MACQUARIE PRESELECTION

I am honoured to have been preselected to stand as the Labor candidate for Macquarie at the 2025 federal election.

Being the Member for Macquarie for the past eight years has been a huge privilege. I’ve worked tirelessly through many challenges including floods, storms, bushfires and Covid, and more recently in tough economic times to represent the diverse interests across this large electorate.

My commitment remains as strong as when I first began this journey 15 years ago. I am very proud of the work the Albanese Government has done to tackle the cost of living and responsibly produce budget surpluses to bring inflation down to its lowest level in four years.

We have begun the transition to clean energy, strengthened Medicare and confronted head on the crises in housing, general practice, early childhood education, NDIS and aged care. Locally, I’ve been able to deliver significant funding to be better equipped for disasters, to have better roads and better mental health access.

But I know that we have much more to do.

My work is only possible thanks to an incredible team in my office and, I thank them for giving such strong service to the community members who, often in their most difficult times, reach out to us for help.

I have worked hard to demonstrate that the trust the people of the Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains have shown me, over three terms in office, has been well placed and I look forward to building the same level of relationship with the new area of Macquarie which includes Emu Plains, Emu Heights and Leonay.