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Independent candidate for Cowper, Rob Oakeshott. Photo: candidate website<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Rob Oakeshott (@RobOakeshott1<\/a>) was the independent Member for Lyne from 2008 until he retired in 2013.
National Luke Hartsuyker is the current member but will not be re-contesting the seat of Cowper.
Patrick Conaghan will be contesting the seat for The Nationals, he is a solicitor and former police officer.
Conaghan represented George Calombaris during his court case resulting from charges when he punched a soccer fan<\/a>, the case took place during the fallout from revelations, Calombaris underpaid his workers by $2.6 million<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.6% margin vs IND
Area: 7,296 sq km
Location: Mid-North Coast NSW
Australian Electoral Commission seat profile<\/a>
Division of Cowper on Wikipedia <\/a>
Rob Oakeshott: website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Rob Oakeshott says ‘no seat should be taken for granted’: @margokingston1 #CowperVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) sat around the kitchen table with Rob Oakeshott (@RobOakeshott1), Kate (Rob’s niece), Beth (Rob’s scheduler), Melwyn (Rob’s fundraising manager) and Jack, Rob’s videographer who has recently posted a fact check response video to the latest Nationals’ advert. Rob Oakeshott has been campaigning in the NSW Cowper electorate as an Independent, facing unprecedented […]<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPosted in<\/span> #auspol<\/a>, #ausvotes<\/a>, #ausvotes2019 Candidate<\/a>, #CowperVotes<\/a>, #IndependentsDay<\/a>, #NoFibsPodcasts<\/a>, election2019<\/a>, Federal Election<\/a>, Margo Kingston<\/a>, Podcast<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tComments Off on Rob Oakeshott says ‘no seat should be taken for granted’: @margokingston1 #CowperVotes #podcast<\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Nats give coal shoulder to #ClimateAction forum: @MilesProust reports on #CowperVotes<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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The Nationals have continued to show their indifference to young voters with newcomer candidate Pat Conaghan failing to appear at a climate forum held at the Coffs Harbour ex-services club last week in the NSW electorate of Cowper. The Nationals candidate was represented by a lump of coal, with organiser Lissa Rusanen stating: \u201cThe lump […]<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPosted in<\/span> #auspol<\/a>, #ausvotes<\/a>, #CampaignInsiders<\/a>, #ClimateAction<\/a>, #ClimateStrike<\/a>, #CowperVotes<\/a>, #YouthForFuture<\/a>, Citizen Journalists<\/a>, election2019<\/a>, Front Page<\/a>, Miles Proust<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tComments Off on Nats give coal shoulder to #ClimateAction forum: @MilesProust reports on #CowperVotes<\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Outshining detractors and dirty tricks: @MilesProust reports from @RobOakeshott1 #CowperVotes campaign<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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High-profile independent candidate for the NSW electorate of Cowper Rob Oakeshott recently released his commitment to climate change action at the small Macleay village of Gladstone. His two-page document included a promise to vote against any new coal or gas power stations, calling out dirty money used for lobbying and to support policies that prioritise […]<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tPosted in<\/span> #auspol<\/a>, #ausvotes<\/a>, #CampaignInsiders<\/a>, #ClimateAction<\/a>, #CowperVotes<\/a>, election2019<\/a>, Front Page<\/a>, Miles Proust<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tComments Off on Outshining detractors and dirty tricks: @MilesProust reports from @RobOakeshott1 #CowperVotes campaign<\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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On the road with Rob Oakeshott: @margokingston1 #CowperVotes #podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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Rob Oakeshott Independent for Cowper chats with Margo Kingston live on the election trail, as noted by Rob, Margo is the first journalist in twenty years to embed themselves in his campaign.<\/p>\n

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The @NoFibs #IndependentsDay Twitter mission at #ausvotes: @margokingston1 comments<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\n\t
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The way I see it, every safe Coalition seat must be in play in the sense that quality indies ask tough questions incumbents are forced to answer. That requires courageous indies & committed, creative citizens because a weakened local media can\u2019t do it. Ready to play? #ausvotes \u2014 Margo Kingston (@margokingston1) February 22, 2019 Hi. […]<\/p>\n

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Rob Oakeshott (@RobOakeshott1) was the independent Member for Lyne from 2008 until he retired in 2013.National Luke Hartsuyker is the current member but will not be re-contesting the seat of Cowper.Patrick Conaghan will be contesting the seat for The Nationals, he is a solicitor and former police officer.Conaghan represented George Calombaris during his court case […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":41663,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3t0mw-aMl","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}