On the mid-north coast of NSW, Cowper covers 7,296 sq.km between Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour, including also Kempsey, South West Rocks, Bellingen and Dorrigo. I have been a frontline environmental warrior and am committed to supporting legislation which creates a more liveable and sustainable future. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. How an unprecedented legal outcome led to native title over the sea, Labor set a superannuation trap and Dutton immediatelytook the bait, Small businesses could soon be legally obligated to protect your personal details, The treasurer says super tax changes will not be indexed. The Australian Labor Party has endorsed Alex Simpson as its candidate for Lyne in the federal election. Page's bitter Parliamentary attack on Menzies after Lyons' death, including an unwise attack on Menzies' war record, led to his retirement as Country Party Leader shortly afterwards. Find out information about dates, how to vote, where to vote, candidates and more. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. . Oakeshott didnt run to defend his Lyne electorate because he knew he would be beat. Do you pick up and read a free newspaper that has been thrown on your front lawn. We just need our leaders to come to the table and show us how. I bring a diverse range of skills to the table having studied Community Services, Sign Language, Leadership and Mediation. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). At that election, he was too ill to campaign and fell into a coma before the election. This is a hard one to predict. Keith McMullen is standing for Labor and Timothy Nott is standing for The Greens. Nope. Despite only a brief time campaigning, Oakeshott polled 26.3%, outpolling Labor and reducing the National margin to just 4.6%. In February 2016, New South Wales federal electoral districts were redistributed. Mr McMullen said he is taking climate change seriously, pointing to Labors Powering Australia strategy to reduce Australias emissions by 43 percent by 2030, and keep the country on track for net zero by 2050. It is named after Sir Charles Cowper, an early Premier of New South Wales.[2]. The final results showed significant variance within the seat, when 42% of the Nambucca vote went to Conaghan (a slight drop), 20% to the ALP and 18% to Oakeshott. We were overtaken by Covid, but still managed to hold 49 Kitchen Table Conversations and created a report that drew together the community ideas and concerns shared. You have successfully joined our subscriber list. Tell us about yourself - what skills and experience do you bring to the role. I absolutely support a Federal ICAC. This saw her have thousands of employees, and it has been said she was highly regarded in Health. I would love to see more initiatives that plan for sustainable tourism and development. A vote for Labor in Cowper will not help Labor Federally as the Labor candidate has little chance of winning here. Would be expected to do even more poorly on a third attempt. Ruth Meads from the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) drew the favourable number one position. Robert Oakeshott. Conaghan was born and raised in Kempsey and currenly lives on the Mid-North Coast. Im an advocate for alternative transport options, safeguarding our precious resources, and opportunities that ensure food security. We will email it to you every week as soon as it is released. I am committed to treading lightly and smiling in the sunlight. This campaigns only major funding commitment to date appears to be a $27.5m announcement by Conaghan and the Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie in April, for Southern Cross University to complete stage 2 of its health services precinct. Each of these organisations used the Kitchen Table Conversation (KTC) process to galvanise their community. @9NewsSyd #nswpol", "NSW ALP boss Bob Nanva's bid to parachute himself into upper house seat fails", "Guy Zangari: Fairfield MP won't stand for re-election in 2024", "NSW Liberals need 'brave conversation' around quotas: Natalie Ward", "Nick Lalich, MP for #Cabramatta, has announced he will be retiring at the next State election! Meanwhile for them, their pensions are not keeping up with the rising cost of living.. Issues such as the cost of living, affordable housing and response to disasters are high on her agenda. The governments current plan to get to Net Zero by 2050 isnt good enough. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. This includes seven Labor members (Tara Moriarty, Penny Sharpe, Greg Donnelly, Anthony D'Adam, Daniel Mookhey, Peter Primrose, Mark Buttigieg), five Liberal members (Damien Tudehope, Taylor Martin, Natalie Ward, Natasha Maclaren-Jones[a] and Aileen MacDonald), three Nationals members (Sarah Mitchell, Wes Fang and Sam Farraway), two Greens members (Abigail Boyd and Sue Higginson), two One Nation members (Mark Latham[a] and Rod Roberts), one Shooters and Fishers member (Mark Banasiak) and one Animal Justice member (Emma Hurst). These six towns might reveal some clues, Elections archive: Guides, results, news and more, Marie has been charged with reprehensible crimes. Page returned to government in 1940 as a minister, and again served as a minister from 1949 to 1956. Labor has an extremely lacklustre unknown candidate and cant be expected to generate any support except the few rusted-on Labor voters in the electorate. He also served as a minister in the second and third terms of the Lyons government, and served as acting Prime Minister for three weeks upon Lyons death. Clive Palmer has successfully entered this field without taking votes from anyone except the major parties, who will now have to mop up preference votes in any way they can. Its quite a poorly drawn electorate. Election results in Cowper at the 2019 federal election Toggle between two-candidate-preferred votes (Nationals vs Independent), two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Nationals, independent candidate Rob Oakeshott and Labor. Im honest and wear my heart on my sleeve. Im told by a friend who lives in Cowper that the Teal Independent in Cowper has mounted a strong campaign. I know the vast majority of people in Cowper want to live in a community where every individual has the opportunities to be the best versions of themselves, living freely and productively without persecution, prejudice or discrimination. We have campaign hubs in Coffs Harbour, Nambucca, Bellingen and Port Macquarie with volunteers walking on beaches and doing flash mobs theres lots of enthusiasm.. My guess is that the guys a has-been. Unfortunate that you did not mention the other three candidates running for the seat of Cowper. You will have the opportunity to vote for your preferred candidate following our live event on Sunday 23 January (although you dont have to attend the event to be eligible to vote). Port Macquarie resident Keith McMullen is proud to be preselected as the Labor candidate to contest the seat of Cowper in the federal election. CAROLYN (Caz) Heise will stand as a community independent for the electorate of Cowper at the Federal elections this year. He couldnt win Coffs Harbor or even most of Port Macquarie in 2019, but weirdly enough edged out the nationals in prepolls and absentee votes. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). . You can register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/248493138667, To be eligible to vote you must be a resident of the Cowper electorate, and be on our mailing list, which you can join here: https://voices4cowper.org/join_mailing_list/. The teal campaign of independent Caz Heise is highly present in Cowper. I've lived in the Cowper electorate for 18 years. One new requirement was that an "inspector of elections" be appointed to run . Retiring MPs. As a woman and parent of a Transmasculine teenager, I hold equality and inclusivity dear to my heart. Mr Conaghan has pointed to his record of providing key funding for major projects in the electorate. EIGHT is enough - that's how many will stand for the seat of Cowper at the May 18 federal election. The Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and the Animal Justice Party are each defending one seat. 9am . Booths have been divided between the five local government areas: Bellingen, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Nambucca and Port Macquarie. Last is Greens candidate Timothy Nott. Between 2008 and 2013 Cowper was the National Party's only north coast seat, Page and Richmond being held by Labor, Lyne by Independent Rob Oakeshott, and the lower north coast seat of Paterson by the Liberal Party. After teaching in Queensland and Hong Kong, McMullen returned to Port Macquarie five years ago where he researched and wrote a book on Port Macquarie's history of Surfing. Podcast #86: Introduction to the NSW election, When local council parties break into state politics. A Voices independent has the backing of large financial support from billionaire Holmes-a-Court which elevates her presence but has zero name recognition and would be expected to do worse than Oakeshott by a country mile. I'm Timothy Nott. In 1919, Thomson, then representing the Nationalists, was defeated by Earle Page, who joined the Country Party the next year. There is a lot of white noise in the media which clouds how the overall Federal election will go. 49 year-old Oakeshott worked for the Road Transport Forum and for local Federal Minister Mark Vaile before he was first elected to the NSW Parliament at a November 1996 by-election. The alternative two-candidate National margin versus Independent Rob Oakeshott in 2016 and 2019 is shown in black. We have amazing entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers who can make the transition to renewable energy possible. The Cowper electorate has the most voters in Australia. She has been selected as the Voices for Cowper candidate. The Independent candidate for Cowper, backed by Climate 200, is Caz Heise. Greens Announce Tim Nott As Candidate For Cowper - News Of The Area Greens Announce Tim Nott As Candidate For Cowper by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 25, 2022 Tim Nott (l) and David Shoebridge MLC want clean power in order to stimulate the economy. Labor had given itself a strong chance of winning the seat, and had chosen the Mayor of Coffs Harbour as its candidate, but Labor's chances in the seat disappeared following the Tampa incident. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/248493138667, https://voices4cowper.org/join_mailing_list/. I will be Cowpers grass roots advocate inside our Federal Parliament which I and so many others have become disillusioned with. Woodward was the Labor candidate . . Think hard before you vote in Cowper The only candidate that I think has a chance to defeat the Nationals candidate is Carolyn Heise. Labors primary vote ranged from 9.3% in Port Macquarie-Hastings to 17.5% in Nambucca Valley. From left: Tim Nott for the Greens, Liberal Democrat Simon Chaseling, teal independent Caz Heise, the National partys Pat Conaghan, Labors Keith McMullen and One Nations Faye Aspiotis. He was following his former constituents from Port Macquarie who had been transferred from Lyne to Cowper by the 2015 redistribution. The seat was first held by Francis Clarke of the Protectionist Party, who was defeated by Free Trader Henry Lee in 1903. Yet when UAPs Cowper how-to-vote card was released this week, sitting member Conaghan appeared in the number three spot. Between 2008 and 2013 Cowper was the National Party's only north coast seat, Page and Richmond being held by Labor, Lyne by Independent Rob Oakeshott, and the lower north coast seat of Paterson by the Liberal Party. Caz Heise was on Cathy McGowans episode of Australian Story the other night. While you're with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. Nope. We undertook a media campaign, and were able to present two excellent candidates at a virtual town hall meeting. McMullen is a Port Macquarie born local. She is from the northern part of the electorate, which might indicate she is less likely to gain ground in the southern part where the National vote is strongest. 41 Cowper Street, Granville NSW 2160 (02) 9179 0610. [1], The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election. With boundary readjustments, he now lives in Cowper, where he stood as an independent at the 2016 and 2019 federal elections. Post-Election Margin: National 6.8% v IND. Bellingen in the electorate of Cowper. This is a list of the candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election, which will be held on 25 March 2023. (Map). The divisional returning officer for Cowper, Barbara Tait, said the number of nominations was potentially the largest ever for the seat - and certainly the most in recent memory. 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I decided I needed to get into the very parliament that I had become so disillusioned with. A diverse, tolerant and just society. Are Cowper voters easily swayed by each party's campaign tactics, or have they had enough? TheVoices4Cowpersteering committee came together in 2019 to generate community ownership of political dialogue by using Kitchen Table Conversations to gather community concerns and ideas and place these at the centre of the political process. I always act with honesty and integrity and expect all politicians to do the same. Post-Election Margin: National 2.3% v IND. Conaghan has the sophomore bonus coming, but things arent going well for the Coalition in NSW right now, and Carolyn Heise is a Voices For candidate, things could go poorly for the Nationals here. Page lost Cowper in an upset in 1961, but was never to know of his defeat, dying before the result was declared. Andrew Woodward from the Labor Party drew fourth, Independent Robert Oakeshott fifth, Lauren Edwards from the Greens sixth, Kellie Pearce from the Animal Justice Party seventh while Independent Allan Green rounded out the candidates in eighth position. cancelling the Election for District No. He rolled his eyes, he fidgeted, he appeared to really loathe Caz it wasnt cool at all, he must be feeling really threatened, she said. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. From the start we have been visible with T-shirts and corflutes and have included an element of fun, he said. He worked as a painter and decorator for twenty five years before becoming a high school teacher. On his retirement, the seat recorded a 1% swing to Labor, one of only four seats to swing to Labor in NSW at the 2001 election. I am a natural organiser and a passionate advocate who leads by example. In play if Oakeshott runs again (3rd time is the charm) but otherwise the Nats should hold. Woodward was the Labor candidate against Tony Abbott in Warringah at the 2016 election. The northern parts of Cowper, from Sapphire Beach to Red Rock were shifted to the division of Page. Page became Country Party leader in 1921 and led the party into government for the first time in 1922, forcing the senior Nationalists to drop Billy Hughes as Prime Minister. The candidates contesting the federal election in Cowper are, in ballot paper order, Faye Aspiotis (Pauline Hanson's One Nation), Keith McMullen (Australian Labor Party), Pat Conaghan (National . A varied role, I do everything from health promotion, event management, social media, marketing and fundraising to external engagement with key stakeholders. Well see if the Nats think theyre in trouble if the PM visits the region during the campaign theres buckleys chance of seeing him here anytime else. The Labor partys Keith McMullen said ALP corflutes were running late but had now arrived. With cost of living and affordable housing major issues in the electorate, Mr Conaghan has highlighted the Prime Ministers recent announcement of first home buyers being able to access their superannuation to buy a house. The primary vote for the independents ranged from 19.3% in Kempsey to 31.9% in Port Macquarie-Hastings. The division is located on the north coast of New South Wales, and on its current boundaries takes in the towns of Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Macksville and Nambucca Heads. The Division of Cowper is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. As an avid bushwalker, and member of the MNC National Parks Association, protection of our environment is high on my list. 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Port Macquarie is part of the Cowper electorate. These assets are why we live here, and why people move to the area. Former Independent MP for Lyne Rob Oakeshott announced he would contest Cowper just before the 2016 election. Ms Heise says she wants to bring respect and integrity back to Federal Parliament and wants real action on climate and health. Antony Green is the ABC's Chief Elections Analyst. My point is that it looks like a contest and shouldnt be taken for granted. A total of 65% of Cowper voters on the 709 subscriber V4C mailing list voted, which resulted in Caz Heise being selected as the new V4C-endorsed independent candidate for Cowper. It was the only time Labor has ever won this seat. Thomson first held the seat for the Protectionist Party and held the seat for successive non-Labor parties for the next 13 years. A campaign of awareness and grassroots connections, supported by Cathy McGowan, the former independent MP for Indi, identified two female candidates who declared their intention to stand. Nope. Gotten the MidNorth any significant new investment out of the biggest govt. After a busy few years, Voices4Cowper have reconsidered the best ways for us to continue to fulfil our vision. Environmental scientist and planning specialist Tim Nott will contest the seat of Cowper for The Greens at the 2022 . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Labor's Cowper candidate Keith McMullen: "People have told me they have lost all confidence in the integrity of the Liberal/National government" EIGHTH generation Port Macquarie local Keith McMullen has been preselected by the Labor Party to contest the seat of Cowper in the upcoming Federal election. The involvement of Voices 4 Cowper in this selection process has now concluded. . Boundaries. In the past has worked pro-bono to women's shelters, youth groups and community legal centres. Election results in Cowper at the 2019 federal election stand for the seat of Cowper at the May 18 federal election. At present Carolyn has close to 1000 volunteers and she gaining traction. The electorate of Cowper has existed since Federation and is named after Sir Charles Cowper, five times Premier of New South Wales between 1856 and 1870. This follows almost 100,000 additions to the roll in the week preceding the close of rolls, which has pushed the national enrolment rate to an extraordinary 96.8 per cent. It seems community engagement and awareness has waned over the past few years when we have needed visibility and connection more than ever. ** Connor Traut 7661 Silver Street Buena Park, CA 9062 Ph: (714) 747-6766 Email: [email protected] Website: www.connortraut.com Council Member, City of Buena Park, District 5 Sign up to receive Guardian Australias fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter. Additionally, I manage their volunteer pool, facilitate workshops and social inclusion activities, and mentor the headspace Youth Reference Group- a group of young advocates aged 17-25 years. One of the lessons from the Covid crisis is that we are all poorer for the rising inequality in our society. Get ready for silly things as they work hard on winning the whacko vote.. . I am thrilled to be endorsed by the Voices4Cowper to be the Independent candidate in the upcoming federal election, Caz told News Of The Area. The sitting member for Cowper is Nationals candidate Pat Conaghan. Yet there were recent complaints from people whod received welcome emails from the UAP, in spite of not having signed up. Woodward grew up and spent most of his life on Sydney's northern beaches but took a 'tree change' moving to the north coast in 2016. Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region. Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. With all of the communities of Cowper, I can be the change we need and deserve. Mandy Nolan for The Greens had 17,941 first . The best chance Labor has of winning Federally is if Caz defeats Pat Conaghan. The Nationals candidate Pat Conaghan was drawn second, followed by Alexander Stewart from the United Australia Party in third. which highlighted the three main issues that most concern Cowper residents climate and environment, social inequality, and transparency and integrity within the political system. You have entered an incorrect email address! After the 2010 election Oakeshott found himself part of the cross bench in a minority parliament. According to her campaign communications manager, Graeme Singleton, Heise and her team were ready to go as soon as her candidature was endorsed by the grassroots group Voices4Cowper at the end of January. Labor says it will invest up to $200 million per year on disaster prevention and resilience and will establish a National Water Commission as part of the strategy to future-proof Australias water resources. CAROLYN (Caz) Heise will stand as a community independent for the electorate of Cowper at the Federal elections this year. I always operate from positions of integrity, honesty, positivity, compassion and inclusivity. Scandalous is how David Jones describes the huge yellow billboard between Nambucca Heads and his home in Macksville that promises the UAP will hold home loan interest rates at 3% for five years. Who even thought it was a good idea to put both those places in the same electorate in the first place? In Kempsey on Wednesday, April 24, the Australian Electoral Commission officially declared there will be eight candidates, and then drew the ballot for the order of names on the voting paper for the Lower House. Candidates. Lets see how it goes, but those three seats look like tight-run contests to me. I became a leader in health and social services after gaining post-graduate qualifications in Public Health and Business. As a councillor I talk to lots of people many of them are sick to death of both sides of politics but particularly with the government, which they have not forgotten threw the elderly under the bus when Covid hit, he said. Page's bitter Parliamentary attack on Menzies after Lyons' death, including an unwise attack on Menzies' war record, led to his retirement as Country Party Leader shortly afterwards. ELECTORATE MAP WITH 2016 BOOTH RESULTS Numbers represent two-party vote percentages at polling booths, coloured in green for a Nationals majority and grey for a independent majority, and varying in size to reflect the number of votes cast. No one thought it was a good idea, but there was no alternative that wasnt even worse. This is an annual liberation march that actively campaigns violence against women. A candidate that focussed on alternatives to the current lack of results in Canberra for our region would tap into local frustration. Pathetic really for a so called Independent newspaper. In a surprise upset, Page was defeat by the ALPs Frank McGuren, and he died days later. Do you pick up and read a free newspaper that has been thrown on your front lawn. It all depends on the amount of traction the Voices movement gain, and whether Oakeshott runs or supports a candidate, really. She was the Director of Nursing & Midwifery for the Mid North Coast (Woolgoolga to Port Mac). Ms Heise was the Director of Nursing at Coffs Harbour Health Campus. She says that her approach is very simple she views any legislation through the lens of its current and future benefit for the people of Cowper, its fairness and its affordability. Results 1983-2016, Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group). Protected Coffs airport from planning downgrades? A lively campaign is shaping up in the New South Wales mid-north coast electorate of Cowper, with a revealing candidates' forum in Bellingen, preferencing games under way, a popular "Voices . With the national Voices4 movement taking on momentum, now is the opportune time to utilise this energy by investing in an Independent. Cowper candidates at a public forum. The following members have announced they are not contesting the upcoming election: . Caz Heise is very well known in much of Cowper, particularly in the health system, and was a very popular health administrator. Subtle pot-shots between the incumbent MP, The Nationals Pat Conaghan, and independent challenger Carolyn Heise, have grown into an open stoush in the run to the May 21 poll in Australia's most populous electorate. This shire has one of the oldest demographics in the country, its basically a retirement village with a beach and people resented seeing Covid dollars going to the big end of town. TikTok announced it was banning dangerous tanning content so why didn't it? Nope. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. The main towns include Bellingen, Bowraville, Coffs Harbour, Crescent Head, Dorrigo, Gladstone, Hat Head, Kempsey, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Sawtell, South West Rocks, Port Macquarie, Ulong and Urunga. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); SUBSCRIBE for our FREE copy of the PAPER each week! Results 1983-2019. Nott has lived in the Cowper electorate for 18 years. I build rapport easily, and Im genuinely interested in others. In the Philippines, there are more mothers like her, 'Western law has finally caught up.' McGuren only held the seat for one term, which was the only term the ALP has ever held Cowper. Despite only a brief time campaigning, Oakeshott polled 26.3%, outpolling Labor and reducing the National margin to just 4.6%. After only a brief campaign, Oakeshott came close to victory and is again contesting the seat. According to Fairhall, UAP recently tripled its billboard advertising. I have long campaigned for environmental sustainability and real action to address climate change. Fairhall is a company director and has been in appliance retail for 21 years, owning two appliance stores in Kempsey and a furniture store in Gloucester. Oakeshott still has a chance of winning this seat. I doubt the incumbent will have much of a personal vote and these days as voters are becoming increasingly partisan and wary of the government of the day the impact of a sitting members personal vote may indeed be overstated. Former MP Gary Nehl held the seat from 1984 until his retirement in 2001. Very interesting to see how any particular MP has voted. Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidates Greens candidate Other candidates Albury: Liberal: Marcus Rowland: Justin . 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