A video showing the streets of Melbourne’s central business district strewn with litter while homeless people block footpaths has sparked anger from everyday Aussies.
One Nation Victoria state secretary Bianca Colecchia shared footage from Friday night of the disgusting street scenes with the caption: “‘Most liveable city’ … covered in rubbish. Doing a great job, Melbourne City Council.”
During the video Ms Colecchia zooms in on fast food wrappers, trolleys filled with the belongings of the homeless, empty alcohol bottles and says “the rubbish is piled up everywhere, the streets are filthy, I just wonder, are the ratepayers happy with the service they are getting?”
“Most liveable city”… covered in rubbish.
Doing a great job, Melbourne City Council 🙌🏼#melbourne #melbournecouncil #nickreece pic.twitter.com/V9j6lKcdtJ— Bianca Colecchia | PH One Nation (@BiancaColecchia) December 13, 2025
The video attracted dozens of comments agreeing with Ms Colecchia, who came to Australia from Italy in 2016 and renounced her foreign citizenship and ran for the seat of Bruce in the federal election in May, with many blaming the influx of recent immigrants from third world countries for the mess.
“I doubt it’s the lack of council services.. it’s just the third world people living in that city that don’t know how to clean up after themselves,” said one person on X.
“It’s both,” Ms Colecchia replied.
“Was never like this in the past. Melbourne city used to be safe and clean,” said another, while a third wrote: “She is right, that is the corner of Elizabeth and Flinders St and it is always like that not just Friday night. Usually out of nowhere you get some screaming nutter come flying down the footpath.”
Another commented: “We imported the third world, what do you expect it’s not Melbourne it’s a commie place called Naarm, no resemblance to Australia whatsoever! It’s the shit hole of Australia.”
The video comes amid rising concerns about public safety in Victoria, where crimes rates are at record highs, and residents feel increasingly unsafe in the CBD.
According to the City of Melbourne’s Personal Wellbeing Index from October, three in five residents don’t feel safe in the city at night, and just 77% feel safe during the daytime.
Header image: Left, Ms Colecchia. Right, scenes from the video (X).
