LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS 2024
Voters in the Melbourne City Council election in October 2024 will cast two ballots by mail.
The first is for the Leadership group, which determines the two people who will be the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor from 2024 until 2028. The Greens Leadership ticket consists of Roxane Ingleton and Marley McRae McLeod.
The second is for the Councillor group, which determines who will be the other nine councillors. The Greens Councillor ticket consists of three candidates: current councillor Dr Olivia Ball, Aaron Moon, and Barry Berih.
The Greens Leadership Ticket
ROXANE INGLETON
LORD MAYOR CANDIDATE
Roxane is a 43-year-old Endorsed Registered Midwife currently working in the public health system. She’s a union rep and has fought for fairer work conditions and advocated for essential workers who are being forced from the city due to a lack of affordable housing. She has previously run as the Greens Deputy Lord Mayor candidate in the 2016 and 2020 City of Melbourne local government elections. She has lived in the City of Melbourne for 10 years and currently rents in North Melbourne.
MARLEY MCRAE MCLEOD
DEPUTY LORD MAYOR CANDIDATE
Marley is a 20-year-old CBD resident and mental health peer support worker. They’re a student at the University of Melbourne and a steadfast advocate for young people, who believes that it’s about time young people had a seat at the decision making table as the people who are disproportionately affected by the housing, cost of living and climate crises. They also ran as a Greens candidate in the division of Macedon at the 2022 Victorian State election prior to moving to the Melbourne CBD.
The Greens Councillor Ticket
OLIVIA BALL
LEAD COUNCIL CANDIDATE
Olivia Ball has been a Greens Councillor on Melbourne City Council since 2020. A Carlton local, she has lived, worked and studied in the municipality for most of her life.
Olivia is by profession a human rights advocate, with a Masters and PhD in human rights. She has worked in women’s, children’s, worker’s refugee and older people’s rights, and as an advisor on the impact of climate change on food security.
In her time at Melbourne Town Hall, Olivia has proven one of Victoria’s leading advocates for the rights to health and housing, for equity and social justice and a safe climate and environment for all.
AARON MOON
SECOND COUNCIL CANDIDATE
Aaron is a 30 year old, a renter for the past 6 years in Parkville Gardens and works as an Allied Health worker (Orthoptist). Where he is passionate about caring for patients’ eye health and preventing blindness.
Outside of work, he is a dedicated advocate of smart city design and transport. He is specifically interested in giving efficient and sustainable transport options priority, creating safe streets and building an accessible welcoming city for everyone.
Many of the patients Aaron works with have low vision, making him acutely aware of the barriers those with low vision face when commuting. This has further compelled his advocacy for accessible and sustainable transport options.
Additionally, Aaron recognises that reducing transport emissions is a key factor in addressing the climate emergency, which can be addressed by prioritising active and public transport at a local government level.
Aaron is keen to be an advocate for young adults while on council, and will focus on improving transport options in Melbourne, making it easier and safer to get to work, school or the many social venues across the city.
You will likely find Aaron and his wife roaming around the Trin Warren Tam-Boore wetlands on the weekend looking for the unique birds that call Parkville home as well.
BARRY BERIH
THIRD COUNCIL CANDIDATE
As a youth worker and public housing resident from North Melbourne, Barry stands for disability rights, youth employment and public housing.
He has dedicated his career to empowering young people, and in 2020 he was recognised with the YMCA Multicultural Youth Award. He was born with mild cerebral palsy and is an advocate for equal rights and a quality NDIS.
He is also a very proud Eritrean-Australian and aspires to be the first African-Australian to serve on Melbourne City Council.
Having lived experience of some of the many challenges that face our diverse, multicultural city has given him a strong sense of community and desire to make a positive impact. He joined the Greens to make Melbourne fairer and greener.
NOTE: All our candidates nominated for council on Thu, 12 Sep 2024. The second spot councillor candidate, Karl Hessian, hadn’t received his Australian citizenship by that time so he couldn’t nominate. Aaron and Barry have moved from 3rd and 4th positions to 2nd and 3rd respectively, as per our contingency arrangements.