2026 State Election

Time To Do Different

We All Deserve More From Our Political Leaders

Vote 1 – Adrian King – Albert Park District

Two years ago, in 2024, I ran for Council basis Clean, Green, Safe motivated by a growing concern of an emerging ‘cost of corruption’ crisis and fear that we were on the verge of a crime crisis – a tipping point. Sadly, those fears have come to fruitition.

This website contains all the material from my Council campaign. This I hope will enable voters to see the consistency. I am running at the State election for similar reasons. Today I now see the deep corrosive effects corruption and crime is having on our everyday lives – quality and availability of public services, ever more taxes and a gradual breakdown in social cohesion – community spirit – with increasing ‘background fear’ for our personal safety. This ain’t normal, it ain’t okay.

By voting for me you are voting for:

* The importance of community safety – Crime
* The strong look after the vulnerable / less fortunate – Housing / Mental Health
* Fiscal responsibility and no wasteful spending – Cost of Living
* Respect our open green spaces – Environment / Well-being
* Strategic support for local business and shopping precincts – Community

Below is an overview of my policy framework, priorities and further details

1 - ROYAL COMMISSION INTO: VICTORIA POLICE HQ, JUDICIARY AND IBAC
WAR ON CORRUPTION, RED TAPE, ORGANISED CRIME AND DRUGS
Victoria State - Cost Of Living
* Crime / Safety
* Mental Health
* Affordable Housing
Local High Streets *
Albert Park Reserve *
Fishermans Bend *
Port Phillip Council - Cost Of Living
WAR ON CORRUPTION, RED TAPE, ORGANISED CRIME AND DRUGS
2 - SACK THE LOCAL COUNCIL
1 - ROYAL COMMISSION INTO: VICTORIA POLICE HQ, JUDICIARY AND IBAC
WAR ON CORRUPTION, RED TAPE, ORGANISED CRIME AND DRUGS
Victoria State - Cost Of Living
* Crime / Safety
* Mental Health
* Affordable Housing
Local High Streets *
Albert Park Reserve *
Fishermans Bend *
Port Phillip Council - Cost Of Living
WAR ON CORRUPTION, RED TAPE, ORGANISED CRIME AND DRUGS
2 - SACK THE LOCAL COUNCIL

Discussion and Analysis - Getting Under The Bonnet

Adrian King

Authorised by Adrian King, 160 Barkly Street, St Kilda 3182 Victoria

1 - Royal Commission Into: Victoria Police HQ, Judiciary and IBAC

– Corruption not addressed costs you personally serious money, stress and less funding for public services

– Our enforcement bodies suffer from chronic integrity issues, why are so few ‘high up’ people ever charged?

– Police officers say Victoria Police corruption is a problem – 21% of those surveyed by IBAC in 2024 (8% in 2016)

War On Corruption, Red Tape, Organised Crime And Drugs

– Corruption and red tape is the root cause for cost of living pressures, declining services, increasing crime

– A Royal Commission into the CFMEU by itself is not enough, the corruption ‘ripple’ has spread far and wide

– It will take 8-10 years to rebuild Victoria’s key public institutions, our childrens’ future depends on it

Victoria State - Cost Of Living

– Reduce red tape civil service (VPS) bureacratic headcount by 20,000, save $4bn a year every year, leverage AI

– Put $1,000 back into the pocket of every working Victorian annually without compromising front line services

– Tackle key drivers of demand on services, improve management of front line activities – smarter not more taxes

* Crime / Safety

– Rebuild Victoria Police Force from the top down, the organisation is broken following 20+ years of decline

– Reverse drug related crime trends – reprioritise policing of drugs, local high street based policing model

– Purge the judiciary of excessive politisation, performance manage Magistrates – everybody needs a boss

* Mental Health

– Actually implement 2020 Royal Commission recommendations, address the disjointed silo approach

– Post Covid, upweighted emphasis on children and young people, tackle the growing ‘isolation’ risk

– Build secure housing for those with chronic mental conditions, reduce ‘people burnout’ (ambos, carers…)

* Affordable Housing

– Reinvent the Department of Housing (DoH), start by replacing multiple layers of senior DoH management

– Stop housing violent criminals alongside vulnerable women and children, active DoH auditing of housing

– Revisit the decision to demolish 44 high-rise public housing towers, suspend the process in the interim

* Local High Streets

– Recruit private sector urban renewal professionals to lead regeneration, one team per major high street

– Tax incentives to attract long-term institutional investment capital to kick start change, build momentum

– Revisit transport and parking management policies and strategies, customer / resident first mindset

* Albert Park Reserve

– Reprioritise ‘mother nature’ and green grass activites, shrink Grand Prix impact to 4 months a year

– Investment to restore the lake and surrounds to prior standards, a joined up Port Phillip sports strategy

– Local stakeholders to have greater say in management of the Reserve including impact of the Grand Prix

* Fishermans Bend

– Get on with it. Prioritise Fishermans Bend over competing demands, specifically the SRL

– Sandridge Recreation Precinct. If necessary, consider revised plans in order to attract development capital

– New integrity framework to address any CFMEU / Chinese involvement in Fishermans Bend

Port Phillip Council - Cost Of Living

– Reduce administrative waste, especially upper / middle management, saving by year 4 $50-60m per annum

– Address spend on third-party suppliers / ‘other’, why $46m per annum ( 58% more) above Bayside Council?

– Seek to optimise the Council’s significant $3.5billion of fixed assets – greater amenity / less cost – parking fees?

2 - Sack The Local Council

– Unlock $100m a year every year in Port Phillip Council waste and corruption, cost $2,200* per adult per year

– Most expensive (50% above Metro Council average), Council has attempted to mask true performance

– Recruit senior private sector management, fix over a four year period, then return Council to the electorate

* Each working adult has to earn $2,200 before tax to fund the Council mismanagement

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