The Eden-Monaro By-Election will be held on July 4th.
For those who follow Australian politics, this Federal seat is currently held by the Labor Member of the House of Representatives, Mike Kelly, who resigned on April 30th, 2020 due to ill health. The margin of the Federal seat is .9% to Labor.
Eden-Monaro is known as a "bellwether seat", which means whichever Party wins the seat, determines the Government of the day. It has been that way from 1972 until 2016. But that didn't happy in 2016 when it swung to Labor but Labor didn't win Government.
It's often the two major parties in Australia - Labor and Liberals - who put up candidates to run in elections. This time it would be no different. However, in recent years, Australia has seen the emergence of Independent candidates running in elections. And as more and more people become cynical about the current system, they are turning away from the major parties and placing their vote on others who were more accessible and representative.
Can an independent like Karen Porter make a difference in this seat? July 4th is American Independence Day.
0:00 Introduction to Karen Porter
4:14 Campaigning against the big machinery
5:43 Eden-Monaro Electorate
8:42 Karen's unique selling points
10:04 Stories that are not heard by the major parties
11:46 How Karen will resonate with the different communities and electorates 12:53 Eden-Monaro roads
14:54 What inspired you to run as an independent?
17:22 How Karen is campaigning
18:08 The size of the Eden-Monaro electorate
21:08 What are Karen's chances?
22:04 Supporters and mentors
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