A secure home, healthcare, education, and a life of dignity shouldn't be too much to ask. It should be the norm.
Hi, I’m Dylan. I’m 31, a qualified panel beater, a Muslim and a dad. I grew up in Narre Warren and now live in Officer with my family. I’m running for the Upper House seat of Eastern Victoria with Victorian Socialists because it’s time we bring power back to everyday households and place people before profit.
I learned a trade, worked hard and started a family. I did everything I was told you were supposed to do to build a decent life. So why does that life feel further out of reach than ever?
People are working incredibly hard and still going backwards. Housing is becoming something our kids may never afford. Groceries, mortgages and power bills keep climbing. Our hospitals are buckling, while corporations make billions.
As the father of a neuro-diverse child, I know what government decisions mean around the kitchen table. When your child needs early intervention and support, funding isn't an abstract political debate. It's your child's future.
I've also watched racism and division grow in our communities while ordinary people are struggling. We're encouraged to blame each other instead of questioning a system where the people at the top keep getting richer while everyone else fights over what's left.
Your neighbour isn't the reason you can't afford a house. A migrant isn't the reason your electricity bill keeps rising. Someone's race isn't the reason you can't get into a hospital. We don't have to tear each other down to build ourselves up.
That's why I'm running with Victorian Socialists.
I'll fight for affordable housing, public ownership of essential services, VicRoads back in public hands, and for corporations profiting from our resources to finally pay their fair share.
I'll fight for the worker struggling with the next bill. The parent worried about their child's future. The young person wondering if they'll ever own a home, and anyone being made to feel like they don't belong.
I'm not a career politician. I'm a tradie and a dad who's looked at what is happening to ordinary working-class families and decided it was time to get organised and join the fight against the far right and big corporations.
A secure home, healthcare, education, and a life of dignity shouldn't be too much to ask. It should be the norm.
In parliament that’s what I’d fight for every day.