Despi O'Connor 🤗 She/Her

🧵As a community leader in my position as a local councillor I am standing with First Nations people on the peninsula and calling for our community to #VoteYes. See my press release below. Three other councillors have joined me.

Tonight, Australia voted No to ignorance & Yes to Acknowledgement; No to xenophobia & Yes to Welcomes; No to regression & Yes to progress. Peter Dutton, Jacinta Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, the IPA & Advance henceforth have no mandate. They’ve been thoroughly told NO.

Staying to watch. Moving to act. Follow me - bsky.app/profile/despio…

@RobinSSci Thanks Robin. Sadly this council now moves from 7 females from 11 to 1 (maybe 3). I’m glad I was able to represent for 4 years.

Disappointing. Despi was a very solid councillor.

This is my friend Pete. He is a Strava Art Whiz! He can work a map like nothing you’ve ever seen. Check out his profile on insta. This will put a smile on your dial. 🐥🏃🏻 Running might bring the world together 🥰instagram.com/bigbirdstravaa…

We aren’t calling for Olympic pools and polo fields. We are calling for safe, high quality learning spaces that enable teachers and students to do their best. @AlboMP must address this capital divide in the new school funding agreements signed this year. #ForEveryChild #auspol

@JamesMConlan an interesting approach to the housing crisis. Will be interesting to see how much housing stock will become available for young people to enter the housing market through this approach.

David is celebrating his 94th birthday by doubling every donation up to $94,000 to support the next wave of independent campaigns. Thanks David! Will you join me in donating to Climate 200? climate200.com.au/campaign/commu… #CommunityIndependents #Climate200

This is brilliant! We have inherited a system that supports one way of doing politics. Time to shake that up. 👏👏

@QBCCIntegrity @Leo_Puglisi6 @6NewsAU Why can only one be sworn in? Because that’s how it’s always been done? The system we have inherited needs to change. These incredible women are shaking things up! 👏👏

@Leo_Puglisi6 @6NewsAU Are these Teal candidates? This nonsense has to end. You can only swear in a single person.

#BREAKING: Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock have been announced as “community-backed independent job sharing candidates” for Higgins at the next federal election If one of them is elected they want to share the role of MP | @6NewsAU

Australians will live longer. Less babies will be born. We need immigration to service our aging population. And to build the infrastructure we need into the future. On the peninsula we have one of the oldest demographics in the state. We need to act for 2040. @simongerman600

Over 200 people were interviewed for this. Many weren’t happen with stage 3 tax cuts. The changes better support those who need it. This is better than Morrison’s stage 3.

Asked what he’ll now do for indigenous Australians Peter Dutton said that between now and the next election he’ll take advice from Jacinta Price and then formulate policies. One voice. One. Do you get the irony?

@BrentHodgson I cloned Harley in the weekend. How did I go? #doglover #theworldneedslove

This is my family”s story. Vote for a fairer Australia. Vote YES. youtu.be/jC5bLmrrDJ0?si… via @YouTube #HistoryIsCalling #Yes23

We all come from different families who have had different experiences. I am a descendent of a convict (Samuel Hedditch - transported 1818 for felony), and Greek immigrants (Miriklis/Mangos). #VoteYesAustralia #HistoryIsCalling #Greece #Kastellorizo

The only way to do this is to vote YES to the #Referendum on Saturday 14th October Cr Despi O’Connor Cr Sarah Race Cr Simon Brooks Cr David Gill #VoiceToParliament

We urge our Mornington Peninsula Shire residents to support what is right for our beautiful local area, for our State, and for Australia’s future as a place where everyone matters and where the world’s oldest living culture is embraced and celebrated.

🧵As a community leader in my position as a local councillor I am standing with First Nations people on the peninsula and calling for our community to #VoteYes. See my press release below. Three other councillors have joined me.