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Saturday Magazine

16 Feb 2026

Sat, 14th, Feb, 2026: Dr Tim Read; Greens MP, Brunswick, Chair of the Integrity Oversight Committee: Stepping down at the Next Election and Fighting for the Survival of VicHealth

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Sat, 14th, Feb, 2026: Dr Tim Read; Greens MP, Brunswick, Chair of the Integrity Oversight Committee: Stepping down at the Next Election and Fighting for the Survival of VicHealth

Macca and Kenny talk to Dr Tim Read; – Greens MP, Brunswick, Chair of the Integrity Oversight Committee; from IBAC and public integrity to the voting system, is Victoria lagging behind?

Before entering Parliament, Tim was a doctor treating and researching sexually transmitted infections like HIV. Before that, he was a GP.

Concerned by recent fires and heatwaves, Tim wanted to push the government to take climate change seriously by urgently replacing coal and gas as Victoria’s main energy sources. This is what prompted him to run for Parliament.

The priorities Tim has for his community are safer roads for walking and cycling, more green space, and trees to keep us cool in summer. He says that we also need to repair some of our crumbling public schools and build or buy more housing for our homeless.

Tim’s vision for Victoria’s future is that it runs by clean energy by the end of the decade, and cuts carbon emissions from farming, transport and other sectors.

The areas of public policy that he is most passionate about are reducing the size of the public housing waiting list and our prison population. He also wants to change the way we let advertisers promote unhealthy products such as junk food, alcohol and gambling.

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