Tim Randall

Randall lists cost of living relief as one of his four campaign priorities for Ashwood, without further Ashwood-specific detail in his published campaign material.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): regulate supermarkets to stop price gouging on groceries.

Victorian Greens state platform position: cut public transport fares to $1 a day for concession card holders and $3 a day for adults statewide, and make travel free for people under 21.

Victorian Greens state platform position: remove the 3% public-sector wages cap for teachers, nurses and mental health workers, funded in part by a proposed bank levy projected to raise $14 billion over a decade.

Randall names community safety as one of his four core campaign priorities but has not published specific policy detail on crime, policing or bail law for Ashwood.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14.

Repeal Labor's 2025 'tough bail' law changes and the reintroduction of life sentences for minors, and legislate diversion programs to keep young offenders out of the formal justice system.

Victorian Greens state platform position: ban the use of electroshock weapons/tasers by general duties police, establish an independent body to investigate deaths and serious injuries in police custody.

Prohibit racial profiling, and pursue 'justice reinvestment' in targeted communities to address root causes of crime rather than purely punitive responses.

Randall, an architect specialising in accessible housing, cites housing affordability and security as his top campaign priority, saying secure, affordable housing is foundational to building a fair and resilient society.

He says he works "on the frontline of how the issues of climate change, cost of living and housing equity collide" through his architectural practice.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific figures found): double the number of public homes by building 88,000 new public homes, backed by an initial $4 billion investment, and legislate a goal to end homelessness in Victoria by 2036.

Victorian Greens state platform position: cap rent increases via an initial two-year rent freeze followed by annual caps tied to the lower of CPI or the wage price index, tie rent increases to the property rather than the tenant, and ban rent increases in the first two years of a new tenancy.

A package the party says, per Parliamentary Budget Office costing, would have saved the average Victorian renter $15,590 by 2030, and Melbourne renters specifically up to $39,000, under the proposed rent controls.

Victorian Greens state platform position: mandate at least 30% genuinely affordable housing (rent capped at 30% of tenant income) in new private developments of 15+ units, cut stamp duty on homes under $1.1 million.

And introduce a wealth tax on investors owning $5 million or more of residential property.

No candidate-specific statement on state debt or fiscal policy was found in the sources reviewed.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific or Randall-specific statement found): replace stamp duty with a progressive land value tax.

Abolish payroll tax and insurance taxes, and increase development charges and rezoning-windfall taxes on private developers as alternative state revenue sources.

Victorian Greens state platform position: oppose 'blanket' budget savings measures and public-sector staffing caps.

Favour public financing over public-private partnerships for infrastructure (arguing PPPs are used to hide state debt off balance sheet), and support above-inflation pay increases for non-executive public servants.

No Ashwood-specific statement from Randall on congestion, commute reliability or project cost/timeline overruns was found in the sources reviewed.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): run trains and trams every 5–10 minutes from 7am–7pm seven days a week across the metro network.

Cut fares to $1 a day for concession holders and $3 a day for adults, and spend $250 million upgrading train station accessibility plus $100 million to fast-track tunnel and track planning.

Victorian Greens state platform position: contrasts roughly $20 billion of public money committed to two toll-road projects with a much smaller planned spend on affordable housing.

And instead commits $2.5 billion to a 'Big Bike Build' of separated cycling and pedestrian infrastructure plus manufacturing 3,000 electric buses for high-frequency routes.

No Ashwood-specific statement from Randall on school or TAFE funding was found in the sources reviewed.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): fund every government school to the full Gonski-recommended level, ending 'voluntary' parent contributions averaging $620 a year per child.

While criticising the state Labor government for cutting $2.4 billion from promised public school funding by delaying it to 2031.

Victorian Greens state platform position: cap non-government school funding at 100% of the Gonski-recommended level, lift teacher pay (citing Victorian teachers earning over $15,000 less than NSW counterparts).

Guarantee free VET in schools and recurrent public funding for TAFE's sustainability, and phase out public funding to private VET providers where a public alternative exists.

No Ashwood-specific statement from Randall on hospital, GP or ambulance funding was found in the sources reviewed.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): commit roughly $5 billion in additional health funding overall, including $1.3 billion to free up hospital beds by funding more aged-care, disability and rehabilitation beds.

Specifically aimed at easing ambulance ramping so crews can 'unload and get back on the road'.

And $500 million to employ more free GPs, nurses and allied health workers in under-served areas via a new Office of the Chief General Practitioner.

Victorian Greens state platform position: $120 million for public dental care to cut long waiting lists, funding for 500 more psychologists/psychiatrists in schools and public clinics, 200 more drug and alcohol detox/rehab beds.

$15 million for greater abortion access, $10 million for two additional cancer surgery robots in Melbourne's north-east and south-east, and free annual flu vaccines for all Victorians.

Randall's architecture practice specialises in accessible housing and he frames climate, affordability and housing equity as intersecting issues.

Though he has not published Ashwood-specific positions on activity-centre rezoning, heritage or density (e.g. for Camberwell Junction or the Chadstone precinct) in the sources reviewed.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): maintain permanent Urban Growth Boundaries and direct medium/high-density development into established activity centres and renewal sites rather than sprawl.

While requiring 'Community Engagement Frameworks' for significant council planning decisions.

Victorian Greens state platform position: strengthen heritage protection with penalties up to forfeiture of land for unauthorised demolition of significant heritage sites.

Restore objection and appeal rights against Heritage Council decisions, and mandate public open space within walking distance of all urban dwellings plus statewide controls to halt the loss of canopy tree cover.

Randall names climate change action as one of his four campaign priorities and frames it as inseparable from cost of living and housing equity in his own professional work.

Victorian Greens state platform position (no Ashwood-specific statement found): lift Victoria's renewable electricity target to 100% by 2030, legislate a 3-gigawatt offshore wind target by 2030 (with the Latrobe Valley Authority developing workforce capacity).

Phase out Victoria's remaining coal-fired power stations by 2030, and immediately ban any new coal, oil or gas projects.

Victorian Greens state platform position: invest $10 billion in new renewable generation, move 1 million homes off gas within six years via incentives, and target net zero emissions by 2035 or sooner (an 80% cut by 2030).

Victorian Greens state platform position: support new/upgraded publicly owned transmission infrastructure to connect renewable generation, and prioritise publicly owned pumped hydro and battery storage for grid reliability during the transition.

No Ashwood-specific or personally-attributed statement from Randall on the Statewide Treaty or Gellung Warl was found in the sources reviewed.

Victorian Greens state platform position (party-wide, no Randall-specific statement found): the party supports Victoria's 2025 Statewide Treaty — describing it as Australia's first Treaty with First Nations people — and backs First Nations communities negotiating further local and statewide treaties.

The party's platform text reviewed does not name the Gellung Warl representative body specifically.

Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell has said the party will support the Treaty Bill in Parliament and hopes it 'serves as a model and inspiration for other states and territories.'

While pressing the state government to adopt more of the Yoorrook Justice Commission's 46 recommendations (fewer than 15% formally accepted at the time cited).

Victorian Greens state platform position: raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14, repeal 2025 bail-law changes and life sentences for minors (citing First Nations women's imprisonment up 85% in a year, and First Nations men over 14 times more likely to be imprisoned than other men).

And replace for-profit prison healthcare with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations for First Nations prisoners.

Ashwood is a suburban Melbourne electorate with no rural or regional communities; no candidate-specific statement on regional issues was found, as expected.

Victorian Greens state platform position (party-wide policy only, no Ashwood relevance): transition state forests used for native-forest logging to national or state park status, with transition support for communities economically reliant on logging or coal-fired power.

Victorian Greens state platform position: adequately resource rural and regional local governments for community services and infrastructure.

Improve regional public transport frequency and connectivity, and pursue strategies (including attracting new residents such as refugees and asylum seekers) to counter population decline and youth drift to cities.