John Photakis

Hi, I’m John Photakis.

I’m a disability support worker and community organiser. I’m running because people are exhausted, struggling to live with the cost of living, climate, and housing crises. Meanwhile, billionaires and multinational corporations make record profits.

I’ve lived and grown up in Adelaide’s south. I love our natural landscapes, local eateries, and community groups. I'm deeply committed to representing Greens values whether that be in the workplace, at education institutions, or out in the community. I’ve worked in a commercial kitchen, an engineering firm, and now a disability support worker and volunteer in the community.

I have a passion to represent people. I was elected to student council at Flinders University, participated in Student Voice and TAFE SA, chair of my local community forum for five years, and I’ve run as a candidate in local, state, and federal elections.

Greens want to raise all Centrelink payments above the poverty line, put dental into Medicare, and make sure you can see the doctor for free, We will make supermarket price gouging illegal to make food cheaper, and stop the big banks price gouging on interest rates to make mortgages more affordable.

We can’t keep voting for the same two parties and expecting them to change course. Change won’t happen overnight, but it starts with voting for someone who will fight for you.