Rally demands Vic Labor save public housing towers

Jacob Andrewartha
Naarm/Melbourne
August 4, 2025
Issue 
1435
News
Protesting Labor’s demolition of public housing, August 2, Naarm/Melbourne. Photo: Ruby Rawlins

Almost 1000 people mobilised on August 2 to oppose Victorian Labor’s destruction and privatisation of 44 public housing towers. The protest was called by .

Public housing tenants, activists and elected representatives from the Greens and Socialist Alliance addressed the protest, saying this is the biggest sell-off of public assets ever attempted by a government. They all called on Labor to stop handing over public housing estates to private developers and to instead expand public housing.

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Socialist Alliance Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton addressing the protest. Photo: Ruby Rawlins

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Photo: Ruby Rawlins
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