Last year, Fremantle locals came together as Voices for Fremantle, and undertook a six-month consultation to hear the wants and needs of the community. This process led to a search for a candidate that could truly serve those wants and needs.

Voices for Fremantle decided to invite me to run as a Community Independent for Fremantle in the WA State Election.

Honestly, I never intended to run and I had no ambitions to be a politician, but I feel too strongly about achieving better representation and better outcomes from our government to refuse this call.

Our groundbreaking state campaign was a major wake up call for Labor. In just eight weeks of campaigning, we got within 424 votes of winning a 100-year-old safe Labor seat. 

Fremantle’s support for a Community Independent was clear, and in the weeks following the state election, I was asked by locals to continue the campaign and take it all the way to Canberra. I am excited to have the chance to represent even more of you in the federal election.

I have long believed the two major parties fail to serve Australians and that we need more ‘regular’ people with ‘everyday’ jobs in parliament to fix this problem.

Now, I am more motivated than ever to challenge the two major parties and achieve change for the future.