Dear Sarah, I'm in my 70ies and have for many years stubbornly told everyone that I do not talk politics nor about politicians (including with my son and daughter-in-law who both work as public servants in Canberra!), tuning out and turning off so I wouldn't have to see or listen to what I found to be offensive people ... and yet this time I felt compelled to be part of this wonderful world we're suddenly looking at inhabiting. I see a way forward for my grandchild and feel I can breathe easier for her world. When I can finally travel again, catching up with family in the US, UK and Denmark, I can hold my head up (higher) when they wonder why I choose to live in a country that treat immigrants (or whatever persuasion they might be!) so horribly and with seemingly no concern for our climate. And of course, here's to WOMEN POWER!!!
I too did not realise how anxious I'd become about the state of politics and the result of this election until it was clear we'd gotten rid of the LNP. Some of that anxiety for me comes from the fact that I live in Camden, which is in Angus Taylor's electorate. I am surrounded by Liberal voters, and so many people I love voted LNP "because of the economy". I can't tell you how crazy I was beginning to feel. Turns out, I just don't know my people in person yet but I'm now confident there are plenty of them out there. I'm hoping ICAC sort Angus out quick smart, otherwise Sarah you might have to move here to campaign as an independent next time. Thank you both for everything, bring on the next challenge!
Ah....the feeling of hope has returned. I didn't realise how much I was disparing the result of the election until it was clear that ScoMo's government would be booted out and the feeling of joy and hope began to seep back into me. Even though Labor is inheriting a shitshow, I'm hoping that the government will see how precious time is and go into a kind of kamikaze mode that you talk about in your book, working better under pressure so we can see some genuine change begin to happen in our government policy. Also just wanted to say thankyou to the help you have given all of us voting in Aus. I am looking forward to hearing what's next :)
I was so ready for disappointment on Saturday night. I had been trying to pep myself up to face it for weeks. The sheer excitement and relief that I felt at the end of the night was so welcomed. I too didn't realise how much weight the former government had been adding to my anxiety. I feel so much lighter now.
I voted in London as am in UK right now & it was a great feeling to turn up to Australia House with lots of other Aussies to vote. Most British people do not understand why we bother to go to such lengths to vote but this election result demonstrated that in spades. If only they had an electoral system like ours - then Boris & the Tories might treat the UK electorate with less contempt. But back to Australia - awesome result, feel so much more positive about coming home to a country that flexed its muscles, where women made a huge difference, where climate change action is back on the agenda, where the Aboriginal people’s Voice will be taken seriously and respected, where Penny Wong brings her gravitas to foreign policy and where the Murugappam family is back home in Biloela. For the first time in many years, I am feeling positive about Australia & its place in the world.
So agree with you, didn’t really know how anxious I felt about it all until witnessing his speech. There’s such a sense of relief and hope now - that we can finally start to move forward, together.
oh my goodness Sarah! I have been so incredibly lifted and filled with hope again by the outcome of the election. And so very grateful to you and the many other courageous folk who have really stepped up, spoken up and inspired us all to make this change. Now i know we can do this, make the change we need to, together!
This was great. I'm so pleased you got a change in Government. ScoMo was an idiot leading a team of idiots. I really like Dan's analogy of the molecules in the sky which should be in the ground. Thrilled to bits for Australia's indigenous people too, and hope to read good change in that sphere over the next few years.
I feel soo light this week, absolutely nothing can bring me down.
I live in Mackellar and have been volunteering for Dr Sophie Scamps since she announced. Understanding the momentous task ahead I knew I had to throw everything I could behind getting her elected; letterboxing, door knocking, wearing my shirt every damned day, having those awkward conversations, working early voting, working election day.
Standing in the dark Saturday night and watching the AEC workers close the polls my anxiety didn't let me believe this was possible, but it bloody well was!!!
Dr Sophie's election party was pure joy, everyone's hearts were burst wide open, that feeling has not left me. It's the first time I feel really bloody hopeful for the political future of Australia. More greens, more women, more compassion. Bring it!
Thank you Sarah, thank you for teaching me to #giveashit
I have been crying every time ‘Independents’ or ‘climate action’ has been mentioned since Saturday! And watching Mon Ryan on QandA was just 🤌
And your happiness in this vid has made me cry again 😭💗
So exciting to know we weren’t all in our little echo chambers! Go Australia!
So keen to keep the momentum going. I’ve written to my MP (Richard marles) to let him know that we want more ambitious targets than 43%. And that we’re watching their every move 👀
Would love to know peoples opinion on the Power Australia policy. Does it hold up? How are we reaching 43%? Hopefully not just investing in CCS and dodgy carbon credits and accounting tricks 🙄
So keen to hear the 2035 targets!
Thankyou again Sarah for your generous contribution to independent media 💗
I went into election day somewhat hopeful, but also bloody nervous and anxious. Enough was enough for me with Scomo and his corrupt crew, and I just couldn't fathom another 3 years of nonsense and inaction. My biggest fear - if our people were to vote for them again after all that had happened and all they've been exposed for, then maybe I don't know this country at all. Would I lose complete faith in our way of life and my fellow Aussies?
I turned the tv off on Saturday night, couldn't bare to watch. Sunday morning and I felt a knot in my stomach as I checked my phone. Then absolute joy and relief washed over me like I'd just been named Prime Minister myself. Close to tears I called a friend and yelled with glee and rejoiced in the victory. Those moments of joy have continued over the week - first with the election announcement, the knowledge that it was women who were responsible for the takedown, the vote for climate with the wins for independents and the Greens, seeing our new PM in the first day on the job acknowledge our First Nations peoples by displaying their flags in their rightful place and now the news that they will honour their promise and get the Nadesalingam family back to Biloela. What a week! The future is already looking better, I have my faith in our country and people restored, and I'm more fired up than ever to get involved.
Sarah - thanks for the election podcast and keeping us sane and informed during the process. I too feel less alone by knowing there are people out there who really care!!
Hey Sarah, as I sat on the couch and watched the election announcement that not only had Labour won but a number of Teal Independents had been elected, I actually thought of you and how you would be celebrating the result! I listened to every episode of your podcast This Wild Election and it gave me hope that together, those of us who give a shit about what really matters could vote in representatives that will take action on climate, integrity, the Voice and women's issues. And we did!! I've been feeling optimistic all week, but also acutely aware of the work that now needs to be done.
What a truly incredible moment in history! I was at once elated, emotional and so so drained and tired from the relief. It was a weird feeling. In the lead up I’d had dreadful dreams the Scomo would actually get back in, so it was amazing. There is hope for our country and planet after all, but the work is surely cut out for Albo and all of us!
I felt like I was holding onto my breath for way too long. What felt like a life time. Exhale..... at long last. My feelings & thoughts have been acknowledged & validated. I spontaneously cry. I thought I was looping in and out of a narcissistic cloud. Exhale....
I knew I’d been feeling hopeless about the previous government and its stalemate on climate change. It was truly the most exciting election night in history (for my lifetime). What I didn’t expect was the sense of relief and hope, actual hope, I felt the next day. I believe this election is an evolutionary moment (and movement) in Australian political history. Deep breath and onwards.
Dear Sarah, I'm in my 70ies and have for many years stubbornly told everyone that I do not talk politics nor about politicians (including with my son and daughter-in-law who both work as public servants in Canberra!), tuning out and turning off so I wouldn't have to see or listen to what I found to be offensive people ... and yet this time I felt compelled to be part of this wonderful world we're suddenly looking at inhabiting. I see a way forward for my grandchild and feel I can breathe easier for her world. When I can finally travel again, catching up with family in the US, UK and Denmark, I can hold my head up (higher) when they wonder why I choose to live in a country that treat immigrants (or whatever persuasion they might be!) so horribly and with seemingly no concern for our climate. And of course, here's to WOMEN POWER!!!
I too did not realise how anxious I'd become about the state of politics and the result of this election until it was clear we'd gotten rid of the LNP. Some of that anxiety for me comes from the fact that I live in Camden, which is in Angus Taylor's electorate. I am surrounded by Liberal voters, and so many people I love voted LNP "because of the economy". I can't tell you how crazy I was beginning to feel. Turns out, I just don't know my people in person yet but I'm now confident there are plenty of them out there. I'm hoping ICAC sort Angus out quick smart, otherwise Sarah you might have to move here to campaign as an independent next time. Thank you both for everything, bring on the next challenge!
Ah....the feeling of hope has returned. I didn't realise how much I was disparing the result of the election until it was clear that ScoMo's government would be booted out and the feeling of joy and hope began to seep back into me. Even though Labor is inheriting a shitshow, I'm hoping that the government will see how precious time is and go into a kind of kamikaze mode that you talk about in your book, working better under pressure so we can see some genuine change begin to happen in our government policy. Also just wanted to say thankyou to the help you have given all of us voting in Aus. I am looking forward to hearing what's next :)
I was so ready for disappointment on Saturday night. I had been trying to pep myself up to face it for weeks. The sheer excitement and relief that I felt at the end of the night was so welcomed. I too didn't realise how much weight the former government had been adding to my anxiety. I feel so much lighter now.
I voted in London as am in UK right now & it was a great feeling to turn up to Australia House with lots of other Aussies to vote. Most British people do not understand why we bother to go to such lengths to vote but this election result demonstrated that in spades. If only they had an electoral system like ours - then Boris & the Tories might treat the UK electorate with less contempt. But back to Australia - awesome result, feel so much more positive about coming home to a country that flexed its muscles, where women made a huge difference, where climate change action is back on the agenda, where the Aboriginal people’s Voice will be taken seriously and respected, where Penny Wong brings her gravitas to foreign policy and where the Murugappam family is back home in Biloela. For the first time in many years, I am feeling positive about Australia & its place in the world.
So agree with you, didn’t really know how anxious I felt about it all until witnessing his speech. There’s such a sense of relief and hope now - that we can finally start to move forward, together.
oh my goodness Sarah! I have been so incredibly lifted and filled with hope again by the outcome of the election. And so very grateful to you and the many other courageous folk who have really stepped up, spoken up and inspired us all to make this change. Now i know we can do this, make the change we need to, together!
This was great. I'm so pleased you got a change in Government. ScoMo was an idiot leading a team of idiots. I really like Dan's analogy of the molecules in the sky which should be in the ground. Thrilled to bits for Australia's indigenous people too, and hope to read good change in that sphere over the next few years.
I feel soo light this week, absolutely nothing can bring me down.
I live in Mackellar and have been volunteering for Dr Sophie Scamps since she announced. Understanding the momentous task ahead I knew I had to throw everything I could behind getting her elected; letterboxing, door knocking, wearing my shirt every damned day, having those awkward conversations, working early voting, working election day.
Standing in the dark Saturday night and watching the AEC workers close the polls my anxiety didn't let me believe this was possible, but it bloody well was!!!
Dr Sophie's election party was pure joy, everyone's hearts were burst wide open, that feeling has not left me. It's the first time I feel really bloody hopeful for the political future of Australia. More greens, more women, more compassion. Bring it!
Thank you Sarah, thank you for teaching me to #giveashit
Relief. Immediately followed by hope and a huge smile. Yes! Finally! We exist. And we vote.
I have been crying every time ‘Independents’ or ‘climate action’ has been mentioned since Saturday! And watching Mon Ryan on QandA was just 🤌
And your happiness in this vid has made me cry again 😭💗
So exciting to know we weren’t all in our little echo chambers! Go Australia!
So keen to keep the momentum going. I’ve written to my MP (Richard marles) to let him know that we want more ambitious targets than 43%. And that we’re watching their every move 👀
Would love to know peoples opinion on the Power Australia policy. Does it hold up? How are we reaching 43%? Hopefully not just investing in CCS and dodgy carbon credits and accounting tricks 🙄
So keen to hear the 2035 targets!
Thankyou again Sarah for your generous contribution to independent media 💗
I went into election day somewhat hopeful, but also bloody nervous and anxious. Enough was enough for me with Scomo and his corrupt crew, and I just couldn't fathom another 3 years of nonsense and inaction. My biggest fear - if our people were to vote for them again after all that had happened and all they've been exposed for, then maybe I don't know this country at all. Would I lose complete faith in our way of life and my fellow Aussies?
I turned the tv off on Saturday night, couldn't bare to watch. Sunday morning and I felt a knot in my stomach as I checked my phone. Then absolute joy and relief washed over me like I'd just been named Prime Minister myself. Close to tears I called a friend and yelled with glee and rejoiced in the victory. Those moments of joy have continued over the week - first with the election announcement, the knowledge that it was women who were responsible for the takedown, the vote for climate with the wins for independents and the Greens, seeing our new PM in the first day on the job acknowledge our First Nations peoples by displaying their flags in their rightful place and now the news that they will honour their promise and get the Nadesalingam family back to Biloela. What a week! The future is already looking better, I have my faith in our country and people restored, and I'm more fired up than ever to get involved.
Sarah - thanks for the election podcast and keeping us sane and informed during the process. I too feel less alone by knowing there are people out there who really care!!
Hey Sarah, as I sat on the couch and watched the election announcement that not only had Labour won but a number of Teal Independents had been elected, I actually thought of you and how you would be celebrating the result! I listened to every episode of your podcast This Wild Election and it gave me hope that together, those of us who give a shit about what really matters could vote in representatives that will take action on climate, integrity, the Voice and women's issues. And we did!! I've been feeling optimistic all week, but also acutely aware of the work that now needs to be done.
What a truly incredible moment in history! I was at once elated, emotional and so so drained and tired from the relief. It was a weird feeling. In the lead up I’d had dreadful dreams the Scomo would actually get back in, so it was amazing. There is hope for our country and planet after all, but the work is surely cut out for Albo and all of us!
I felt like I was holding onto my breath for way too long. What felt like a life time. Exhale..... at long last. My feelings & thoughts have been acknowledged & validated. I spontaneously cry. I thought I was looping in and out of a narcissistic cloud. Exhale....
I knew I’d been feeling hopeless about the previous government and its stalemate on climate change. It was truly the most exciting election night in history (for my lifetime). What I didn’t expect was the sense of relief and hope, actual hope, I felt the next day. I believe this election is an evolutionary moment (and movement) in Australian political history. Deep breath and onwards.