#HughesVotes #IndependentsDay candidate is Linda Seymour: A Twitter launch report

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Margo Kingston

Co-publisher and editor-in-chief at No Fibs

Margo Kingston is a retired Australian journalist and climate change activist. She is best known for her stint as Phillip Adams’ ‘Canberra Babylon’ contributor and her work at The Sydney Morning Herald and #Webdiary. Since 2012, Kingston has been a citizen journalist, reporting and commenting on Australian politics via Twitter and No Fibs.

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‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidate launch thread-

Goodbye #HumeVotes hello #HughesVotes, where the local ‘Voices for’ group @HumansOfHughes will announce its community #IndependentsDay candidate.

Launch by sausage sizzle – love it! https://t.co/u4iV4KwfGn

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 13, 2021

2. The @HumansOfHughes community #IndependentsDay launch is at the Bonnet Bay football club on the Waronora River. And who do I see? @lindadoherty21 & I were on the @smh 2001 #ausvotes team; she now freelances for @CroakeyNews, run by former @smh health reporter @MelissaSweetDr pic.twitter.com/rxIrVnuOru

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

3. They’re lining up for the announcement of the @HumansofHughes community #IndependentsDay candidate plus sausage sizzle. #HughesVotes pic.twitter.com/63XVQWUmXZ

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

4. @AnnelieseXander, a @HumansOfHughes candidate nominee, volunteer @eleanor_ruby & committee-member Leigh Furner about to name their community candidate for #HughesVotes.

Leigh: “Both parties are captive to the fossil fuel industry & we need a #federalicac– enough is enough.” pic.twitter.com/MLPywqtrOZ

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

5. @AnnelieseXander fronts the @HumansOfHughes board to tell the story of meeting @RenewHughes first time for coffee and chat about what to do about Craig Kelly. They decided to listen and be positive about finding good, honest representation. #HughesVotes pic.twitter.com/8MbqfxhBxa

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

6. The ‘Voices for’ @humansofhughes community #IndependentsDay candidate is @HughesRenews – video endorsements by @drkerrynphelps and @julia_zemiro. #HughesVotes pic.twitter.com/BXLUUoViAl

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

8. @HughesRenews: We get to Canberra by you being you.
When we get there we must pass the @helenhainesindi Federal Integrity Commission bill –
they are acting with impunity, look at Craig Kelly’s behaviour. And we will back the @zalisteggall climate bill.#HughesVotes pic.twitter.com/djqg1Tg4zM

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

9. Ex-president of @voicesforindi, @dginnivan, has mentored @HumansOfHughes.

‘We can show our communities what it means to be a citizen. What can you bring to @HumansOfHughes’ election campaign? Grab the chance to help our democracy.” #HughesVotes #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/5PYYI4J6RT

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

10. @lindadoherty21 captured the moment the @HumansOfHughes community #IndependentsDay candidate was announced by the unfurling of her campaign T-Shirt. The colour of the #HughesVotes campaign? Purple. pic.twitter.com/KHpxWK2omi

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

11. BIG LOCAL @hughesrenews ENDORSEMENT: Helma Mulhall successfully led the Jannali protests against a NSW Govt plan to demolish 9 homes for a car park when an alternative was available. “I’m behind you,” she says to big applause. #HughesVotes #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/y8twGJBn0C

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

12. Lorraine Oliver: “ I’m here to support my sister @HughesRenews. She never intended to become political but thought it’s not right what Craig Kelly was doing. So she formed @HumansOfHughes, listened, found she connected with people and here we are!” #HughesVotes pic.twitter.com/7ZJkP2gpDk

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

14. My thread on how I got to know and deeply admire @HughesRenews, the 4th ‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidate.#HughesVotes https://t.co/FwwdLXtcVg

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

15. And now, a SONG for the @hughesrenew campaign at #HughesVotes

Liz Aitken wrote and sang ‘A vote for integrity, a song of hope for the Hughes community’.

The retired music teacher and folk singer: “It’s my way of stepping up.” #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/FNrQNMV7Br

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

16. Anita Elstob signed the campaign volunteers values pledge before collecting her campaign T-shirt.

“This is what we’ve been waiting for. I want to get behind a candidate who has the values we want all politicians to have.”#HughesVotes #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/QKdSkeo4bj

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

17. PODCAST: our #transitzone podcast interview with the 4th ‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidate, @HughesRenews before she decided to stand. It’s fascinating. #HughesVotes

https://t.co/Ducq1VCRne

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

19. Open letter to the voters at #HughesVotes by the 4th ‘Voices for’ community candidate, @HughesRenews. Published by @NoFibs in August. #IndependentsDay https://t.co/sBgLdPYE2o

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

20. And now, the @HumansOfHughes sausage sizzle. #HughesVotes #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/M5t7wEg0HK

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

21. @HughesRenews campaign team photo

1.2.3 –

INTEGRITY#HughesVotes #IndependentsDay pic.twitter.com/JqCYZhtC41

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

22. #HughesVotes local paper – https://t.co/ie97Yd6M0j

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

23. There are 4 ‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidates announced so far, at least 2 more to come by year end.

1. @KyleaTink #NorthSydneyVotes
2. @SuzieHolt4Groom #GroomVotes
3. @PennyAckery #HumeVotes
4. @HughesRenews #HughesVotes

VOTE 1 for FRESH AIR in Canberra!

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

24. Here’s to the colour purple! #HughesVotes https://t.co/i0iUB9hrzx

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

25. #HughesVotes has one of the highest COVID vaccination rates in the nation, and thanks to the PM’s intervention before the last #ausvotes to save Craig Kelly it is ‘represented’ by the anti-vax Clive Palmer’s UAP.#IndependentsDay https://t.co/Jp4oTD4Bsd

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

26. The @drkerrynphelps endorsement of @HughesRenews as the community #IndependentsDay candidate at #HughesVotes pic.twitter.com/LuT2hONse1

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

27. #HughesVotes local paper @theleadernews on the selection of ‘Voices for’ @HumansOfHughes as its community #IndependentsDay candidate. https://t.co/skigbLxwOh

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

29. @juliahbanks endorses @HughesRenew as the ‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidate for #HughesVotes. https://t.co/grAtjdm6QV

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

30. My Twitter report on the ‘Voices for’ @HumansOfHughes announcement of @HughesRenews as its community #IndependentsDay candidate for #HughesVotes https://t.co/6bzYuBwi5y

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

31. The @smh report on the ‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidate for #HughesVotes https://t.co/pquANpsLcg

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

32. @simonahac responds to the ‘Voices for’ @HumansOfHughes community #IndependentsDay candidate for #HughesVotes, @HughesRenews. #IndependentsDay https://t.co/lQKn0WisU9

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 14, 2021

33. @HughesRenews first tweet as the ‘Voices for’ community #IndependentsDay candidate at #HughesVotes.

Please follow Linda :) https://t.co/UsMGFTTkKF

— 📣Margo Kingston💧🔥 (@margokingston1) November 15, 2021