A VOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
Advocating for people who feel forgotten, pushing for more ambitious action from our government, and holding decision makers to account.
Advocating for people who feel forgotten, pushing for more ambitious action from our government, and holding decision makers to account.
• Quality housing, healthcare and education for all, regardless of income or background.
• A future for young people to feel excited about.
• Canberra as a world leader in healthy living, community building and sustainability.
• Addressing root causes of the mental health crisis.
• Reducing the level of disadvantage in our city.
• Tackling domestic, family and sexual violence.
• Supporting local businesses and fostering entrepreneurialism.
• Sophisticated active travel infrastructure.
• More vision and funding for our environment.
• Greater scrutiny of government spending.
Despite being born into a political family, I was never interested in politics growing up.
I began paying closer attention to politics after starting a family of my own, and was disappointed to see a lack of courageous leadership in the face of simultaneous housing, climate and mental health crises.
I felt we needed more independently-minded, forward-looking politicians who were committed to acting in our community’s long-term best interests.
That’s why I volunteered to support David Pocock's values-based campaign to become the ACT's first independent senator in 2022. I asked for a job when he was elected and spent the next two years working as one of Senator Pocock’s advisers.
In a bid to bring the independent movement to the ACT Legislative Assembly, I launched Independents for Canberra in early 2024. Twenty candidates ended up running under our banner, working together wherever possible while retaining our independence.
On 19 October 2024, I was one of two independent candidates elected to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly, breaking a 23-year drought for independents in ACT politics.
I believe we are at our best when we come together to form communities based on trust and mutual respect. Reflecting this belief, my approach to politics is grounded in honesty, integrity and collaboration.
I live in the inner north with my wife and our two young children. I hold a philosophy degree from the Australian National University and, before entering politics, was the founder and operator of Canberra’s first holistic movement studio, Praksis.
