[clear] By Kate Sleeman 12 September, 2013 Life in regional cities and towns is often perceived by our city cousins to be a step back in time; dull, slow, backward and socially conservative. However the election result in Indi has hopefully changed their perceptions and highlighted the power of real communities. They are beginning to […]
September 2012 Voice for Indi Vision statement: Reckon they got there?
September 11, 2013
[clear] By Margo Kingston , 11 September, 2013 On election night at the Wangaratta Arts Centre, a movement leader, Susan Benedyka read out a the Voice4Indi movements vision statement of 6 September 2012. No wonder Orange Indi took the roof off a year later. No Fibs Indi campaign archive
The #Indivotes campaign in pictures, by @Jansant
September 9, 2013
The Indi Seat election seen through the lens of our local No Fibs Citizen Journalist and Photographer Wayne Jansson 9 September 2013 Roll over photos to read captions and click on photos to see bigger versions. Election Win Celebration Roll over photos to read captions and click on photos to see bigger versions. No Fibs #Indivotes […]
Margo’s Twitter reports from Indi – 7 and 8 September, 2013
September 9, 2013
Storify by The Geek Sun, Sep 08 2013 23:30:53 Margo’s twitter reports from Indi – 7 and 8 September, 2013 One of the most interesting seats in this election is without question Indi with sitting shadow frontbencher Sophie Mirabella. Margo joined the election buzz and reports on how grassroots politics is making a difference. Share […]
Cathy McGowan on her #Indivotes journey
September 8, 2013
[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 […]
Sophie’s desperate choice: Indi booths blanketed with negative ads, heavies on guard
September 7, 2013
[clear] By Wayne Jansson September 7, 2013 In what can only be seen as a desperate act, Sophie Mirabella’s early Friday night took almost all available space at polling booths for Liberal posters. Reworded: The failed record of SM will only continue. Don't risk another 3 years of misrepresentation #indivotes pic.twitter.com/K6YFjjIPB0 — JACK SEYMOUR (@thejackseymour) […]
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 […]
Jennifer Podesta inside the Indi contest: slurs, setbacks and why she came up smiling
September 5, 2013
By Jennifer Podesta September 5, 2013 The past few months since announcing my nomination as a candidate in the seat of Indi have been the most rewarding and challenging of my life. I would like to share with you some of the highlights of that journey, reflect on how the campaign has evolved from my […]
Tactics get tough as McGowan’s orange horde surprises Mirabella in Indi
September 4, 2013
By Wayne Jansson September 4, 2013 Reports started emerging on Saturday that sitting Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella, fighting to retain the seat of Indi, had shipped in over 20 Young Liberals from her alma mater, the University of Melbourne. .@Indigocathy says Sophie bussing in Melbourne young Libs for final #Indivotes fling Media Alert: McGowan (cont) […]
Following my compass as it points #Indivotes Green, by @TomAnderson62
September 4, 2013
By Tom Anderson, 3 September, 2013 On the 17th of August 2013, I joined what are now more than one million Australians who completed the ABC Vote Compass questionnaire. As I said in The night I got politically engaged’: How @TomAnderson62 found himself live tweeting #Indivotes: I have always been what you would call a […]
