After the victory of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party in the Farrer byelection, Barnaby Joyce said the party has its sights set on western Sydney. But could western Sydney communities forge their own path forward and tackle some of their most pressing challenges through grassroots organising?
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On Sunday, about 180 community leaders from across Sydney packed into Salvation Army Parramatta for the Sydney Alliance Discernment Convention, an afternoon of community action designed to empower civic groups from across Sydney to be part of solving issues from housing supply to social isolation. “Parties like One Nation only survive because they drive wedges, whereas movements like this come together not just based on evidence and research and expertise, but they also come together based on empathy,” says Bec Reidy from Bidwill Uniting
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