News & Blog

In the press: Dr Sue for Forrest

November 12, 2024

A lovely article by Sean van der Wielen for the Bunbury Herald:

And here she is!

November 11, 2024

On a sunny Sunday morning in Bunbury, people from all across our beautiful electorate came together to attend the candidate launch.

Voices for Forrest name candidate

November 09, 2024

Voices for Forrest ready to launch Community Independent to contest federal election

We're not the only Voices group that regularly has to explain itself: "Aren’t you just a political party by another name?", or: "Teals aren’t real independents, they’re either Liberals or Greens in disguise!" .. Our friends of Voices of Tasmania have taken the bull...

In the press: the good news about Independents

September 02, 2024

"By any objective assessment, the independents have made a positive difference to Australian government on many key issues" writes former Liberal opposition leader, John Hewson

Launching our KTC report

August 30, 2024

433 people shared their views with us, at 35 kitchen table conversations and with more than 200 surveys. What did they say?

The art of flyering

August 02, 2024

John is one of our founding members and biggest supporters. He shares his best tips and tricks for helping to spread the word: "The old saying: “you only get one first impression” is so true in personal publicity"

We're hiring!

July 29, 2024

We're looking for a community organizer with a focus on the Bunbury area

Community Accelerator Grant

July 16, 2024

We're grateful to receive this grant to support our grassroots community work!

Why we do this

July 10, 2024

Starting a movement to change politics takes a lot of guts and work. But every day we feel the reward of people in our electorate who are grateful for what we're doing. And out there in the bigger world, the signs are pointing to...