CSPWA Election Framework

Staff have been working hard in the CSPWA office over the last few months to develop additional resources and guides for parents to assist them in identifying both their local and federal members of parliament. The importance of developing good relationships with these members of our extended school communities cannot be overstated.

The development of positive relationships with your representatives at all levels of government enables politicians firstly to know first-hand the great work that happens at your school and secondly to establish relationships with the members of your school community (taxpayers and voters!) In addition, if you do come up against a challenge or issue of some kind, they are more likely to take a personal interest and advocate on your behalf with the government or local council. 

Although the next Federal and WA State Elections won't occur until 2025, we should not wait until election time to establish relationships. Most politicians are keen to be out and about in the community getting to know the members of their electorate and many have information regarding grants that are available to community groups such as P&Fs. If your local members know who you are and regularly attend your school events, they will be more likely to make time to meet with you and listen to your concerns in the busy time leading up to an election.

We will keep you updated as resources are finalised and uploaded to our website. We will have a list of members and their contact details, attached to each school in all of the dioceses, and updated versions of our resources "CSPWA Guide to Building Relationships with your Government Representatives" and "Draft letter to Politicians and Local Government Representatives."

We look forward to assisting you all in prioritising this work into next year.