‘It’s a good spot’: Preston’s changing face reflected in tight race

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Labor entered last Saturday’s state election with an outright majority in Preston, but the seat is still too close to call after a week of counting | heyracheddie

Mary Sarakinis, who helps run a Greek senior women’s club in Preston, says the growing dining options make the area more European.“In a way I preferred the houses. Now they’re building all these apartments, and it changes a lot, maybe in some ways better, in some ways it loses all these beautiful Preston [houses].”

“What creates a good suburb is having a good diversity, in not only ethnicity, but also in socio-economic levels. And I think Preston and Reservoir have really got that now. You’ve got a lot of renters, and then you’ve got a lot of older migrants, and you’ve got a lot of the Baby Boomer generation still here. So, it’s got a nice mix,” Racina says.

“Planning the precinct is vital because, like many areas throughout Melbourne, Preston is facing transformational growth, with the population forecast to double in size to 68,000 by 2041,” the authority explains. Kent Burgess, the chief executive of Your Community Health, which has two centres in the electorate, says public housing residents and people on the aged pension were struggling with the rising cost of living.

She got a sense locals noticed investment in the neighbouring southern seat of Northcote, which Labor successfully defended from the Greens, and there was an appetite to make Preston marginal.

 

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