Ros Spence
William Fowles
Clifford Hayes
Tim Read
Marlene Kairouz
Lisa Neville
Melissa Horne
Melina Bath
Bernie Finn
Ellen Sandell
Jaclyn Symes
Richard Riordan
The Politicians Honour Roll
Different roles in society
The 17 million Australian citizens over 18 years of age have many different roles as Edward De Bono explained. One of those roles is as a Voter with the vital role of helping to choose the people who will represent the community in parliament. That can be done by voting near home or influencing the votes of people living in other, perhaps more marginal, electorates.
An important role is as a political Influencer helping those elected representatives with information on what is needed in society, why it is needed, what problems exist, what solutions are available and what challenges there are to be overcome. Votergrams give individual Australians the power to influence how their society is governed.
Another role is as one of those Member of Parliament (MPs) representing the community at the large conference called Parliament, where the majority rules. A good representative looks for guidance from the people represented and does everything possible to help the Australians who seeks assistance. The best representatives also engage in discussion with voters who offer suggestions, ideas or constructive criticisms. It is a hard, challenging task, for it is impossible to please all of the people all of the time.
Honouring the best MPs
In all sectors of society there are good, bad and mediocre performers. That applies as much in parliament as anywhere. The politicians Honour Roll is designed to honour those MPs who go out of their way to assist voters who reach them by Votergram. In one case typical of many, a Sydney man sought help by Votergram from over 200 MPs including his own local MP, to obtain information for a story he was writing. His local MP never replied, but in 3 days a package arrived from an inland city in Western Australia with all the information he wanted from an MP he had never heard of, in a Party he had never voted for. That broadened his political horizons considerably.
Some MPs are absolutely brilliant at helping voters and others are hopeless. Few care passionately and several don’t care at all. Few MPs react to one issue and others react to quite different issues. Most MPs are very busy, something overlooked by the many critical journalists and voters.
The best of those kind-hearted MPs who have taken on the job of representing the people in Parliament, will inevitably respond to Votergrams and because they sit at the top of the democracy tree, they are able to produce near miraculous results. They can solve almost unsolvable problems within minutes sometimes.
In 10 minutes after receiving a Votergram, an MP finds a lady respite care for her son that has not been available to her during a year of searching. An MP secures a hospital bed previously denied. MPs arrange for an operation in a week instead of 18 months. A hospital or post office is kept open instead of closing. The school gets air conditioning or a hall now instead of in 20 years time. Dumping of chemicals in creeks is stopped and so is a bank foreclosure. Debt is wiped out and the road toll reduced by 70%. All of this happens because some Members of Parliament care enough to “go the extra mile and some Australians hear about Votergrams and try one out.”
The Votergrams Team monitors MP responses to Votergrams. The very best of the best MPs are noted, then honoured on the Politicians Honour Roll, for their outstanding assistance.
These are the people who make our democracy work. Their inclination to govern “ for the people” is because they actually care for the people. Plenty of people, voters, non-voters and politicians alike don’t care about anyone or anything except themselves. The MPs who respond to Votergrams are the exceptions that make life worth living and who help people live their lives in the best possible way.
Influencers
Active Australians become Influencers for long enough to have problems solved by the politicians with whom they engage. Public servants are the ones who can say “No”. Parliamentarians are the ones who can say “Yes.”
Honouring achievement
We are delighted to honour these MPs. They are just so good, yet they so often put up with unjustified criticism from the media and people who would not and could not work under the pressure that our MPs do for the benefit of our nation, states and territories. Politics improves as more of us thank the politicians who represent us and help them with feedback, ideas, suggestions and solutions.
Voter-Driven Democracy
It is not just gratitude or recognition of the huge sacrifices our MPs make for us that prompts us to honour these MPs. It is that we gain enormously from them. We know on the ground in our society what is required, while the small number of politicians, perhaps 1 per 100,000 of us, cannot possibly know.
These most helpful MPs are the bastions of society because by their engagement with the community and willingness to deal with community and personal issues, they learn what is happening out there and what is needed by the people in their homes, parks, work-places and lives. Democracy is a voter-driven form of government.
Votergrams help voters drive government with ideas, suggestions, problems and solutions, just like fuel drives a car, boat or plane. The safest way to drive government is to fuel it yourself. When MPs receive a Votergram, that gives them an instant message that the voter finds the topic important enough to spend money communicating with them on. The chances are that something worth paying for is something worth voting or campaigning for too, so the MPs take it seriously. If someone else pays for your ability to influence MPs, the chances are that they will control your success.
Voter Control
Parliament is the only sector of government over which Australians have any control. They cannot tell public servants what to do with any authority and nor do they have any say over the bureaucrats who run the government departments. But their votes determine the jobs, careers and pay of Members of Parliament. The people are the bosses and the MPs are their staff who they choose and pay to represent them. Every good boss seek to build a successful team that works together as a group of equals. Good politicians and active caring Australians working together as equals make an unstoppable team.
The Politicians Honour Roll
Different roles in society
The 17 million Australian citizens over 18 years of age have many different roles as Edward De Bono explained.
Firstly, one of those roles is as a Voter with the vital role of helping to choose the people who will represent the community in parliament. That can be done by voting near home or influencing the votes of people living in other, perhaps more marginal, electorates.
Secondly, an important role is as a political Influencer helping those elected representatives with information on what is needed in society, why it is needed, what problems exist, what solutions are available and what challenges there are to be overcome. Votergrams give individual Australians the power to influence how their society is governed.
Finally role is as one of those Member of Parliament (MPs) representing the community at the large conference called Parliament, where the majority rules. A good representative looks for guidance from the people represented and does everything possible to help the Australians who seeks assistance. The best representatives also engage in discussion with voters who offer suggestions, ideas or constructive criticisms. It is a hard, challenging task, for it is impossible to please all of the people all of the time.
Honouring the very best MPs
In all sectors of society there are good, bad and mediocre performers. That applies as much in parliament as anywhere. The politicians Honour Roll is designed to honour those MPs who go out of their way to assist voters who reach them by Votergram. In one case typical of many, a Sydney man sought help by Votergram from over 200 MPs including his own local MP, to obtain information for a story he was writing. His local MP never replied, but in 3 days a package arrived from an inland city in Western Australia with all the information he wanted from an MP he had never heard of, in a Party he had never voted for. That broadened his political horizons considerably.
Some MPs are absolutely brilliant at helping voters and others are hopeless. Few care passionately and several don’t care at all. Many MPs react to one issue and a number react to quite different issues. Most MPs are very busy, something overlooked by the many critical journalists and voters.
The best of those kind-hearted MPs who have taken on the job of representing the people in Parliament, will inevitably respond to Votergrams and because they sit at the top of the democracy tree, they are able to produce near miraculous results. They can solve almost unsolvable problems within minutes sometimes.
In 10 minutes after receiving a Votergram, an MP finds a lady respite care for her son that has not been available to her during a year of searching. An MP secures a hospital bed previously denied. MPs arrange for an operation in a week instead of 18 months. A hospital or post office is kept open instead of closing. The school gets air conditioning or a hall now instead of in 20 years time. Dumping of chemicals in creeks is stopped and so is a bank foreclosure. Debt is wiped out and the road toll reduced by 70%. All of this happens because some Members of Parliament care enough to “go the extra mile and some Australians hear about Votergrams and try one out.”
The Votergrams Team monitors MP responses to Votergrams. The very best of the best MPs are noted, then honoured on the Politicians Honour Roll, for their outstanding assistance.
These are the people who make our democracy work. Their inclination to govern “ for the people” is because they actually care for the people. Plenty of people, voters, non-voters and politicians alike don’t care about anyone or anything except themselves. The MPs who respond to Votergrams are the exceptions that make life worth living and who help people live their lives in the best possible way.
Influencers
Active Australians become Influencers for long enough to have problems solved by the politicians with whom they engage. Public servants are the ones who can say “No”. Parliamentarians are the ones who can say “Yes.”
Honouring MP achievement
We are delighted to honour these MPs. They are just so good, yet they so often put up with unjustified criticism from the media and people who would not and could not work under the pressure that our MPs do for the benefit of our nation, states and territories. Politics improves as more of us thank the politicians who represent us and help them with feedback, ideas, suggestions and solutions.
Voter Driven Democracy
It is not just gratitude or recognition of the huge sacrifices our MPs make for us that prompts us to honour these MPs. It is that we gain enormously from them. We know on the ground in our society what is required, while the small number of politicians, perhaps 1 per 100,000 of us, cannot possibly know.
These most helpful MPs are the bastions of society because by their engagement with the community and willingness to deal with community and personal issues, they learn what is happening out there and what is needed by the people in their homes, parks, work-places and lives.
Democracy is a voter-driven form of government. Votergrams help voters drive government with ideas, suggestions, problems and solutions, just like fuel drives a car, boat or plane. The safest way to drive government is to fuel it yourself.
When MPs receive a Votergram, that gives them an instant message that the voter finds the topic important enough to spend money communicating with them on. The chances are that something worth paying for is something worth voting or campaigning for too, so the MPs take it seriously. If someone else pays for your ability to influence MPs, the chances are that they will control your success.
Voter Control
Parliament is the only sector of government over which Australians have any control. They cannot tell public servants what to do with any authority and nor do they have any say over the bureaucrats who run the government departments. But their votes determine the jobs, careers and pay of Members of Parliament. The people are the bosses and the MPs are their staff who they choose and pay to represent them. Every good boss seek to build a successful team that works together as a group of equals. Good politicians and active caring Australians working together as equals make an unstoppable team.