2026-11-11
The Victorian Greens have slammed the Liberals' plan to sell off $1.3 billion worth of public land to private developers, saying the fire sale of public land is a gift to developers when what we desperately need is public housing.
The Greens say both major parties are on a unity ticket to privatise public land and assets - accusing both Labor and the Liberals of having no long-term vision when it comes to tackling the housing crisis, with plans that only benefit private property developers and cost Victorians who lose precious public land and housing forever.
The Coalition's plan would see some of Victoria's most valuable publicly owned land sold off, including the former Footscray Hospital, the East Werribee Employment Precinct and the former Albion Explosives Factory site in Cairnlea.
The Greens say the announcement exposes the Liberals' obsession with privatisation and their willingness to sacrifice Victoria's future for a short lived bandaid for the budget line that actually costs Victorians in the long run.
The Greens are the only party with a plan to actually build more public housing on public land. Unlike the major parties, we won’t sell off our public assets, we will bring them back into public hands and make the big banks and corporations pay for it.
Quotes attributable to Victorian Greens housing spokesperson, Gabrielle de Vietri:
“Labor and the Liberals are on a unity ticket when it comes to flogging off public land and housing to private developers. Both major parties are utterly obsessed with privatisation and completely devoid of any long-term vision to tackle the housing crisis or generate the revenue for government to pay for the things we all need.
“Labor is knocking down public housing for private development, while the Liberals want to sell off the land we should be building public housing on. It's the same failed experiment in privatisation that just makes developers richer and provides nothing more than a short-lived sugar hit but leaves Victorians far worse off in the long run.
“You can't sell your way out of a housing crisis. The Greens are the only party with a plan to actually build public housing on public land, instead of selling off Victoria's future to the highest bidder.”