The dogs of #Sturt say : Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper for change in the way the Sturt community is represented in Canberra! #auspol #auspol2025 #teal #ANewWay #ScoutinSturt

It ‘s Election Day! #Sturt has the chance today to turn a new page. A chance to start the change we all want to see in Canberra. A member who will work hard for the local community. I would be honoured to have your support today. Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper - for a new way. #auspol #VoteIndepend

Are you angry at receiving texts from a party of 🎺s? I’m told texts from parties are exempt from the Spam & the Do Not Call Register Acts at election time. I will fight to bring greater integrity to election campaign laws, incl. truth in political advertising. Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper in #Sturt

A campaign like mine is about so much more than just the candidate - it’s about remarkable community members who step forward in hope for change. One of our team, Arthur, today posted the attached to express his reasons for contributing to this campaign. Thank you, Arthur! #VoteIndependent

Want to better understand the community independents movement in Australia? This 30 minute short film, narrated by Julia Zemiro and produced by Climate200, is perfect Friday night, election eve watching. #VoteIndependent Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper for #Sturt #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV11...

In a sign that the Liberals are desperately worried in #Sturt, they’re preferencing Family First and One Nation above @drveritycooper.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social. A very good example of how far from John Howard’s broad church the current SA Liberals have become.

At prepolling in #Sturt, quite a few people are horrified at the preferences that are being suggested. Liberal James Stevens’ decision to preference One Nation and Family First in particular isn’t going down well at all.

Be wary with the Labor Party’s #Medicare vote-grabbing policy. It won’t work. As a GP in #Sturt, I have 35 years of first hand experience in primary #healthcare, & will hold both parties accountable for workable solutions. My healthcare priorities: www.veritycooper.com.au/priority_hea... #auspol

This week, the #Liberal Shadow Minister for Home Ownership could not offer more than a slogan when asked why #negativegearing and capital gains tax incentives for #housing should remain. (abc.net.au/listen/program…) My housing policy priorities are here: veritycooper.com.au/priority_cost#auspolol

Team Verity 🩵’s to Wobble! … but it’s our excitement about having an independent voice for #Sturt in Canberra that gets us up early each morning to do this! Enthusiasm. Passion. Energy. Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper for a strong voice for Sturt in our Parliament. #IndependenceWorks #auspol

Sturt issues are federal issues — I’ll take them to Parliament instead of a party room. Sturt is my community. I’ve lived & raised my family here. As a GP, I’ve worked with Sturt residents for decades. I know the local issues you care about - because I care about them too. Vote1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper

You’ve read my policy priorities on my website, but would still like to know more about me? This InDaily article will help. #VoteIndeoendent #Sturt #SturtVotes #OurFuture www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-dept...

Our campaign is based on the values of truth, integrity, inclusiveness and kindness. These will also be my guiding values if you elect me to represent #Sturt in Canberra. Let’s do politics differently. Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper - for a new way. #IndependenceWorks #SturtVotes #auspol #ourfuture

Are climate change concerns leading you to vote Green on Saturday? If so, don’t forget that the Bob Brown Foundation has also endorsed my Climate Action policies, which you can read here: www.veritycooper.com.au/priority_cli... Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper for strong advocacy for Climate Action!

Liberals are also preferencing One Nation Number 3 in Sturt. A vote for James Stevens is a vote in support of Pauline Hanson. Following the Liberal How-To-Vote in the Senate will also do so. Instead, go your own way. Vote independent. Vote 1️⃣ Dr Verity Cooper for an inclusive voice in Sturt.

'A parliament that has intelligent, compassionate and committed individuals sitting on th[e] crosssbench ... works harder.' - Kylea Tink Fran Kelly interviews 3 former independent MPs who respond to common misconceptions and affirm that independence works. Vote 1 VC! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

On Monday I took part in ABC Radio's election forum. Other #Sturt candidates & I discussed Portrush Rd, 4 year terms, and I shared my views on a need for greater integrity & truth in political advertising. Listen to my contribution from 37:30 at: abc.net.au/listen/program… (Photo: ABC Adelaide)

Two key messages: 1. Saturday offers greater choice than the major parties. 2. Your vote is powerful when you use it carefully. Frustrated with politics? Vote 1 Dr Verity Cooper for meaningful change in #Sturt. Independence works. And drives you further. www.instagram.com/reel/DI-zd8E...

I recently joined a panel discussing 'Living on a Warming Planet - Climate Action Solutions' in Fullarton. So many poignant questions & energy for #change. Change that starts with your vote for me on Saturday. My Climate Action Plan at www.veritycooper.com.au/priority_cli.... #Sturt #auspol🌏🌎🌍

#Sturt is clearly in play and a key seat to watch: Patricia Karvelas & Casey Briggs in today's #PoliticsNow podcast episode (see 19 min mark). Community. Integrity. Trust. Vote 1 for Dr Verity Cooper to turn Sturt independent from the major parties. #auspol #auspol2025 shorturl.at/hdoVt

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍: 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐏! 👇

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As we wind down from the Easter break, I hope you had a chance to share (and receive) some kindness from family and friends. Easter's a great time to do something thoughtful for someone else - even a small act can brighten someone's day. ☀️

Work From Home, cuts to public services, nuclear power and that suddenly-awkward affinity with Trump. I never thought Peter Dutton 𝒉𝒂𝒅 any ideas to back away from! Is #Sturt MP James Stevens flip-flopping in unison? Trust Dan Ilic and @itsnotarace2025.bsky.social to come up with the perfect meme:

Work From Home, cuts to public services, nuclear power and that suddenly-awkward affinity with Trump. I never thought Peter Dutton 𝒉𝒂𝒅 any ideas to back away from! Is #Sturt MP James Stevens flip-flopping in unison? Trust Dan Ilic and @itsnotarace2025.bsky.social to come up with the perfect meme:

This election is your chance to send a clear message: we're ready for real representation - someone who puts the people of #Sturt ahead of billionaires or lobbyists. 🩵 On election day (or at pre-poll): 👉🏾 Write a 1️⃣ next to COOPER, Verity 👉 then number 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 box 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. #auspol

She's awfully quiet about it at the moment (polls bad, Senator?) but Liberal Michaelia Cash can't wait to bring Trump/Musk's unique blend of slash-and-burn chaos here. This is what Dutton and Cash want for us, #Sturt voters ... no matter how tongue-tied they've suddenly become. youtu.be/jQd4C_ymgtM

Dutton wants our own DOGE¹ to watchdog government spending. Yet: 🚨🚨🚨His own Home Affairs gave $6.3bn in refugee detention contracts to firms including rich Qld builders with no experience & others tied to bribery/drugs/guns².🚨🚨🚨 Here's @itsnotarace2025.bsky.social with more: youtu.be/lDuzkBK2NKE

My Take on Lib-Lab Housing/Rental plans: 🏘️🤔 🔵Lib: no 💰 for new homes; first home buyers claiming tax breaks on mortgage interest sends prices🚀 🔴Lab: 100k new homes ✅ but will growing the First Home Buyer Scheme have the same 💲🚀 effect? 🩵Let‘s vote for common sense. Let‘s vote for better. 🎞Part 1👇

Dutton wants our own DOGE¹ to watchdog government spending. Yet: 🚨🚨🚨His own Home Affairs gave $6.3bn in refugee detention contracts to firms including rich Qld builders with no experience & others tied to bribery/drugs/guns².🚨🚨🚨 Here's @itsnotarace2025.bsky.social with more: youtu.be/lDuzkBK2NKE

Simulation by Australian Election Forecast predicts that the only person who can beat the Liberals in #Sturt is @drveritycooper.bsky.social.

A huge thankyou to all my BlueSky friends, for getting me to 1,000 followers! We're trying to do things a little differently on here, adding humour to the mix of policies and politics. And what do you know? It's working! 🎉🙏

Liberals Against Nuclear have upset a few people on the right of the dial ... but their position makes sense! Here's another of their ads, just to tweak the tail: ⤵️ Who wants nuclear policies adding $665 to power bills? #Sturt MP James Stevens, you and your boss are awfully quiet on this lately ...

About Libs Against Nuclear, whose head was, per News Ltd, never a Lib member: ✳️ The article concedes LAN's spokesman "is a former Lib director"/its website seeks input from Lib members, past & present; ✳️ 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔! 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓! More from me: t.co/vFiwxaGOj0

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, vexed by polls suggesting he's hated by Aussie women, wants to remind voters he 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 from a woman. ⤵️ “If women don’t like me, then why does one always let me use her jet?” he asked. More from those sassy sausages at The Chaser: tinyurl.com/Gina-Dutton25

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, vexed by polls suggesting he's hated by Aussie women, wants to remind voters he 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 from a woman. ⤵️ “If women don’t like me, then why does one always let me use her jet?” he asked. More from those sassy sausages at The Chaser: tinyurl.com/Gina-Dutton25

Our preferential voting system, explained with the use of ... schooners of beer! How relatable! ⤵️ Moral of the story: ✳️ Preferences matter, even if you vote for an outside chance! ✳️ Number every square (after 1️⃣ for me, of course!) #election25 #auspol

Peter Dutton, who reportedly made $30 million off 26 property transactions over 35 years*, wants us to believe his son is locked out of the property market. Doesn't pass the pub test, does it? Here's the Betoota Advocate with it's uniquely pithy take: #auspol #election25 tinyurl.com/dutton-son

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍: 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐏! 👇

Does Labor's housing policy help young people own their own homes sooner? ✳️ Guaranteeing 15 percent of your deposit sounds good ... but will it drive up prices by growing demand? ✳️ 100,000 new houses is great news, if it happens. More details: t.co/fIXNecRvwj 🎞️: 👇

Yes, Dutton ‘verballed’ Indonesia over Russia's reported request to base its aircraft 1400km from Darwin. Their Defence Minister, today: that report was "absolutely untrue"*. 'Verballing' over an unconfirmed report for electoral gain is a Trump trait. Dutton is unfit for office #election25 #auspol

Yesterday, I tried to explain that both Lib-Lab housing policies would drive up prices.⤵️ I used sombre analysis. What I 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 have used is humour! 😅 Here's Chris Kohler: 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔 (which are all Lib-Lab have to offer) are supposed to help, not do ... this. 🤷 #housingcrisis #election25 #auspol

Yesterday, I tried to explain that both Lib-Lab housing policies would drive up prices.⤵️ I used sombre analysis. What I 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 have used is humour! 😅 Here's Chris Kohler: 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔 (which are all Lib-Lab have to offer) are supposed to help, not do ... this. 🤷 #housingcrisis #election25 #auspol

Try following First Dog’s advice in #Sturt. Vote for Dr Verity Cooper. @drveritycooper.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍: 𝐏𝐔𝐓 (𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃) 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐁-𝐋𝐈𝐁 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓. (𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐈'𝐦 "𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝". 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 #𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞! 🙂) #auspol #election25 ( full cartoon: tinyurl.com/NotAnEndorsement-FirstDog )

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍: 𝐏𝐔𝐓 (𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃) 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐀𝐁-𝐋𝐈𝐁 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓. (𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐈'𝐦 "𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝". 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 #𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞! 🙂) #auspol #election25 ( full cartoon: tinyurl.com/NotAnEndorsement-FirstDog )

Andrew Bolt: Jacinta Price just wants to "Make Australia Great Again" (MAGA). No, Andrew, she wants us to copy the place where: ❌ government jobs/services are gutted; ❌ "drill baby drill" dooms the planet; ❌ people are "disappeared" for disagreeing; MAGA means fascism. You're against that, right?

Me on Lib-Lab housing policies: 🔵Lib: with no 💰 for new homes, letting 1st home buyers claim tax breaks on mortgage interest could push prices higher. 🔴Lab: 100k new homes a “step in the right direction”, but does growing the 1st Home Buyer Scheme mean demand outstrips supply? 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄⬇️ bit.ly/4cGpz35

𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐍𝐎 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐒. Climate change isn't just about politics. It's personal. For me, it's about our children's future, our safety, and our economy. I want bold, science-informed action now. More on my policy priorities here: veritycooper.com.au/priorities

"An injection of professional women has rocked Parliament, mostly due to their work ethic – with attendance rates almost double the flakey major party MPs. With local issues/values front & centre ... it seems other seats (might soon have) Independent ♀️ MPs". #Sturt, anyone? ↘️ More: t.co/yzi2XjRlqI