The Independent Candidate Advisory Network ICAN

Gavin has worked for Telstra for the past twenty years, resigning as the Area General Manager for Telstra Country Wide in Western NSW – an area that covered approximately 50% of the geography of NSW.
Gavin spent 5 years with Telstra in Western NSW. Previously, he managed the internet section of Telstra Wholesale based in Sydney. [...]

You have to decide if you have a genuine chance of capturing enough primary votes to make it all worthwhile. It may be more realistic to plan a campaign that will take several years, or a couple of election cycles, to realise.
You will need a record of commitment to your community, and ideally some experience [...]

To contact Gavin Priestley or the Independent Candidate Advisory Network please use the following methods below:
Email: info@icanonline.net.au
Mail: PO Box 2196, BATHURST NSW 2795
Tel: 0428-799-697

Campaign Checklist
Pre-campaign

Announce intention to stand.
Find campaign manager.
Recruit supporters and campaign volunteers – especially booth captains.
Contact details to local press, make up media release distribution lists.
Media releases/interviews on issues (get your message/viewpoints out).
Campaign website or an office – furniture and equipment (phone, fax, internet, printer/scanner/copier). You will at least need an office for the campaign proper.
Printed [...]

After the election has been held, candidates must submit disclosure returns detailing campaign expenditure and donations received.
All donations or gift-in-kind of $200 and over in value must be declared, along with the name and address details of the donor.
The amount of money you spend on broadcasting ads, published ads (in the papers), displaying your ads [...]

The media, particularly your local media, will be a very important part of your campaign, whether they are printing or broadcasting your views or your advertisements.
Media Relations
A good relationship with the newsroom of your local paper/s and radio and televisions stations (which is more relevant to regional and rural electorates) will be very helpful to [...]

The how-to-vote cards shown in this section have one thing in common. They don’t direct preferences. This is the first rule of true independence.
There is no way a voter is going to believe a person’s claim to ‘true independence’ when the candidate directs preferences to anyone else, especially a major party. Such candidates can fairly [...]

You will need to have a very clear idea of how much you are prepared to spend on your campaign and where you will spend it.
Start with a basic spreadsheet and estimate what you will need to cover everything from the rental on your campaign office/s, electricity and telephone/fax/internet connections to your printed material, [...]

In addition to advertising in the media, which is dealt with in the media section of the Independent’s Toolbox, you will need some printed campaign material to help get your message across and raise your profile.
This can be anything from small flyers to deliver to each household in the electorate or hand out to people [...]

Your booth captains will be those strong supporters who are prepared to be responsible for a polling place, or booth, for you on Election Day. They will also be helpful in finding other volunteers and supporters to take a shift on a booth.
Your booth captain will in most cases also be your scrutineer. There are [...]