Hi, I'm Nathan!
I'm a social worker, a disability advocate, and a proud Glenorchy local – and I'm running as your Greens candidate for the MAYOR OF Glenorchy City Council.
For the past eight years, I've worked in Hobart's northern suburbs supporting young people who've been disengaged from mainstream education. Every day I sit with young people and their families at the sharp end of what bad government looks like – overflowing shelters, months-long waitlists for mental health support, child safety systems stretched past breaking point, and young people falling through gap after gap.
I joined the Greens eight years ago after supporting a young woman fleeing family violence. I'd found her emergency accommodation, but as I left I kept turning over the words I'd said to her: "I'm doing all I can." I realised that if I truly wanted to do all I could, I needed to be in the room where decisions get made. Since then, I've used every candidacy and campaign to advocate for the people who too often don't have a voice in those rooms.
I also bring my own lived experience as a person with disability – navigating chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, mobility challenges, and a health system that consistently lets people down. I know what it means to fight for access, for support, for basic dignity. And I know Glenorchy deserves better.
This election, I want to see Glenorchy get its fair share. I'll fight for proper housing solutions, accessible streets and infrastructure, community hubs and third spaces that bring people together, and reliable public transport that connects our neighbourhoods.
See you out there,
Nathan
