Political agitation

After the Freedom Rides, groups like The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) continued with political agitation which was hugely important for the 1967 Constitutional Referendum.

Political agitation just means keeping the issue alive by constantly bringing it to the attention of the public and politicians.

This political agitation, by FCAATSI, took the form of protests, letter writing campaigns, the publishing of leaflets and publishing articles in journals.

Today you could use the same methods but you could also use technology such as emails, websites, blogs, podcasts and vodcasts.

To be able to contact your Federal Member of Parliament (MP) you need to know who they are. You can find your Federal MP at the Parliament of Australia. Here you can search by surname, party or electorate. If you are unsure of what electorate you live in you can find out at the Australian Electoral Commission’s website.

Sending an email to a Member of Parliament or another organisation is not like sending an email to your friends. Here is a guide to preparing a formal email. (.pdf 243kB)

You could use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher or Adobe Dreamweaver:

  • Microsoft Word. At a simple level: write your content, insert images and links and save as a Web Page.

  • Microsoft Publisher. This is good because of the templates, options, navigation and guidance provided. Look at these step-by-step instructions (.pdf 593kB) to help you

  • Adobe Dreamweaver. This is more complex but it gives you greater control over your web page design. Visit the Adobe Dreamweaver support website for more help.

You can put blogs, podcasts and vodcasts within your website.

If you wish to have your finished website available over the Internet then you have to look at hosting options.

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