Vegetarian buffet and a ‘free dental’ raffle prize: Greens launch bullish bid to ‘take our country back’ in Victoria

Key points

• The Victorian Greens have launched their election campaign with a bullish bid to 'take our country back' and win more seats than any state Greens party has ever won.
• The party's federal leader, David Shoebridge, and Victorian counterpart, Ellen Sandell, promised bold ideas and policies, including publicly owned supermarkets and higher taxes on banks and gambling companies.
• The campaign launch featured a vegetarian buffet, beers from a Melbourne brewery, and raffle prizes such as free public transport and dental care.