Hi, I'm Paul
I am a lifelong social democrat and environmentalist and will be a strong voice for positive change. I will advocate well considered policy that addresses issues impacting upon our community - within Mulgrave, and also city, state and nation wide. As a Green, you can be sure my voice is not bought or muted by corporate or lobby group donors, or wealthy individuals.
Having lived in 3 countries and 10 cities across the UK, Australia and the USA, I fully comprehend how fortunate we are in Australia and how important it is to protect, reinforce and grow our democratic structures, as well as to ensure that we all can share a good life.
Both personally and as an aspiring parliamentarian I am an enthusiastic supporter of community sports and fitness, public education (especially adult migration education services and technical and tertiary education), public health (especially dental), all forms of transport and “the arts” - performing, visual, live and electronic music. We all deserve joy and fulfillment and these enable us to have this!
In this election, Mulgrave has a clear choice if it wants a local member who will fight for them and champion policies that directly address issues impacting upon their quality of life, without fear or favour. In a hung parliament, I’ll actively push for the ALP to work with the Greens in either a progressive alliance or as minority government actively, meaningfully responding to the concerns we raise. Victoria can not afford to elect a Liberal government promising to “throw the baby out with the bath water”!
Vote 1 Paul J Schofield, Green candidate for Mulgrave