I believe Labor is at a turning point. I'm seeking your support to be a Victorian delegate at National Conference.
As your National Conference Delegate, I will fight to keep everyday people at the centre of our party and be honoured to represent you.
Phillip Zada
I joined Labor because it was a party grounded in everyday people, workers, families and small business owners who believed in fairness, opportunity and contributing to their community. Labor backed aspiration as much as equity and it understood that strong communities are built when people feel respected, listened to and included.
I'm running because I believe Labor must work harder to listen to its members and stay connected to the people who made our movement great. If we lose touch with that foundation, we risk losing trust, not just at elections, but within our own party.
As Deputy Mayor of Melton, I've focused on stability, listening and delivery. As Chair of LeadWest, I worked with councils and communities across Western Melbourne and during the last federal election, 7 of 9 priority advocacy asks were successfully funded including major investments in the Sunshine Precinct and Airport Rail, the Calder Freeway and other region-shaping transport and community infrastructure projects.
Locally, as a long-running Kororoit branch executive, I've also focused on strengthening respectful engagement so members feel welcome, valued and heard.
Aspiration is not a dirty word. It's something Labor was built to support. Cost of living must be the test for every policy decision: housing, energy, transport, childcare and everyday essentials.
If policy makes life harder for working people, we need to rethink it.
Not everyone wants to buy a home and not everyone can. Renters still need rental properties, which means someone has to be willing to invest. If we make it impossible for everyday Australians to invest in housing, we reduce supply, push rents higher and hurt the very people we say we want to protect.
Good housing policy must support renters and maintain supply.
We should absolutely support early intervention and rehabilitation, especially for young people. But we also have to ask: when is enough, enough? Revolving-door justice helps no one. Not offenders, not victims and not communities.
Being fair means caring about victims and community safety as much as causes and context.
We cannot continue approving growth without delivering the roads, schools, transport, health services and community facilities that make communities function. Infrastructure must be planned, funded and delivered alongside development. Not years behind it.
When we plan properly and invest early, we build confidence, opportunity and dignity.
Labor should never pit communities against each other or accept uneven outcomes based on postcode. Fairness means balanced investment and attention across all regions. Metropolitan, regional and rural alike.
We are one Australian people.
Labor was built by workers and unions, families and people who believed in fairness, responsibility and opportunity.
If we lose touch with those roots, we risk losing trust. Not just at elections, but within our own party.
One that matches growth with infrastructure, compassion with accountability, and aspiration with opportunity.
That's how we keep Labor strong and winning.
Your voice built this movement. Help keep it grounded in the people who matter most.
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