Help us continue pushing for greater action on climate, integrity and gender equality
DONATEClimate 200 is not a party. It does not start campaigns, select candidates, speak for candidates, dictate policies, or have members.
We simply give strong community campaigns a leg up with funding and support.
11,200+
donors
From all 151
electorates
1/3 from
regional & rural areas
23 candidates
supported
across the country
In communities across Australia, green shoots of democracy are sprouting, energised by remarkable candidates and strong community campaigns that have sprung up.
These independents aren’t politicians, they’re people who have made the extraordinary decision to leave their careers and their privacy and step into the harsh glare of the political spotlight.
15,000+
volunteers
130,000
doors knocked
65,000
phone calls made
Volunteers are the lifeblood of community-driven campaigns: it’s better to have a hundred friends, than a hundred dollars.
Unpaid and undeterred, volunteers take on the unglamourous backroom tasks so the candidate has the opportunity to engage with their electorate.
Pulling together maps and inputting data, replacing defaced yard signs, responding to media, designing t-shirts and creating TikToks.
Volunteers are ambassadors for democracy, done right.
Real people
Real conversations
Real democracy
mentions in the media
As the votes are counted, we’ll soon know how many independents have been elected and how many others have pushed previously “safe” seats marginal.
But even before that final tally is known, it’s clear that democracy, communities and the independents are already the big winners in this election.A groundswell of support behind the community independents movement has given Australians hope and is restoring faith in a damaged democracy.
Change is coming. And not a moment too soon.
The 2022 federal election is just the beginning…
Help us continue pushing for greater action on climate, integrity and gender equality