Cathy McGowan came to national attention when she won the seat of Indi as an independent in 2013, becoming the first female independent to sit on the crossbench. The community backed McGowan again in 2016 for a second term, including during the minority government of Scott Morrison where, together with the crossbench, she held the balance of power. In 2019 she was thrilled to be part of the campaign that saw Dr Helen Haines elected as Indi’s second female independent, a win that made Australian political history.
During her time as a politician, Cathy actively worked in parliament to develop policy around regional development, a national integrity commission, a code of conduct for politicians, as well as drought policy. In 2019 she was awarded The Accountability Round Table award for political integrity. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia, a Churchill fellow and lives very happily on her farm in the Indigo Valley in north eastern Victoria.
For more information about Cathy’s time in parliament, details of speeches, legislation, pictures, and connections to Voices for Indi, please go to www.cathymcgowan.com.
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2024 Annual Lecture: Katie Holmes
State Library Theatrette
328 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The cycle of drought and flooding rains provides a dramatic stage for the history of environmental change in the Murray Darling Basin. It is also the backdrop for much of...
Kate Fitz-Gibbon – Our National Crisis: Violence Against Women & Children (Gleebooks, Sydney)
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales
In conversation with Lucy Turnbull Violence against women and children is a national crisis. Nearly a decade has passed since family violence was first declared a national emergency in 2015,...
Dave Witty, Inala Cooper and Iola Mathews speaking at the Mountain Writers’ Festival
Mountview Theatre
56 Smith St, Macedon, VIC, Australia
Visit the Mountain Writers' Festival to hear Dave Witty on The Love of Trees, Inala Cooper on Treaty and Iola on Community Resilience, Climate Emergency, and the Power of Storytelling.
2024 Annual Lecture: Katie Holmes
State Library Theatrette 328 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe cycle of drought and flooding rains provides a dramatic stage for the history of environmental change in the Murray Darling Basin. It is also the backdrop for much of...
Kate Fitz-Gibbon – Our National Crisis: Violence Against Women & Children (Gleebooks, Sydney)
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South WalesIn conversation with Lucy Turnbull Violence against women and children is a national crisis. Nearly a decade has passed since family violence was first declared a national emergency in 2015,...
Dave Witty, Inala Cooper and Iola Mathews speaking at the Mountain Writers’ Festival
Mountview Theatre 56 Smith St, Macedon, VIC, AustraliaVisit the Mountain Writers' Festival to hear Dave Witty on The Love of Trees, Inala Cooper on Treaty and Iola on Community Resilience, Climate Emergency, and the Power of Storytelling.
