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What a night with Zali Steggall on the Gold Coast!
September 21, 2024
What an amazing opportunity to hear from one of Australia's leading independent voices, Zali Steggall OAM MP during her visit to Moncrieff! Zali shared her journey since joining Parliament in 2019 as the Community Independent member for Warringah and highlighted the power of independent MPs to...
Read MoreInaction on key issues leads to search for independent candidate in Moncrieff
September 06, 2024
Inspired by the recent achievements of independents in Federal Parliament Voices of Moncrieff is now searching for a Gold Coaster to go in to bat for the people of Moncrieff in Canberra. In December 2023, we initiated a listening project to identify and understand...
Read MoreAn Independent Voice for Moncrieff
September 04, 2024
Our search is on for an independent candidate for the federal seat of Moncrieff to give voice to the priority concerns of Gold Coast people and opportunities to resolve them. We launched our candidate search at the launch of our Community Listening Report, which...
Read MoreThank you to our grassroots donors and volunteers!
August 29, 2024
A massive thank you to our grassroots donors for chipping in with donations that have made our new t-shirts a reality! We're also grateful to our volunteers for making badges at our first Makers Day. We're out and about showing these off!
Read MoreOur Winter Sustenance Fundraiser
July 09, 2024
A big thank you to those who came to our Pleasant Sunday Afternoon! We enjoyed mulled wine and hot soup and a surprise visit from Tony Lane - one of the 'originals' from the Voices 4 Indi group from which the concept of Community...
Read MoreWebinar with Anjali Sharma on Duty of Care
June 20, 2024
The Duty of Care Bill builds on the case of Sharma v Minister for the Environment, a legal challenge initiated by brave Australian children. They argued that all young Australians are owed a duty to take reasonable care to protect them from climate change...
Read MoreVoices of Moncrieff receives support for its community democracy work
June 19, 2024
Voices of Moncrieff has received a grant of $13,000 from Climate 200’s Community Accelerator Fund. The grant will support our efforts to continue building a grassroots movement in our Gold Coast electorate. This comes after our group began a community listening project in December...
Read MoreGold Coast Bulletin - Media Mention Again...
May 15, 2024
Voices of Moncrieff in the media. Again! Great article in the Gold Coast Bulletin explaining how the Gold Coast is being taken for granted by the major parties. "The fact is that being such a safe conservative seat means that no one is fighting...
Read MoreVoices of Moncrieff meets David Pocock!
May 10, 2024
Terrific to meet with ACT Independent Senator David Pocock alongside Voices groups from the electorates of Fairfax, Fisher, McPherson and Fadden in a media conference in Brisbane this afternoon. What a great opportunity to highlight our community democracy work in Qld!
Read MoreThe Australian - Media Mention
April 23, 2024
Making the news! Voices of Moncrieff's first public event sparked the interest of The Australian and a feature in their 'Feeding the Chooks' column on 21 April 2024. Our local MP was a surprise attendee at our event and was also reached for comment. ...
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