The Victorian Greens held their state election campaign launch this Thursday at an inclusive church in Melbourne’s inner north. The event featured a vegetarian buffet and a raffle offering a 'free dental' prize, signaling an attempt to connect with local voters through community-focused engagement. Federal Greens leader David Shoebridge attended the event as a late addition, delivering a speech aimed at energizing the party's base.

A central focus of the campaign is a policy previously unveiled by Max Chandler-Mather, which proposes forcing the sale of 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets. The party argues this move is necessary to address market concentration and lower costs for consumers. While the event was framed as a 'bullish' effort to 'take our country back,' the report notes that the party leadership appeared unified despite the earlier, independent release of the supermarket policy by Chandler-Mather. The campaign launch serves as a formal declaration of the party's intent to increase its influence in the upcoming Victorian election, emphasizing a platform that combines populist economic reform with community-oriented outreach.