Actor Chloe Hayden criticises Victorian Labor after she says she was bumped from speaking at the party’s state conference over the weekend. Hayden, known for appearing in the Netflix series Heartbreak High, frames the incident as a failure of access and inclusion, and calls into question how the party plans for participation by people with diverse needs.
Brisbane Times and The Age both report on Hayden’s comments and describe them as potentially damaging for Labor, citing that the situation has become an “own goal” for the party. The two reports focus on the same sequence of events: Hayden attends or is expected to appear at the conference, but is not ultimately given the opportunity to speak, after which she publicly raises concerns.
The reports provide consistent information that Hayden directly links her removal to issues of access and inclusion, but they do not offer detailed explanations from Victorian Labor about the reason she was not allowed to speak. The coverage therefore centres on Hayden’s criticism and the public reaction to it.
