July 2024 BOELE-tin

From Nicolette Boele -
Community Independent Candidate for Bradfield

According to Michael Pascoe in The New Daily, ‘just 12 of the 151 members of the House of Representatives represent their communities … [and] … you’re a mug if you think the other 139 represent the people who elect them’.

I believe the decline in support for the major parties is rooted in this one truth – the parties no longer represent the communities that elect them. On issues such as integrity, women and climate to name a few, our community is not heard by the current representative.

I hear this when I am out door knocking with other members of Team Nic. Residents are surprised and delighted to learn that an aspiring representative is out now to hear from residents about their interests and to build these into a platform to take to Canberra.

I understand that the people of Bradfield want and deserve better representation than they have had for the last 15 years. Many of us look across electorate boundaries and dream of the prospect of having what the people of North Sydney, McKellar and Warringah enjoy.

NSW proposed redistribution

Changes to boundaries are afoot and on Wednesday night, Voices of Bradfield and my campaign team hosted a briefing on the AEC’s proposed redistribution (via Zoom), highlighting ways that interested parties can express any concerns. Please take my Community Survey here and respond to the additional question about the redistribution which I will keep open until July 11. You can see the replay of the Redistribution Briefing here.

The campaign for 2024/2025 federal election has started!

I am stridently asking volunteers from 2022 and new ones to join us now. Please don’t wait - sign up to volunteer now.

There is no certainty when the Prime Minister will call the election, except to say he will likely do it when he feels the ALP has the greatest chance of being re-elected.

If you’ve made it this far and still haven’t signed up to volunteer – Click here to connect with Carey Francis, our super star Volunteer Manager. You will be inducted, you will be trained, and you will be buddied up.

Come join the fun and the privilege that is our democracy. I do this because I know, better is possible.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Nicolette Boele
Community Independent Candidate for Bradfield

BETTER IS POSSIBLE

Support our community campaign

VOLUNTEER - DONATE - COMPLETE SURVEY

Our Community donors campaign is going well! To date we have over 120 community donors up to $1000. Thank you donors. Next month we will show you what we have been paying for in 2023 and early 2024!

Whilst signing up to be a volunteer is the most impactful and effective thing you can do in 2024, if you can afford it please donate $300 or $30 a month.

Bradfield is in the news

10-min video (YouTube) from CIP's 2024 convention

The Saturday Paper (June 22) (paywall)

If Paul Fletcher had been more tactful to Nicolette Boele a few years ago, his political future might be a lot more secure today.

Michael Pascoe: Cutting federal democratic representation by 8.3% in The New Daily

10-min video (YouTube) from CIP's 2024 convention

The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Post: "We Haven't Gone Away"

Team Nic is out and about in Bradfield

Door knocking

We have door knocked in Pymble, Wahroonga and Turramurra. Anyone can door knock!

We give plenty of training and buddy you up. Join us, it’s very rewarding to connect with our community and find out their concerns.

Coffee morning!

We recently held a coffee morning with where we discussed housing.

AEC Redistribution briefing with Voices of Bradfield. Watch the replay.

We co-hosted a briefing with Voices of Bradfield on the AEC's redistribution process attended by around 70 people on the implications of the draft redistribution on the communities and people of Bradfield. You can see the redistribution briefing replay here on Nicolette's website. To share your views on the proposed redistribution with Nicolette and her campaign team please complete our short community survey. To submit an objection directly with the AEC please go to their website here. You can also see the AEC’s proposed redistribution here.

We already have over 200 volunteers, which is particularly pleasing as we only re-launched on June 1.

Volunteer with Team Nic now

Nicolette standing outside Chatswood Library

Upcoming events with Team Nic

Come door knocking with us!

Saturday, July 6 at 2:00pm plus other dates & locations

A session lasts 2 hours
Buddy system to match experienced people with newcomers
Pre- and post-activity briefing
Simple data logging tool

Sign up to door knock now

Training for new and returning volunteers

Wednesdays, 7:30pm in the office

In-depth training on door knocking strategies
Hands-on practice with the tools
The opportunity to ask questions and get personalised guidance
A chance to meet and connect with fellow volunteers

Sign up now for Wed July 10

Pizza night for young people

Wednesday, July 17 at 7:30pm in the office

Come eat some pizza and get your questions answered by Nicolette.

RSVP now

Save the date
Saturday, August 31, late afternoon

Celebrating our achievements since June. Meet other volunteers, supporters and donors. Hear about the next phase.

Share your views through our community survey

Share your views with Nicolette and her campaign team through our short community survey.

We’re keen to hear from you!

Fill in our community survey here

Why a community independent?

Every community deserves a local representative who genuinely serves its interests, not the dictates of a political party who require their MPs to vote in a certain way.

We are working hard to build a strong understanding of the issues that are important to Bradfield.

How do we do this? Door knocking enables us to have thoughtful one on one conversations. Our community survey continues to give us insights. Kitchen Table Conversations provide a comfortable environment for discussion and, of course, we would love you to drop into the office – it is now open every weekday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you prefer email, please email us at [email protected]

Once elected, I will naturally continue to consult the community in Bradfield regularly and widely.

Look at Dr Sophie Scamps MP’s track record to see how Bradfield could be represented. Since May 2022, she has made 105 parliamentary speeches, held 650 meetings and a whopping 9,429 constituent cases have been resolved. Not to mention, fighting to keep oil and gas drilling off the beaches, launching a pledge to call on all state and federal politicians to work together to end logging in native forests across Australia, introducing the Healthy Kids Advertising Bill and the ‘Ending Jobs for Mates’ Bill and bringing together a People’s Jury on Housing with the aim of coming up with three policy priorities for which she can advocate in Canberra.

I hope I have the privilege of doing the same for Bradfield.

BETTER IS POSSIBLE

Local community events

If you have a local community event that you would like us to share, please let us know

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Acknowledgement of Country
Nicolette Boele and Team Nic acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to stone, wood and sky. We pay our respects to their Elders and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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From Nicolette Boele -Community Independent Candidate for Bradfield