Denis Ginnivan – ChangeMaker Chat – Voices for Australia
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In Australia, since 2012 there has been an explosive growth in community independents who have been challenging the two-party system and bringing new voices in the parliament. But there is a much bigger story than just the arrival of many new faces in parliament. Behind the new elected representatives is a massive movement of people – the “Voices of” movement – that started in Indi and has spread out across the country. That national movement is called Voices for Australia.
Denis was a founding member of the Indi movement and has played a leadership role in supporting and sharing these ideas nationally. In this chat we find out about his long history in rural community activism and then we unpack some of the features of the Voices of movement that has led to its success so far ….
You can also read more about Voices for Indi in their book available here
Or read this shorter piece in Arena by Denis and Lesley Howard about the Community Independents movement:
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