I am passionate about public policy that improves equity and social justice.I am especially interested in harm minimization approaches to programs that effect people in vulnerable situations such as illicit drug users, the homeless and the mentally ill.I am a campaigner and a communicator and have had a lot to do with creating the Rights at Work campaign and the Every Australian Counts campaign.I started working life as an apprentice electrician(only lasted 3 months)Worked as a hospital porter/cleaner on or off for 2 years and a contract industrial cleaner for a few months followed by a stint as a process worker and technician in a polymer factory at Taren Point.I was an Industrial Officer and an organizer with the ATOF(now the ASU) for about 4 years.I was in the ALP organization as an organizer and campaigner for 15 years.A was a Minister and in the leadership of the NSW State government for 11 years.I have spent the bulk of the last 3 years working for the EAC campaign as well as doing some policy consulting through Discourse Consulting