How can Australians elect parliamentarians who work for them?
How can Australians elect parliamentarians who work for them?
Margaret Reynolds

How can Australians elect parliamentarians who work for them?

Can Australian citizens break away from the decaying major parties to elect independent MPs that will fight for their constituents, not sectional interests?  Former Senator Margaret Reynolds interviews founder of Australian Community Futures Planning, Bronwyn Kelly, in this must watch P&I podcast.

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Margaret Reynolds

Margaret Reynolds has a long commitment to the peace movement dating back to the Anti-Vietnam Moratorium to current advocacy against militarism as National President of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.(Australia ) She was a Labor Senator for Queensland 1983-1999 and a member of Bob Hawke’s Ministry 1987-1990. She taught Human Rights and International Relations at University of Queensland 1999-2004 and has worked with a number of international non-government organisations.