 In 2005, she courted controversy by refusing to leave her public subsidised house despite earning an MP's wage of over $100,000.Foskey stood as a candidate in various elections to ensure that environmental issues were aired during the campaigns, including East Gippsland council elections in 2016.She ran as a Victorian Greens candidate at the 2018 Victorian state election for the seat of East Gippsland, but was unsuccessful.