We've all said it. We all know why; governments aren't working for us anymore.
Voting for Secession in Western Australia's bicentennial year is what you can do about it.
Voting for Secession in 2029 will end the Canberra Con and re-establish a government that answers only to the Citizens of Western Australia.
“I know — but what can I do about it?”
We say it all the time — we watch governments destroying the country, taxing us to death, and ignoring the issues we elect them to deal with. Secession answers it in a way nothing else can. In 2029, Western Australia's bicentennial year, we will vote to change it all.
The Hub is new and growing all the time — we're building it in the open with you.
Working now: The Library, Polls that Matter, Joining the Movement, and Your Questions.
Coming soon: Live Poll Tallies, The Podcast, The Proposed Bill of Rights, and one-tap sharing.
Everything in one place — inform yourself, have your say, and help draw the blueprint.
Ask what you want answered — on the page, the podcast, or an Aura Talks panel.
Ask a question →
Sooner or later, conviction has to become a name on a ballot.
Register interest →If you could rebuild government, what five things should it prioritise?
Draw the blueprint →Join the Movement
You're more than welcome to just read and stay informed. For those that want to really get involved, ask questions, make suggestions, or volunteer skills and talent, this is for you. Get involved →
Secession starts with people understanding what it means for them, and what they need to do to make it happen.
Ask what you want answered — and we, and others in The Hub, will answer, on the page, on the podcast, or in Aura Talks panel discussions.
Or tell us, plainly, why you would or wouldn't vote to secede.
Help us imagine what a truly citizen-focused government would look like.
Will you join the party, be a volunteer? Get involved →
Steps are now underway to register a Political Party. Tell us if you'd like the name? Would you back it? Have you got a fundraising idea? Your thoughts and questions are welcome.
Get involved“If voting ever changed anything, they'd never allow it.”
Secession is the one move that doesn't drop a new player into the same rigged game.
Secession is Game Over for the Canberra con.
In 2029 your vote changes everything.
Introducing the Hub and the podcast — where knowing finally becomes doing.
Read on Substack →The constitutional case: WA voted to join the Federation, and can vote to leave it.
Read on Substack →Follow the money out of Western Australia — and watch where Canberra spends it.
Read on Substack →The interactive calculators — see what government really costs you over a lifetime.
Open the calculator →Australia does not have one. Western Australia will. Here's what others have proposed, so you can help to write ours.
Introduced to Federal Parliament by Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie — a bill designed to enshrine rights and freedoms that would prevail over any law that infringes them. A useful model for what protections could look like.
Read the bill →The founding book, Secession by Western Australia — the manifesto by Julian Gillespie, Gigi Foster, Michael Baker and Ian Brighthope — sets out the case for a WA bill of our own. Read the whole argument free as an eBook, or buy a hardcopy. The full proposed text will be published here as the movement finalises it.
Read the book →Bring your doubts and your questions to the conversations. We invite the convinced, the sceptical, and anyone who's asked “what can I do about it?”
New episodes as the series rolls out, plus live Aura Talks panel discussions. Subscribe wherever you listen, suggest a topic, or a guest, or even why we should talk to you?
Western Australia's bicentennial year. Three years to build the case, the movement, and the blueprint for a new nation.
Start the Conversation. Launch The Hub and The Podcast.
Ask the People. Draft the Bill of Rights, Freedoms and Obligations.
Every Western Australian knows what Secession means for them.
The year we vote for a new Western Australia.
The Hub is open, the conversation has started, and for the first time in a long time, “what can I do about it?” has an answer.
