A strategic communications tool to affect change and improve government service
Frequently Asked Questions
“Political” means relating to government. Party-Political is about political parties. Votergrams are about political power relating to influencing government decisions. They are not about party politics or which party is best at doing what. Votergram senders are happy to receive assistance from any Members of Parliament, not just their favourite party.
Government does not do what you want because the decision-makers in parliament probably don’t even know you exist, let alone what you want. You asking them politely by Votergram will resolve both of those issues.
Politicians cannot listen to 28 million Aussies or 17 million voters and nor could you. Each MP represents almost 100,000 voters. You can be heard by them privately through Votergrams! Politicians listen to the people who put the time effort and money into telling them what is wanted. Tell them politely and persistently by Votergram what you believe the people want. Politicians can listen to a limited number of people, just as you can. You can achieve outstanding results, if you have your say the Votergram way.
Politicians will take notice of you when you contact them by Votergram because you might vote against them or even campaign against them, (as a last resort), if they don’t.
You can always campaign in and before elections with your family, friends, neighbours, work colleagues, a Voters Interest Group and other groups. It mostly is not necessary to do it. It is necessary for MPs to know you will do it if ignored or unfairly treated by them. If you say you will, do it! Never bluff or you lose credibility!
You should work with Government, not against it! Government is controlled by parliament and parliament is controlled by you and other voters. Parliament is where you have a lot of power to influence government. But you must persuade a majority of those MPs who are interested in your issue, to do what you want. Invest with ideas and suggestions, in Australia’s future and your own. To learn how to do that well, join or form a Voters Interest Group and send Votergrams frequently. The returns on that investment can be huge.
By far the easiest way for you and others to persuade politicians to have government doing what you and other Australians want, is by Votergram. Gold or platinum Votergrams are very good in that situation. Very quietly, Votergrams have been helping thousands of Aussie do that for decades. Votergrams give you the power of political persuasion.
Politicians are bombarded with requests to do things by many groups including the richest 5% of the population. MPs need to assess how voters feel about all matters. They do what the voters want. It is a case of finding out what that is. Their careers depend on it. If they do something and thousands of voters get annoyed about it, those politicians risk being replaced at the next election. Then their political career is usually over. Voters sending Votergrams is one way they find out what is wanted.
If you are wanting good government on specific matters it is important too that you use Votergrams to say what you want and keep on sending the Votergrams until the government does what you want.
No it is not rude for you to campaign against a party or politician. Parties and political candidates do that all the time. You are just as entitled to as anyone else. That is democracy. Unless you are prepared to campaign against politicians who work against you, you have very little political power at all. All you can do is “beg” them to do something. When willing to campaign against politicians and parties that ignore you, you are no longer just a beggar. You can “speak quietly” by Votergram knowing that you “carry the big stick “of campaigning at election time. Then they will almost certainly listen to you. Politicians campaign very hard to get your vote so you can campaign very hard to see that they do what you want.
In many ways it is more important for you to tell all MPs in a parliament by Votergram what you want them to do, than how you vote or who is elected. You can if you wish, forget party politics and just focus on your Voters Interest Group and telling MPs what you want done. Then on Voters Network you can rate the performance of your local MPs and all other MPs who interest you. That gives you, at the next election an objective assessment of exactly who you might vote for on the basis of your own assessment of them over the past term in office. That is better than being influenced by the media stories and advertisements run by parties to win votes. It is also better than you being “bribed” by political policy promises that may or may not eventuate.
A protest march by lots of angry people creates a media spectacle which tends to make the politicians look stupid, negligent and neglectful of the community. That just makes them defend what they are already doing and dislike the protesters that made them look so bad to the public. Marchers are better to send nice polite Votergrams to all MPs. The individual protesters sending individual Votergrams to all MPs is very effective.
One commonly used, but ineffective way to ask is –
“I demand that you fix [what I want]and I demand that you fix it now!!!
You can only really demand when you figuratively “hold a gun’ to a person’s head. “Demand” is grossly offensive and so sets the other person to demonstrate that “you can “Demand” as much as you like but I will not do it for you because I am more important than you.” Ask nicely. Get results.
A Voters Interest group is a group of Aussie voters interested in the same subject issue ( eg education, health, defence, tasxes). In a group you share the work and cost of finding solutions to community problems then conveying them persuasively to the relevant parliament by Votergram.
It is hard for you and politicians, to determine what the Australian community as a whole wants, or even the majority. But you can work on what you think it wants, from what you know, see and hear. You can then persuade the government by forming a Voters Interest Group (VIG) to run a Votergram campaign on the topic. If the government ignores you, you can campaign with your Interest Group at election time to elect MPs who will do what you want for the Australian community.
Political parties that do what the votes want are the ones for you to elect. Join a Voters Interest Group to add weight to your Votergrams. “Speak quietly and carry a big stick”.
Beyond Votergrams, people can put “Party Politics” aside and replace it with “Political Interest & Influence” by joining one of the Voters Interest Groups (VIGs), deciding with other group members what most needs done and campaign on it. Our elected and paid parliament works for us in overseeing what government does.
An Australian family cracked the Democracy Code 40 years ago this year ( 2026) when they invented Votergrams. Since then Voters Network has been formed to help Australians make the most of Votergrams. Votergrams unlock the Democracy code of impossible dreams and fairytale expectations. Votergrams make the seemingly impossible, possible.
Check out some of what Australian voters have won on the Wins page .
Politicians do not have all wisdom or all the answers or even know all the problems. They value polite helpful voter input to let them know what needs fixing. That wins them votes at future elections and that determines their careers. You can wield great influence by helping politicians guide government in a way that helps other voters as well as yourself. One politician told Greg “Votergrams are the best way I learn what voters outside my party and outside my electorate, actually think want and expect.”
A Some probably do, but because Votergrams go to every MP that does not matter to you. Those MPs who delete them usually become irrelevant. Politicians love Votergrams, voters politely telling them what is wanted, rather than crowds screaming abuse at them from street protests that make them look evil and incompetent.
Many probably do, but the sender is usually a voter like you and so can vote against the MPs or the party they belong to who ignore them. Politicians and parties read Votergrams to know what voters like you are really wanting. They don’t want you to replace them or move them from government to opposition.
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Votergrams explained
- Votergrams are a proven communication tool for voters and organisations which give strategic direction to state and federal MPs.
- This method combines proof with polite and persistent political persuasion, all within the privacy of parliament. The seven Ps of success.
- Work with the Votergram team to refine your message, manage a campaign and achieve the outcomes you want.