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The hard work has delivered an outstanding result for the community group behind McPherson Independent. After an extensive search and intensive selection process, Erchana Murray-Bartlett is now the the independent community candidate for the...

After an extensive search and intensive selection process, the electorate of McPherson now has an outstanding independent community candidate. Our southern Gold Coast community is ready for positive change and we now have an...

We recently held our Community Independent's evening with Zali Steggall, a Federal Member and a Community Independent OG. If you couldn't make it, don't worry checkout the Youtube video below: Meet Zali: A Community Independents...

It was wonderful to gather with so many passionate members of the local community and volunteers from McPherson Independent at our Information Session this Sunday at the Burleigh Brewery! Together, we drew inspiration from 2 visiting...

We recently held our "Affordable Housing: From Problems to Solutions" event, and we’re excited to share what an amazing day it was. Our community came together to explore real, actionable ideas on how to address the...

We had a great time at the Palm Beach Farmers Market enjoying good coffee, conversations, colouring-in, food, and meeting new people. Look forward to seeing you at our next market stall 😊

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Queensland will be a crucial state for the federal government at the next election. Several seats once considered safe for the major parties are no longer easy wins and are being targeted by the...

A wonderful panel discussion about understanding how to keep ahead of the lies, deepfakes and fake news.

We had a great watch party for the Community Independents Project convention. It was awesome seeing the Juice Media crew and Punters Politics speaking. Really inspiring stuff. See McPherson's Leah Stacpoole in the video below!...

The Secretary of McPherson Independent, Malcolm Edgar, speaks with [ABC Gold Coast] Mark Rigby about how the search for an independent candidate is coming along…

Today we had a full-page ad in the Gold Coast Bulletin looking for a Federal candidate for the McPherson electorate.    

Leaving no stone unturned McPherson Independent continues its candidate search at Eximm Sport's 'Females in Footy Networking Breakfast'.

Australia's leading clean energy analyst Tim Buckley and a panel of Gold Coast renewable energy leaders to explore how our community is driving Australia’s renewables revolution. ☀️Some fascinating insights from our Solar Revolution event...

We kicked off our first Pub Chat at the awesome Burleigh Brewing Co. Talk about connecting with the community!

"With the Gold Coast considered the conservative capital of Australia, the major parties all but ignore us. Here’s why embracing the independent movement might pay-off."  Ann Wason Moore says major political parties are taking...

Independent Federal Senator David Pocock and Briony Benjamin held an inspiring discussion in Robina about David's family journey to Australia, the gratitude he has for Australia, a career in Rugby and why he became a Federal Senator....

McPherson Matters launched their non-partisan community listening report after 7 months of work, with 49 kitchen table conversations and 250 participants.

Entertaining panel discussion on the new wave of politics with journalist and author Brook Turner and Queensland's community independent Suzi Holt.