Glenn Kolomeitz
Senate Candidate for NSW
Senate Candidate for NSW
ADF and Human Rights Advocate
Lives in Gerroa
Glenn Kolomeitz is not your average lawyer. The international law consultant and Defence analyst has come a long way from humble beginnings. Glenn spent his formative years growing up in caravans, and left school early for a job sorting prawns on a trawler. After joining the Defence Force, he completed year 12 in the Army and served in roles including Army aircraft technician, Airforce operations officer and Military Police officer. Glenn embraced the educational opportunities in the military that best suited his service and culminated with a doctorate on international criminal law.
Glenn lives on NSW South Coast, with his wife and two children. Since leaving the military, he has represented veterans and police, all pro-bono, in mental health related criminal cases - diverting his clients from the criminal justice system into treatment. Glenn’s pro-bono work includes advocating for and representing Afghans who worked for Australia, and securing humanitarian visas to Australia. This resulted in the successful escape and relocation of several thousand Afghan-Australians.
A former NSW Police Officer with experience in coronial investigations and counter terrorism, he has worked as a Defence policy advisor at Parliament House and in Ukraine as an advisor to International Legion Units, in liaison with members of the Ukraine Parliament.
Supporting the Veteran Community
Glenn was the CEO of RSL NSW, and was instrumental in the introduction of financial and governance reform. He served on operations in Timor and Afghanistan.
“I have a military background and I’m fully aware of the importance of increasing meaningful Defence funding in addition to improvements in social services spending. Successive governments have allowed our military capabilities to atrophy despite spending money on wasteful projects. I believe it is possible to balance Defence spending with social spending for the benefit of all Australians.”
Access to Vocational and Tertiary Education for all
“I am fortunate to have had excellent educational opportunities and I use these skills to give back to my community. Every Australian child deserves these opportunities and society can only benefit from a healthy and educated population base.
Vocational and tertiary education must deliver an innovative workforce to help drive productivity and create value for money (in terms of our investment in education). There are policy opportunities here involving greater public sector-private sector collaboration.
Of course, the funding bucket is not bottomless, but collaboration leads to innovation and better identification of priorities.”
Rural and Regional Healthcare
“I’m not a medical doctor – but I am passionate about improving programmes to support rural and regional healthcare and general practice more broadly. General Practice is the most cost-effective component of the health system but it’s also the soft target for Government cuts.
The 2024-25 Federal Budget fails to bolster the GP workforce or improve primary mental health support. Government GP incentives often miss the mark and risk further diminishing the GP workforce, especially in rural areas - while also failing to attract medical students to general practice.
Only 1 in 10 medical graduates are choosing General Practice - even less in rural areas. Australia is facing a looming GP shortage, rural towns are left without doctors, public hospitals are overloaded. Without funding and proper incentives, general practice struggles and everything fails.
The concerns of GPs and peak industry bodies have been ignored. If elected I will consult with the Rural Doctors Network, Royal Doctor Association of Australia, and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and be a champion for general practice and rural medicine in the Senate.”
A word from Jacqui
I have known Glenn for more than a decade. In that time, we have worked on improving the lives of veterans in Australia – he even helped me deliver the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
New South Wales has been missing representation in the senate like Glenn – loyal, honest and genuine that is a force for good.
Glenn’s decision-making is guided by his values, which have come from a working-class upbringing and service to our country.
I can’t wait to see New South Wales get behind Glenn as a real alternative to the two major parties.
People before politics – that’s the Jacqui Lambie Network motto, and that’s what I know Glenn will do for New South Wales.
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