Notas del episodio
In 2013, Cathy McGowan surprised the Australian political world by wresting the northeastern, regional, Victorian electorate of Indi from long-term incumbent and Liberal Party member, Sophie Mirabella. McGowan did it again in 2016 and made more political history by successfully passing the baton to another independent, Helen Haines, in 2019. Margo Kingston and Peter Clarke explore with Cathy aspects of grassroots, community based, participatory democracy, the techniques of competitively and successfully campaigning outside the traditional political party structures and brands, the role and strengths of independent MPs and McGowan's new role as an unofficial national leader of and mentor for a wider and growing citizens' movement, across a range of federal electorates, to elect independent members of federal parliament.