Jacques and Jennifer ruminate on the state of politics in Australia and the role of independents in disrupting the dominant duopoly of Labor and Coalition.

They talk about how community development fits in with this, and they hark back to their very first program on relationality - the idea that we exist and thrive within a living network of relationships. This certainly explains a lot of the success of the grassroots campaigning by the independents.

Cathy McGowan (2024 2nd edition) Cathy Goes to Canberra – Doing Politics Differently Melbourne: Monash University Press