Real change doesn’t come from politicians making promises and asking us to wait patiently. It comes from ordinary people organising and demanding more.
Hi, I’m Catherine
I’m a student teacher and a long-time environmental activist, and I’ve been a socialist for more than a decade. I’m running with Victorian Socialists in the Northern Metro region because we desperately need an alternative to the profit-driven politics of the major parties.
For too long, the essentials of our lives have been sacrificed for corporate profit. Privatisation and underfunding have left our services struggling and our communities paying the price, while the rich make record profits. I saw this firsthand working in aged care. There, the devastating consequences of a system that treats workers as disposable are impossible to ignore.
I’ve spent years taking on big corporations. I’ve organised against major polluters like Adani, and worked alongside local residents to resist the toxic businesses operating in our suburbs. More recently, I’ve stood with my fellow unionists in public schools as they fought back against the Labor government’s neglect of public education.
Real change doesn’t come from politicians making promises and asking us to wait patiently. It comes from ordinary people organising and demanding more. With the far right on the march and the crises of capitalism deepening, building a socialist movement that can win has never been more urgent.
In parliament, I’ll take that fight to the billionaires and their politicians, and fight for a society that puts people before profit.