Victorian Liberals want a weekly red bin collection. Is it a wheelie good idea or a load of rubbish?

Fortnightly household waste collections are increasingly considered best practice – but the leader of the opposition argues they’re ‘disgusting’

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“Under a government I lead, your red bin will be collected every single week.”

These were not the words of a candidate running for local council, but the https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/victoria-weekly-red-bin-collection-rubbish-waste-liberal-party-promise">leader of the opposition in Victoria.

Roads, rates and rubbish have traditionally been the domain of local government, but at this year’s state election, bins have become a political talking point.