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List of grassroots political engagement groups in Australia

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Around Australia there are a number of community engagement groups that usually go by the name "Voices of..." or "Voices for...".[1] Some of these organisations have assisted in the running of independent candidates in elections.

History[edit]

In 2012, in anticipation for the 2013 Australian federal election in the division of Indi, Voices for Indi began a grassroots community engagement movement. They were not listened to by the sitting member, Sophie Mirabella, and then decided to run an independent candidate. The group helped Cathy McGowan win in that election, and an independent has won in the subsequent 2 elections.[2][3]

In the 2019 election a slightly different model was used by Vote Tony Out and a number of other campaigners in Warringah who built a community platform that launched Zali Steggall's campaign to defeat former prime minister Tony Abbott.[4] Steggall won 23 of the 37 Polling booths on the day on the primary vote.

In early 2021, Cathy McGowan headed a conference for community minded independents to give them support and encouragement to run for elected office. The conference had representatives from 78 of the 151 divisions of the Australian parliament,[5] and counted 28 Voices groups at the time of the conference.[6][7][8] Initially the conference aimed for 50 attendees, but over 300 attended.[9]

Prior to the 2022 election numerous groups have been started around Australia.[10] Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said of the movement "Indi and Warringah are not 'special cases' but templates for further change if the Coalition cannot deliver on climate."[11]

Due to the Above/Below the Line voting requirements of the Senate voting system, it is very difficult for an independent to be elected to the Senate (cf the House of Representatives). So a party is being formed as a mechanism to improve the chances of independents supported by their communities being elected to the Senate (https://independentvoices4senate.org).

List[edit]

Group Electorate State Founded Candidate supported at the

next election

Successful campaigns Source
ProACT ACT (Senate) ACT 2021 [12]
Voices of Bennelong Bennelong NSW 2021 [13]
Voices of Berowra Berowra NSW 2021 [14]
Voices of Boothby Boothby SA 2020
Voices of Bradfield Bradfield NSW 2021 [15]
Voices 4 Calare Calare NSW 2021 [16]
Voices for Cooper Cooper Vic 2021
Voices 4 Cowper Cowper NSW 2021 [17]
Voices of Durack Durack WA 2021
We are Fadden Fadden Qld 2021
Voices of Mornington Peninsula Flinders Vic 2021 [18]
Voices of Forrest Forrest WA 2021
Voices of Goldstein Goldstein Vic 2020 Zoe Daniel[19] [20][21]
Voices of Groom Groom Qld 2021 Suzie Holt [22]
Hughes Deserves Better Hughes NSW 2020 [23]
We are Hughes 2020 Linda Seymour[24][25] [26]
Voices of Hume Hume NSW 2020 Penny Ackery[27] [10]
Voices for Indi Indi Vic 2012 Helen Haines 2013 2016 2019 [2]
Voices of Kooyong Kooyong Vic 2021 [28]
Voices 4 Lyne Lyne NSW 2021
Mackellar Rising Mackellar NSW 2021 [29]
Voices of Mackellar 2020 [10][30]
Voices 4 Mallee Mallee Vic 2021
Voices for Monash Monash Vic 2021 [31]
Voices4GC Moncrieff Qld 2021
Voices for Moore Moore WA 2021 [32]
Voices of New England New England NSW 2021 [33]
Voices for Nicholls Nicholls Vic 2021
Voices of North Sydney North Sydney NSW 2020 [10][34]
Voices of Pearce Pearce WA 2021
Voices4Riverina Riverina NSW 2020 [10]
Voices of Tasmania Tasmania (Senate) TAS 2021 [35]
Voices of Wannon Wannon Vic 2021 [36]
Voices of Warringah Warringah NSW 2018 Zali Steggall 2019 [4]
Voices of Wentworth Wentworth NSW 2018 Allegra Spender 2018 (Kerryn Phelps) [37]
Voices of Wide Bay Wide Bay Qld 2021
YES Voices (Yarra Valley, Ranges & Eastern Suburbs Voices) Aston

Casey

Deakin

VIC 2021 [38]


See also[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Liberal party says rival New Liberals will cause 'widespread voter confusion'". the Guardian. 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Everyone wants to be Mr Black — except in Indi, where the colour is orange". Crikey. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ↑ Chan, Gabrielle (2014-06-16). "Voices for Indi give political minorclass where everyone is welcome". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tony Abbott Goes To Ground In Voices Of Warringah Candidate Survey". New Matilda. 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ↑ "One way to take the helm". Australia Remade. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  6. ↑ "Independent politicians to hold conference to plot federal election strategy". the Guardian. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  7. ↑ "Getting Elected: The First National Convention for Community-Minded Independents". Australian Women In Agriculture. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  8. ↑ "Australia's trailblazing Independent Cathy McGowan on the integrity we need". Women's Agenda. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  9. ↑ Hall, Bianca (2021-04-03). "Independents' day: Push to attract community candidates to the people's house". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "Independents' day: why safe Coalition seats are facing grassroots challenges". the Guardian. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  11. ↑ "The Coalition will lose more former heartland seats to independents without a climate plan | Malcolm Turnbull". the Guardian. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  12. ↑ "proACT". proACT. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  13. ↑ ""Voices Of" ignites 30 independent movements across Australia". Michael West Media. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  14. ↑ "Voices of Berowra, Bradfield, Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai". BCL.com.au. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  15. ↑ "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  16. ↑ "Voices 4 Calare". Voices 4 Calare. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  17. ↑ "If Morrison is hearing voices, it's not his imagination — it's a grassroots revolution". Crikey. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  18. ↑ "Voices of Mornington Peninsula". Voices of Mornington Peninsula. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  19. ↑ Perkins, Miki (2021-11-25). "'If not us, then who?': Former ABC journalist Zoe Daniel announces tilt at blue ribbon seat". The Age. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  20. ↑ "Voices of Goldstein". www.voicesofgoldstein.org.au. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  21. ↑ "Voices of Goldstein speak up for democracy: podcast". 88.3 Southern FM. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  22. ↑ "Subscribe to The Chronicle". www.thechronicle.com.au. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  23. ↑ Hughes Deserves Better
  24. ↑ Hughes, We Are (2021-11-18). "We Are Hughes Selection Process a Huge Success!". Wearehughes. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  25. ↑ Massola, James (2021-11-14). "Target Craig Kelly: Independent movement takes on former Liberal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  26. ↑ "We Are Hughes - Democracy in action. Integrity. Informed. Inclusive". We Are Hughes. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  27. ↑ Massola, James (2021-11-13). "Voices of Hume candidate revealed in fight for Angus Taylor's Hume seat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  28. ↑ "Homepage". Voices of Kooyong. Retrieved 2021-08-23. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  29. ↑ "Mackellar Rising". Mackellarrising.org. 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  30. ↑ "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  31. ↑ Gardner, Author Peter (2021-05-04). "Voices for Monash". Peter Gardner. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  32. ↑ "Voices for Moore". BCL.com.au. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  33. ↑ Messenger, Andrew (2021-07-22). "Voices of New England: 'participatory democracy' scheme kicks off". The Northern Daily Leader. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  34. ↑ "Voices of North Sydney". Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  35. ↑ "Voices of Tasmania". 2021-11-15.
  36. ↑ "Voices of Wannon". Voices of Wannon. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  37. ↑ "Voices of Wentworth". Voices of Wentworth. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  38. ↑ "YES Voices". YES Voices. Retrieved 2021-11-23.


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