1. What’s one thing you would like Casey residents to know about you as a person or as a leader?
When most people will call it a day and throw in the towel, I keep going. Perseverance and determination are something I bring to every aspect of my life.
2. Can you tell us about your life outside of work?
When I’m not working, you can find me at my home in Wesburn hanging out with my five-year-old daughter and our twenty-five rescue animals – ranging from dogs, cats, horses, sheep, fish, rabbits, ducks, and chickens. I also write a series of children’s books titled “The Adventures of Bono the Bunny” and a spin-off series titled “Tales of Two Raven Rabbits”. I am also a guitarist and bassist, so you will often find me down the local pub playing or watching live music or just enjoying a beer.
3. What do you believe are the three biggest issues facing the electorate?
Our wildlife is being slaughtered, our residents are being driven out of their homes, and our natural environment is being irreparably damaged by climate change.
4. What are some of your key policies both locally and nationally that you would like to highlight?
End Cruel Intentions
I stand to not only uphold the ban on live sheep export, but for the immediate end to all live export. I stand to ban factory farming, testing on animals, and all horse and dog racing. Animals are on this earth to be with us, not for us.
Protect our Native Wildlife and their Habitat
I stand for the immediate end of the commercial slaughter of kangaroos and the logging of native forests.
Affordable Housing
Housing is a basic human right and I stand for ensuring safe, affordable housing for all.
A Fairer Tax System
I stand to stop big corporations dodging tax while you and I are struggling.
End Gendered Family Violence
I stand to invest in frontline services and prevention programs, before victim survivors end up with their file on my desk needing representation.
Veticare
I stand for ensuring nobody must choose between putting food on the table and caring for their pets. This can be achieved by funding for vet care for those on low incomes and for wildlife.
A Sustainable, Climate-Positive Future
I stand for the immediate transition to healthy, sustainable food systems and investment into clean, green, climate-positive energy.
5. What’s your number one policy to reduce cost of living pressures?
Our government is taxing the wrong people. Large corporations are dodging their tax responsibilities while the everyday person struggles. I intend to reverse this and lift the burden off every day Australians – even the playing field.
6. Why should people give you their vote on 3 May? What’s your final elevator pitch if someone is undecided?
I stand for animals, people, and our planet. I believe that with determination and perseverance, no goal is out of reach. By adhering to the four core Animal Justice Party values of kindness, non-violence, equality, and rationality, I know we can build a future where animals are protected, people are thriving, and our planet is sustained.
