Climate & Integrity
Zali Steggall OAM MP (Climate Act Now) and Dr Helen Haines MP (ICAC) discuss how Community Independents collaborate with their community to pursue key national issues.
Key support pillars for community politics
Experts discuss the key support pillars for community politics and campaigns including fundraising, strategy, messaging and tech tools.
Making a safe seat marginal and next steps
Holding your Party MP to account, what being a ‘Shadow’ representative means and political action by community groups.
Insider tactics: how to get things done with MPs and peak bodies
Insider tactics: how to get things done with MPs and peak bodies
Community organising
Speakers share their experiences starting ‘Voices of’ and other activitst community groups to help others getting started.
Reimagining Politics
Community Independents herald a fundamental shift in the relationship between constituents and their representatives.
What about the Senate?
What does it mean to have a Community Independent in the Senate from a personal, electorate and national perspective?
An Election like no other!
Powered by over 20,000 community volunteers, a record number of Community Independents MPs were elected in 2022. It was an Election like no other!
Team Values, Purpose and Norms
Foundational work to build an effective Community Independent movement
First timer experience as a #MackellarVotes volunteer
Andrei Charrett shares what motivated him to become a volunteer for Dr Sophie Scamps’ campaign.
Nick Haines – ChangeMaker Chats
Nick Haines - Voices for Indi activist and son of Helen Haines, Member for Indi
Independent woman - Australian Story
When Cathy McGowan won the seat of Indi in 2013, she had no idea that she would become a lightning rod for an independent movement that is now dominating Australian politics.
More than 23 so-called teal or community independent candidates are standing in this election and it’s McGowan who has been their "secret weapon".
The Commons Social Change Library
The Commons Social Change Library exists to make activism smarter and stronger. We gather the collective wisdom of people engaged in social change in one accessible online place. All of our materials are free, digital, and directly available.
Is Australian Media weakening democracy?
Kerry O’Brien in conversation with former Prime Ministers, Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, and CIP’s Cathy McGowan.