The party has hit out after the Department of Housing's COVID rules scuppered its plan to deliver campaign letters to public housing estates in Kensington, North Melbourne and Carlton. coronavirus covid19 councilelections springst
The Greens will be forced to pulp campaign letters translated into three languages for residents of high-rise public housing estates after the Department of Housing blocked access to the towers' mailrooms before close of polls on Friday.
Greens candidate David Jeffery has labelled the decision"completely anti-democratic" and says it favours parties that can"buy access to our democracy".For the first time, all 76 Victorian councils going to the polls this month will take part in postal ballots. Under strict pandemic guidelines, candidates are not allowed to campaign outside their homes and, until restrictions changed this week, volunteers could only conduct letterboxing during a two-hour exercise break.
"We're saying that grassroots campaigns like ours are being locked out of the political engagement process, in light of how expensive Australia Post mail deliveries are, and being the only option for us to engage," Mr Jeffery said.
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