Videos and podcasts

Australian Story

Once one of the greats of rugby union, David Pocock is now striding a very different playing field.

The former captain of the Wallabies has become a powerbroker in the Senate and is seen to hold the key for the Albanese Government to pass its legislative agenda.

Having first profiled Pocock in 2015, Australian Story goes behind the scenes again as Pocock tackles his first few months as the new independent senator for the ACT.

Everyone wants a piece of him and we see Pocock flexing a different kind of muscle to secure the amendments he seeks to the government’s historic Climate Change Bill.

13 Sept 2022

Energy Insiders Podcast 16

Independent MP Helen Haines discusses how the crossbench is having a significant influence on policy, planning for the electrification of homes & communities, the need for EV standards and systems to support agriculture.

16 Aug 2022

Four Corners

Independents’ Day - behind the scenes with the women shaking up Australian politics.

15 Aug 2022

Katerina Gaita – ChangeMaker Chat – Community Independents

This ChangeMaker Chat talks to Katerina Gaita the Field Organiser and Volunteer Coordinator for Zoe Daniel’s campaign in Goldstein. She unpacks the long march of the independents, starting with Cathy McGowan winning in Indi to the ‘Wave of Teal’ in 2022. As a community organiser and community builder she explains how she learnt to translate her skills as an activist to help her design a campaign that could win a majority of votes for climate and political integrity in a conservative electorate. In doing so she challenges us all to think about the place that elections can play in changemaking.

9 Aug 2022

Nick Haines – ChangeMaker Chats – Independents and Elections

The 2022 Australian Election is all about the Independent ‘Teal’ Candidates - but where did this Independent movement come from? Today we talk with Nick Haines, Voices for Indi activist, and son of Helen Haines, Member for Indi, about how it all began. He shares his family’s story and how he helped support Cathy McGowan, the first of the Independent Candidates, to win the seat of Indi from Sophie Mirabella back in 2013. This is a conversation about how community organising has helped community leaders create a different kind of political representation all across Australia.

Nick has been part of a team of authors writing a book about this movement called - “The People are Interested in Politics” Use the discount code ‘ChangeMakers’ to order an advance copy here: lanewaypress.com.au/product/the-peo…ed-in-politics/

17 May 2022

Australian Story

Investigates the independent candidates' secret weapon to win election seats.

12 May 2022