We want to hear from people from all across the Calare electorate, via interesting and engaging conversations. Participatory democracy for best representation.
"Where no single party could get to a majority, Deakin openly argued that compromising on bills usually improved legislation while strengthening public & cross-parliamentary support, elevating lawmaking from merely the passing of govt legislation to "organic Australian policy."
#COP26 TV | Live from the summit 📺
We spoke to the Executive Director of @studentenergy, @Meredith_Adler and Founder of WEYE Clean Energy, @BryanKaks about the clean energy transition & youth empowerment.
Watch the interview:
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#TogetherForOurPlanet
2 years on from 2019/2020 Bushfires with many reflections - an unforgettable Summer that changed the lives for so many.
Image: Allison Marion's photo of her son Finn fleeing the advancing bushfires in the seaside town of Mallacoota in Victoria's far east.
Great thread ⬇️. It is interesting to watch so many in the media struggle with the idea that there can be other models than the two party system. There is no mention of parties in the constitution. Parliament & Govt is supposed to be about representing people, not parties.#auspol
“The Daily Telegraph’s framing of Higgins as a political challenge to be overcome is a logical extension of the revolting way the government has treated her, and the way it has treated its “women problem” more broadly.”
@rachelrwithers: https://t.co/gt6CtauRz0
“The Daily Telegraph’s framing of Higgins as a political challenge to be overcome is a logical extension of the revolting way the government has treated her, and the way it has treated its “women problem” more broadly.”
@rachelrwithers: https://t.co/gt6CtauRz0
"It seems that nothing – not shame, not scathing audit office reports, not Senate inquiries, not major front-page stories – can stop this government from misusing taxpayer funds. Nothing other than being removed from office, that is." From the excellent @rachelrwithers article.
make hundreds of telephone calls to encourage patients to get their boosters. “Last week GPs around the country administered about 251,000 vaccine doses, including booster shots. Compare this to mid-October when GPs were administering about 975,000 vaccines doses each week.
Integrity? "the corruption of billions of dollars of grants, the blatant abuse of power to effectively steal money from the best and most equitable possible uses and instead allocate it for base party political purposes."
https://t.co/K7bU3uIgiF
Our Saturday afternoon inspiration: Patti Smith is aged 73 here (age is an attitude!) Can see this becoming our theme song: People Have the Power. #CalareVotes#PeopleHaveThePower
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