Has anyone ever showed you how to find the contact details for your local Member of Parliament so you can tell them how you feel?

Watch this to find out how anyone, anywhere in Australia can discover who their local MPs area and their contact details.

Members of parliament are there to service you — make your opinion heard.

Transcript

Fish says, what is the best way to apply pressure to our local representatives? Call them.

First of all, go to their office and say you want a meeting with your representative. You want a meeting with your representative.

Here we go. Identify where he or she is. Google it. Members. Put in your postcode. Find the MP, click on the MP, go down and get the number. There you have the number. You’ll also have the address of their electorate office. And you’ll have their email. Emails are almost useless.

This is the hierarchy I use. I recommend and I’ve done it myself. Visit their office, knock on their door and say you want a meeting. It shows real commitment from you and real strength from you that you’re turning up in person. Demand a meeting. Be polite, but be firm. They’ll give you excuses as to why the member can’t meet with you. Don’t put up with it. Do it again a second time. Leave your name, give your contact details, you want a meeting.

The second best way is to call them and demand a conversation. Just request it all very respectfully. And then the third one is write a letter, a paper-based letter signed. It doesn’t have to be typed, just has to be neatly written or typed, signed with a handwritten signature. put in the post and sent and if you really have something that you want evidence they’ve received it, put it registered post. It’ll cost a few dollars but that’s what I used to do. I’ve written thousands of these letters in paper and some some people have told me how much they appreciated my letters and some people tell me how much they didn’t appreciate my letters, but turning up is the best way.