More than 250 people shared ideas and important issues during 49 kitchen table-style conversations across the Cowper electorate.
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Non-party-political group Voices4Cowper organised the kitchen table conversations as a step towards promoting better communication between the community and political representatives.
The topics covered living in Cowper, political engagement and representation and the bigger issues beyond Cowper of most concern.
Now the group is preparing to launch a report which details the results of its public consultative process in the federal electorate.
The report's release is the result of two and half years of work to establish the organisation, set up the process of kitchen table conversations, listen to the community and collate the participants' issues and concerns.
The committee, at the launch of the report, will share the ideas and issues identified as most important to the participants.
Climate change and the protection of the environment were high on the list.
Inequality in our society and the culture of politics were other matters that many participants flagged as needing to be addressed.
Everyone is invited to attend the free online launch on Sunday [November 14] at 4pm.
Voices4Cowper chair Gillian Anderson said this was an opportunity for participants and other residents to have an input to where they took the report from here.
A founding member of Voices for Indi, Alana Johnson, will be a guest speaker at the online launch.
Ms Anderson encouraged anyone interested to join the launch, or if they couldn't attend, to click on the "get involved" link on the website.
Go to the Voices4Cowper website and complete the online registration form to participate in the launch.
Registrations are open until 5pm on Friday [November 12]. A copy of the report is available on the website.
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