Our Candidate

Selecting the first INDEPENDENT Member of Parliament for COOK

Voices of Cook is looking to endorse a Community Independent Candidate to represent our community in Federal Parliament.

Our process for selecting and endorsing a candidate is being finalised and will be outlined in more detail here soon.

Using feedback from our Community Survey, we are developing a list of criteria for potential candidates. This means YOUR VOICE counts toward attracting and endorsing the type of representative YOU want.

A few responses from our survey:

Question:

“What do you think are the personal qualities and attributes of a good political representative?”

Sample responses:

  1. Honesty, Integrity, Intelligence and a good knowledge of the Community they represent.

  2. Listening and a capacity to articulate the collective will of their voters. Understanding and anticipating how legislation will affect the community.

  3. Intelligence, ability to listen and compromise, weigh evidence, empathy.

Look out for our nomination form coming here soon!