Dr Sarah Mansfield
@green-sarah.bsky.social
Deputy Leader Victorian Greens. Member for Western Victoria, living on Wadawurrung country. She/her. GP, mum, working for equity and environmental justice.
@victoriangreens first regional MP 🌱
https://sarahmansfield.org.au/
@victoriangreens first regional MP 🌱
https://sarahmansfield.org.au/
There aren’t words to describe the shattering of our sense of safety that comes with truly horrific events like the Bondi attack.
My heart breaks for our Jewish communities targeted for simply practicing their faith on what should have been a night of celebration.
My heart breaks for our Jewish communities targeted for simply practicing their faith on what should have been a night of celebration.
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There aren’t words to describe the shattering of our sense of safety that comes with truly horrific events like the Bondi attack.
My heart breaks for our Jewish communities targeted for simply practicing their faith on what should have been a night of celebration.
My heart breaks for our Jewish communities targeted for simply practicing their faith on what should have been a night of celebration.
Victorian Labor have deliberately ignored the need to upgrade this vital community health facility for years. I toured it almost 3 years ago and saw first hand the cracked and leaking walls in desperate need of repair, and repeatedly raised concerns with the government.
Vulnerable to be cut off from free medical checks as Melbourne clinics axe services
One of Australia’s largest community health organisations say funding shortfalls are forcing it to cut GP services and sell its Collingwood clinic.
www.theage.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Victorian Labor have deliberately ignored the need to upgrade this vital community health facility for years. I toured it almost 3 years ago and saw first hand the cracked and leaking walls in desperate need of repair, and repeatedly raised concerns with the government.
After years of Greens pressure, Labor have finally realised that renters have rights! The changes announced today are welcome.
But our work isn’t done.
But our work isn’t done.
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
After years of Greens pressure, Labor have finally realised that renters have rights! The changes announced today are welcome.
But our work isn’t done.
But our work isn’t done.
The world is on fire because of decisions like these by Labor.
Decisions that knowingly betray our planet and the future of every young person on it.
How do they sleep at night?
Decisions that knowingly betray our planet and the future of every young person on it.
How do they sleep at night?
Australia's largest gas project given final approval to operate until 2070
Australia's biggest gas project, Woodside's North West Shelf, has received final approval to extend operations through until 2070.
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The world is on fire because of decisions like these by Labor.
Decisions that knowingly betray our planet and the future of every young person on it.
How do they sleep at night?
Decisions that knowingly betray our planet and the future of every young person on it.
How do they sleep at night?
Let me be clear: racism and white supremacy, here and everywhere, must be quashed.
These vile attacks and blatant racism are a terrifying reminder of why we must stand together against hate in all its forms.
These vile attacks and blatant racism are a terrifying reminder of why we must stand together against hate in all its forms.
September 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Let me be clear: racism and white supremacy, here and everywhere, must be quashed.
These vile attacks and blatant racism are a terrifying reminder of why we must stand together against hate in all its forms.
These vile attacks and blatant racism are a terrifying reminder of why we must stand together against hate in all its forms.
My heart goes out to the students, families, and school community affected by the school bus crash in Stonehaven. My thoughts are also with the first responders who are providing care in such challenging circumstances. Just devastating.
August 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
My heart goes out to the students, families, and school community affected by the school bus crash in Stonehaven. My thoughts are also with the first responders who are providing care in such challenging circumstances. Just devastating.
Labor has joined the rest of the world in recognition of the fundamental right of Palestinian statehood. This is welcome, if long overdue – it should have happened decades ago.
But words mean nothing without action.
But words mean nothing without action.
August 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Labor has joined the rest of the world in recognition of the fundamental right of Palestinian statehood. This is welcome, if long overdue – it should have happened decades ago.
But words mean nothing without action.
But words mean nothing without action.
Children have a remarkable ability to laugh and smile, even in the most dire circumstances. However, one of the first signs of starvation in children is apathy.
Doctors and aid workers have been telling us for months:
The children of Gaza have stopped smiling.
Sanctions now.
Doctors and aid workers have been telling us for months:
The children of Gaza have stopped smiling.
Sanctions now.
July 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Children have a remarkable ability to laugh and smile, even in the most dire circumstances. However, one of the first signs of starvation in children is apathy.
Doctors and aid workers have been telling us for months:
The children of Gaza have stopped smiling.
Sanctions now.
Doctors and aid workers have been telling us for months:
The children of Gaza have stopped smiling.
Sanctions now.
We’re hearing of journalists in Gaza no longer able to pick up their cameras due to being too weak, as Palestinians are being starved. Meanwhile, Labor punishes Mehreen Faruqi for telling this truth:
The Israeli Government is starving the people of Gaza.
End the arms trade. Sanction Israel.
The Israeli Government is starving the people of Gaza.
End the arms trade. Sanction Israel.
July 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We’re hearing of journalists in Gaza no longer able to pick up their cameras due to being too weak, as Palestinians are being starved. Meanwhile, Labor punishes Mehreen Faruqi for telling this truth:
The Israeli Government is starving the people of Gaza.
End the arms trade. Sanction Israel.
The Israeli Government is starving the people of Gaza.
End the arms trade. Sanction Israel.
What a joke. The least this climate wrecking tax evading multibillion dollar corporation could do is clean up after itself. But instead, the government lets them get away with lumping the cost on citizens and the environment.
Decades-old deal sees taxpayers hit with $500m bill for Chevron clean-up
Government documents reveal WA taxpayers will pay an estimated half a billion dollars to rehabilitate areas of Barrow Island impacted by Chevron's oil and gas project.
www.abc.net.au
July 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
What a joke. The least this climate wrecking tax evading multibillion dollar corporation could do is clean up after itself. But instead, the government lets them get away with lumping the cost on citizens and the environment.
Labor are a disgrace. Once again they’ve delayed even modest reform. It’s beyond comprehension that they allow harm from pokies to continue. Pokies cause utter devastation for so many people in our community - not just those experiencing addiction, but everyone around them too. #blowupthepokies
'Horribly normalised addiction': Gambling harm in Victoria reaches $14b
The social cost of gambling in Victoria, such as bankruptcy, loss of productivity at work, mental ill-health, and divorce, has reached $14 billion, a new study has found.
www.abc.net.au
June 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Labor are a disgrace. Once again they’ve delayed even modest reform. It’s beyond comprehension that they allow harm from pokies to continue. Pokies cause utter devastation for so many people in our community - not just those experiencing addiction, but everyone around them too. #blowupthepokies
You cannot bomb your way to peace.
From Afghanistan to Iraq, our Federal Government has followed the US into brutal wars that have only led to untold devastation for generations of people across the region. Australia must not be drawn into another endless conflict.
From Afghanistan to Iraq, our Federal Government has followed the US into brutal wars that have only led to untold devastation for generations of people across the region. Australia must not be drawn into another endless conflict.
June 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You cannot bomb your way to peace.
From Afghanistan to Iraq, our Federal Government has followed the US into brutal wars that have only led to untold devastation for generations of people across the region. Australia must not be drawn into another endless conflict.
From Afghanistan to Iraq, our Federal Government has followed the US into brutal wars that have only led to untold devastation for generations of people across the region. Australia must not be drawn into another endless conflict.
3,593 Victorians agree that pulling down an oil and gas rigs next to RAMSAR listed wetlands should have the highest environmental scrutiny.
Tonight I debated their petition in parliament calling for an Environmental Effects Statement for the decommissioning of Esso’s retired gas rig in Gippsland.
Tonight I debated their petition in parliament calling for an Environmental Effects Statement for the decommissioning of Esso’s retired gas rig in Gippsland.
June 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
3,593 Victorians agree that pulling down an oil and gas rigs next to RAMSAR listed wetlands should have the highest environmental scrutiny.
Tonight I debated their petition in parliament calling for an Environmental Effects Statement for the decommissioning of Esso’s retired gas rig in Gippsland.
Tonight I debated their petition in parliament calling for an Environmental Effects Statement for the decommissioning of Esso’s retired gas rig in Gippsland.
This is a welcome move from the Victorian government, and we urge the government to bring this legislation to parliament as soon as possible. Victim survivors of institutional abuse - including in Ballarat - have already waited too long to have their legal rights protected.
Victoria to propose laws making churches vicariously responsible for abuse
Churches will be held vicariously liable for abuse committed by priests under new Victorian laws to be introduced to parliament by the end of the year.
www.abc.net.au
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is a welcome move from the Victorian government, and we urge the government to bring this legislation to parliament as soon as possible. Victim survivors of institutional abuse - including in Ballarat - have already waited too long to have their legal rights protected.
We are at risk of winter bushfires in Western Victoria.
Meanwhile, Labor is busily green-lighting new fossil fuel projects.
They might as well be lighting the match.
Meanwhile, Labor is busily green-lighting new fossil fuel projects.
They might as well be lighting the match.
‘Seemingly endless fire season’ predicted this winter
Climate scientists say “warmer than normal” predictions are “defined against a normal that was in the past”.
www.theage.com.au
May 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We are at risk of winter bushfires in Western Victoria.
Meanwhile, Labor is busily green-lighting new fossil fuel projects.
They might as well be lighting the match.
Meanwhile, Labor is busily green-lighting new fossil fuel projects.
They might as well be lighting the match.
BREAKING: The Allan Labor government has just approved a floating gas import terminal in Geelong’s Corio Bay.
They are climate criminals.
This isn’t the end of the fight. The community won’t - can’t - give up.
They are climate criminals.
This isn’t the end of the fight. The community won’t - can’t - give up.
May 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
BREAKING: The Allan Labor government has just approved a floating gas import terminal in Geelong’s Corio Bay.
They are climate criminals.
This isn’t the end of the fight. The community won’t - can’t - give up.
They are climate criminals.
This isn’t the end of the fight. The community won’t - can’t - give up.
This is a sensible and long-overdue change that will significantly improve access to care for people with ADHD. Victoria should do the same.
GPs in NSW will soon be able to diagnose, treat ADHD patients
Under reforms to be announced by the state government, general practitioners will be able to diagnose and treat both children and adults with ADHD.
www.abc.net.au
May 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This is a sensible and long-overdue change that will significantly improve access to care for people with ADHD. Victoria should do the same.
The Australian Government has stopped short of joining the UK, France & Canada in warning of sanctions if the Israeli Government doesn’t stop its military operations in Gaza and immediately allow aid to enter.
It’s time to back up outrage with action. Sanctions now.
It’s time to back up outrage with action. Sanctions now.
Australian PM Albanese says Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is ‘an outrage’
Anthony Albanese says Netanyahu government ‘excuses’ for stopping critical food and medical supplies are ‘completely untenable’
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The Australian Government has stopped short of joining the UK, France & Canada in warning of sanctions if the Israeli Government doesn’t stop its military operations in Gaza and immediately allow aid to enter.
It’s time to back up outrage with action. Sanctions now.
It’s time to back up outrage with action. Sanctions now.
14,000 babies in Gaza face starvation and severe malnutrition.
The UN has called for unrestricted, urgent access to distribute food and aid.
Sanctions now.
The UN has called for unrestricted, urgent access to distribute food and aid.
Sanctions now.
May 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
14,000 babies in Gaza face starvation and severe malnutrition.
The UN has called for unrestricted, urgent access to distribute food and aid.
Sanctions now.
The UN has called for unrestricted, urgent access to distribute food and aid.
Sanctions now.
Woodside has released almost 200kg of plastic into the ocean while pulling out gas wells off Port Campbell.
This is why the Vic Greens secured an inquiry into gas decommissioning - because fossil fuel companies can't be trusted to clean up after themselves. t.co/deNG03J0J9
This is why the Vic Greens secured an inquiry into gas decommissioning - because fossil fuel companies can't be trusted to clean up after themselves. t.co/deNG03J0J9
https://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/how-parts-of-a-dead-gas-rig-washed-up-on-our-beaches-20250514-p5lz1t.html
t.co
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Woodside has released almost 200kg of plastic into the ocean while pulling out gas wells off Port Campbell.
This is why the Vic Greens secured an inquiry into gas decommissioning - because fossil fuel companies can't be trusted to clean up after themselves. t.co/deNG03J0J9
This is why the Vic Greens secured an inquiry into gas decommissioning - because fossil fuel companies can't be trusted to clean up after themselves. t.co/deNG03J0J9
Update: in good news, the Geelong Council unanimously supported consultation on the Rainbow Action Plan. If you want to see a more inclusive council and community for LGBTQIA+ people in Geelong, make sure you have your say, and let your councillors know you support it as well.
April 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Update: in good news, the Geelong Council unanimously supported consultation on the Rainbow Action Plan. If you want to see a more inclusive council and community for LGBTQIA+ people in Geelong, make sure you have your say, and let your councillors know you support it as well.
1 in 4 Australians of reproductive age will have an abortion, yet access remains incredibly challenging and expensive, especially in the regions.
This election, 40 health and medical organisations have called on candidates to publicly affirm their support for affordable and accessible abortion.
This election, 40 health and medical organisations have called on candidates to publicly affirm their support for affordable and accessible abortion.
Healthcare leaders call on political candidates to ensure abortion access in Australia
Forty health and medical organisations are calling on all candidates and political parties to publicly affirm their support for abortion.
womensagenda.com.au
April 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
1 in 4 Australians of reproductive age will have an abortion, yet access remains incredibly challenging and expensive, especially in the regions.
This election, 40 health and medical organisations have called on candidates to publicly affirm their support for affordable and accessible abortion.
This election, 40 health and medical organisations have called on candidates to publicly affirm their support for affordable and accessible abortion.
March 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Labor are selling off accommodation for regional women needing hospital care for complex pregnancies, cancer and abortion care, and babies needing neonatal care. Developers will turn it into private apartments and 7 “affordable” homes (whatever they are). Says everything about Labor’s priorities.
Hospital patients booted from free family accommodation to build new apartments
The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago, with no alternative system in place.
www.theage.com.au
March 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Labor are selling off accommodation for regional women needing hospital care for complex pregnancies, cancer and abortion care, and babies needing neonatal care. Developers will turn it into private apartments and 7 “affordable” homes (whatever they are). Says everything about Labor’s priorities.
We are going backwards, not closing the gap. Only 4 of 19 targets are on track to be met, an absolute indictment on governments at all levels. Yet the VIC govt’s response? Rushed justice changes that will increase unnecessary incarceration of First Peoples, especially women and children.
‘Definition of insanity’: Close the gap failures laid bare
The Productivity Commission says governments are shirking "meaningful action" to close the gap, as new data shows only four of the national targets are on track.
www.abc.net.au
March 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We are going backwards, not closing the gap. Only 4 of 19 targets are on track to be met, an absolute indictment on governments at all levels. Yet the VIC govt’s response? Rushed justice changes that will increase unnecessary incarceration of First Peoples, especially women and children.