About Us
We are a group a voters in all ages from Geelong who all agree on one thing: We cannot be passive bystanders whene the next Federal Election gets into gear - not without having done everything we can to try and change the Corio election outcome for the better.
Watch this four-minute video below, where Mike Lawrence, a former independent candidate in Corangamite, explains about our idea with mobilising our community, and about what we are aiming to achieve:
Voices of Corio aims to:
• Create space and opportunities to facilitate open discussion about important issues allowing representation for residents within the Federal electorate of Corio to participate in Australian democracy
• Support a community-nominated, independent candidate who will put climate and the needs of the Corio residents first
• Enable the voice of residents to identify key priorities and the platforms for the selected candidate to pursue in his or her election campaign and, once elected, in Federal Parliament
• Conduct its election campaign in creative and innovative way that reflects our community values.
Voices of Corio is part of a national movement of Community Independents - a community uprise. All around Australia right now groups of people are talking about who we want to represent us and what we would want the next government to look like.
If you have been wondering why the major parties are so obsessed with fossil fuels, here the major reason why.
JOIN Us
Voices of Corio needs all hands on deck!
Here's what we are looking for help with. Where can you see yourself fit in?
Expertise
To highlight where we are in need of assistance and support, as we get more and more volunteers and donors on board, you can see our current team configuration on this graph:
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME
The next federal election will take place before April 2028. If we are to make a
significant difference, as we expect we will, we need to move now.
Australia's democracy is broken - and no one is coming to fix it, unless we
do something about it.
Greta Thunberg was right when she said: "Democracy is everything.
We can't save the living planet without it.”
Climate action in Parliament