By Mark Yin

MILDURA'S representatives to the YMCA Victorian Youth Parliament are fighting for airconditioning in public housing.

Ella Beard, Jordan Currie, Jemima Lotika, Chloe Hosking, Brady Glen and Chloe Horne are taking part in the Youth Parliament, which gives young people across the state the opportunity to draft Bills that have the potential to become law.

To date, more than 30 Youth Parliament Bills have gone on to become law in Victoria and the Mildura team hope theirs will be next.

"It's an idea that has maybe flown under the radar," Ms Beard said.

"But it's a change that needs to be made for the sake of people in public housing, and their health and quality of life."

The Bill seeks to establish an taskforce to install evaporative cooling systems in public housing developments across the state, including in Mildura.

The Bill follows a report last year from Mallee Family Care (MFC) and the University of Sydney, which found night temperatures in Sunraysia regularly exceeded World Health Organisation standards for acceptable sleeping temperatures.

MFC general manager Chris Forbes said the team was particularly concerned that a lack of airconditioning in public housing could heighten the risk of COVID-19 trans...