G'day. I'm Greg.

G'day everyone. I'm Greg, a Sunshine Coast local with over 25 years of IT consultancy experience helping Queensland organisations navigate technology-driven change, from hospital builds to whole-of-government technology reforms.

I spent five years as the ICT Governance Lead for the Sunshine Coast University Hospital build, working alongside clinicians, tradies, and public servants to deliver systems that support real people. I also served as Project Manager on the Queensland Government's whole-of-government ICT Consolidation program, coordinating across every state department to standardise and modernise public sector infrastructure. Earlier in that period, through Deloitte, I directed the Information Security program for Queensland's Departments of Child Safety and Communities, implementing security event monitoring (SIEM) and identity and access management systems to protect sensitive citizen and family data. Before that, I worked in finance at CSR Building Products, managed IT and cybersecurity for organisations like Mack Trucks, and led change programs at QSuper. In every role I was the consultant in the room asking: does this actually work for the people who depend on it?

For the past three years I've been researching how AI and automation are reshaping work, wages and community wellbeing. That research led me to develop the Citizens of Australia Dividend, a practical, homegrown idea for sharing the gains from technological progress across all Australians.

I'm not here as a politician or a promoter. I'm here as a neighbour, a granddad, a friend and someone who believes that with thoughtful planning, we can build an economy that works for everyone.

I built COAD with some dedicated volunteers to start that conversation, and we'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts.