Sam Wainwright for Fremantle

Sam Wainwright  is a disability support worker and councillor at the City of Fremantle. He was a wharfie for twelve years and is an active unionist. He is passionate about sustainable transport, helping found the Fremantle Road to Rail and the local Bicycle User Group.

“The major parties have refused to commit to a rise in the pitifully low Newstart allowance and end the punitive approach to single parent benefits. Neither are they promising to create more public sector jobs or abolish anti-worker laws, such as restrictions on the right to strike.”