'Neighbourly conversations' —  cross-party conversations with MPs from nearby electorates

On Monday 13 September, the Women's Climate Congress launched it's 'Neighbourly conversations' initiative with a Zoom conversation between two  neighbouring Perth MPs (Celia Hammond Lib, Curtin; and Josh Wilson, ALP, Fremantle)and 11 of our members from 3 states.  The conversation was facilitated by our colleagues and Congress members, Deb Collins and Caresse Cranwell of the Wicked Elephants Cooperative

The ‘neighbourly conversations’ initiative is one of a number of projects the Congress is developing to model and promote a different style of public discourse that can bring the currently divided perspectives on climate change together to find common ground. 

To create a ‘neighbourly conversation’, we invite MPs from different political parties who represent neighbouring electorates to join up to 15 Congress members from their electorates and elsewhere for a facilitated Zoom or face-to-face conversation of (preferably) at least 1.5 hours.

These conversations aim to:

• EXPLORE a new kind of conversation — one that can bridge political divides

• BUILD relationship and understanding 

• OPEN pathways for further constructive conversations and collaborative action.

Read a report of our Perth conversation here
See our 'Neighbourly conversations' invitation here