the proposed destructive gas terminal in Geelong, including the dredging of Corio Bay
🏥 Called on the Government to do more to reduce wait times for people relying on outpatient specialist appointments
🇦🇫 Spoke up for the Hazara community and the trauma they have endured and the limbo that is Australia’s temporary protection visa system
👩⚕️ Asked the Minister for Mental Health to address the growing number of drug overdoses in Geelong and consider opening a medically safe injecting room
With only three sitting weeks left for 2024, there is still plenty of work to be done! Now, it’s back to Geelong to continue the fight for people and the planet.
