Cathy McGowan reflects on community politics: @jansant #IndiVotes #podcast

Hi, I'm Wayne Jansson and this is a Margo Kingston's No Fibs podcast. I came to No Fib's via Twitter during the 2013 election campaign when Margo put a call out for citizen journalists to cover seats where they live. I covered Cathy McGowan's 2013 Indi campaign, she was my first ever interview in fact, and as everyone knows she went on to defeat then Liberal hard right heavyweight and Minister in waiting, Sophie Mirabella. I watched McGowan go from being an election oddity when Tony Abbott took office in 2013 to her final speech in Parliament being treated as a nationally significant moment by media and Parliamentary colleagues. It's a privilege to talk with the Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan as she's retiring from Parliament for my first No Fibs podcast.