I’ve been a trade unionist, community organiser and campaigner for over 25 years. I am currently Executive Director of Australians for Mental Health, a grassroots campaign organisation that aims to bring people together to build public support for mental health reform.

From 2019 to 2022 I had the extraordinary privilege to lead the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, an organisation that represents over 180 conservation organisations in NSW as an effective and powerful voice for nature.

I’ve also been a senior union official, NGO and union consultant, NGO board member and the Labor candidate in the Federal seat of Banks in the 2016 and 2019 elections.

I'm passionate about ensuring that our democracy lives up to its promise that every person can have a strong voice in the halls of power. Whether fighting to protect nature and for action on climate change, or for good jobs, a fair distribution of income and wealth, or just standing up to a bully, government should be about people.

Most of all I believe that we all do better when we back each other in. To stand in solidarity with each other, and to lend a hand wherever we possibly can.

On this site I hope to talk about the issues and campaigns that I care deeply about, and perhaps inspire you to join me in the ongoing fight for an Australia that puts equality, opportunity, and the community interests at the heart of our public discussions and decisions.