
- 192 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Whenever anyone tells you that only the big parties or star candidates have a chance of winning a seat in federal parliament, just say 'Cathy McGowan'. Running as a community-backed independent candidate, Cathy won the previously safe Liberal seat of Indi in 2013 and again in 2016, and passed Indi on to another independent in 2019 – a first in Australian history. Cathy shares how thousands of ordinary men and women in northeastern Victoria got together, organised themselves and made their voices heard in Canberra.
An inspiring tale and a primer for other communities and individuals looking to create change.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- About this book
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Making history
- Chapter 2 Coming home
- Chapter 3 A woman in agriculture
- Chapter 4 A phone call
- Chapter 5 Someone has to do it
- Chapter 6 The candidate
- Chapter 7 The campaign
- Chapter 8 Indi turns orange
- Chapter 9 Using the courage muscle
- Chapter 10 Tending the patch
- Chapter 11 Make some noise
- Chapter 12 Is this the best our politics can be?
- Chapter 13 A survival guide
- Chapter 14 You can do it
- Acknowledgments
- About the author