Have your say, Chisholm

Our story, so far...

Just 5 weeks out from the last election, the newly formed Voices of Chisholm decided to take the bold, or should we say foolhardy! decision to field a candidate in the May 2025 federal election. Despite the obvious lack of time, experience and resources, there was enough enthusiasm in the community for the idea to “just have a go.” With the goal not so much about winning, but more about learning, and also making lots of mistakes too! we embarked on our journey to Canberra.

We followed a democratic process and the community endorsed the wonderful Kath Davies as our candidate. Kath Davies (Kath4Chisholm) is a dedicated community leader, climate activist, and independent thinker who has called Chisholm home for over 27 years. Her enthusiasm, hard work and dedication propelled us forward over the 5 weeks and resulted in us getting an amazing 6% of the vote. Not bad for such a small team, with so little time and very little experience. Woohoo!

Post election we are smashing the reset button. We are going back to the electorate to ask all the big questions we just didn’t have time to ask properly before. We are now in our listening phase. We want to hear what matters most to the people of Chisholm. In your words. We also want to get everyone in Chisholm excited about democracy. Democracy is a privilege and a responsibility. It should be fun. Participating in democracy is great way to meet new people, share ideas and to talk about the type of future we want for Australia.

Sound interesting to you? If you want to know more, be kept in the loop, volunteer, donate or get involved in any way, keep reading on down the page...

Get Involved

Are you worried about the state of the world and want to be part of a movement that is genuinely making a difference to politics in Australia? Then please sign up to our mailing list, follow us on Social Media or better still get involved. 
We are looking for volunteers to help us shape the future of Voices of Chisholm. To help shape our policies, get involved in media activities, events organising and much much more. Help us spread the optimistic word about Grass Roots Democracy in Australia.

What’s important to you?

No worries if you are not ready to jump in and Volunteer, but we would still love to hear your thoughts and ideas on the state of politics in Australia. Our movement is a reflection of our community, so tell us what matters to you.

Who are we?

Voices Of Chisholm is part of the Community Independents Project (CIP). A grass roots political organisation created to help fully Independent Community focused candidates get into parliament. Find out more about Australia’s CIP movement that is revitalising Grass Roots Democracy in Australia HERE All “Voices of” groups choose polices and run candidates independently and only use CIP as resource. What Voices Of Chisholm does and what policies we choose is decided around a kitchen table conversation (KTC) somewhere in Chisholm. Come an join us at a KTC and lets together build a future around people, not parties.