[clear] Sal Kimber performs a Indi version of “From Little Things Big Things Grow” at the end of the campaign launch on August 4. Original version of “From Little Things Big Things Grow” was written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody. The Indi Orange Movement seen through the lens of local Citizen Journalist […]
The mood of Indi’s grassroots politics might reflect a nation, documentary makers say
September 5, 2013
by Tom Anderson September 5, 2013 I became aware of a film crew in Indi earlier this week when they visited the pre-polling booth in Wodonga to interview and film the loyal band of volunteers (including myself) manning the booth and handing out How to Vote cards on behalf of candidates. Members of the independent […]
How Indi got itself on the map: The blueprint
August 29, 2013
By Ben McGowan 29 August 2013 Drive 40 minutes north of Melbourne, cross the Great Dividing Range, and you will drop into the electorate of Indi. Keep driving north and you’ll travel another three hours before you cross the border in NSW. Indi is an electorate of catchments – the King River, Ovens River, Kiewa […]
Latte-sipping city slicker @VanBadham gives thanks for rural independents and sees a new dawn for values in politics
August 27, 2013
By Van Badham August 27, 2013 The tactical employment of demeaning stereotypes has always been popular in the Australian political discourse. Just lump together some universally loathed behaviours – like vanity, self-indulgence or entitlement – dress them as communities you’re trying to discredit, and parade them like carnival villains. “Union thugs”, anybody? “Feminazis”? “People smugglers”? “Asylum […]
So who is that Corangamite bloke who reckons ‘Tony is a tool’? @PrimMich investigates
August 27, 2013
By Michelle Primmer August 27, 2013 Last weekend I saw an online photograph of a man standing at the Belmont office of Corangamite Liberal Party candidate Sarah Henderson. He was holding a sign that said ‘Tony Abbott is a tool’. It gave me a laugh, as did seeing the image on Twitter, so when a […]
Greens gear up for their “best chance ever” in Batman, with Alex Bhathal taking on Labor’s David Feeney
August 17, 2013
by Bumpy Favell August 17, 2013 I met Batman’s Greens candidate, Alex Bhathal in a café in Brunswick St, Fitzroy – a couple of doors down from her work, during her lunch hour. Bhathal is an imposing figure, at least 1.8m – and gracious, considering I forgot to press record for the first 5 minutes […]
‘The night I got politically engaged’: How @TomAnderson62 found himself live tweeting #Indivotes
August 16, 2013
By Tom Anderson @TomAnderson62 I have always been fascinated with politics, especially elections. I guess that started when I worked as a ‘Polling Clerk’ at 15 at a booth at Mont Park in Macleod back in about 1977. How did a 15 year old get a job that had a prerequisite of ‘must be enrolled on electoral […]
