Leanna Nguyen

Hi, I’m Leanna. I’m running in this year’s state election as a candidate for St Albans with Victorian Socialists because I believe in a society that’s more sustainable, more equitable, and just than the capitalist system of today. 

I’m a St Albans local and have lived in the area my whole life. I’ve seen first hand how our community has been deprived of basic public services.

We’re in the middle of a generational cost of living crisis. Working-class people have to struggle to put food on the table and keep a roof over our heads. Yet, the rich have rapidly increased their wealth at our expense.

Property developers are given free rein to make huge profits as they throw up new homes without a thought to adequate services. While Labor continues to underfund schools and hospitals, they’ve used migrants as scapegoats for the cost of living crisis they’ve refused to fix. 

Working-class people deserve better than this. I’ll fight for price controls on staple goods, lower mortgage rates for working-class households with a new state bank, and caps on rents to make housing affordable.

We need a rapid expansion of public housing and to reverse privatisation of core services. I’ll fight to put resources into making our neighbourhoods liveable, and push funding back into hospitals, schools and community centres. 

I’ve been involved in campaigns against racism, including successfully shutting down a Neo-Nazi recruitment gym in the western suburbs. Recently, I’ve campaigned in solidarity with the people of Palestine and against Israel’s war in Gaza. I’ve helped organise student protests for Palestine, demanding our government and universities cut ties to Israel.

Politicians at all levels of government are in the pockets of the rich, and have grown out of touch with the people they’re supposed to represent. In this November's state election, I want to give you a real alternative to the major party politicians who will fight for our community and for the better world that we need and deserve.