Marnie Laree Davis (QLD)

Queesland Senate

Aboriginal community worker and advocate, Marnie Laree Davis is a proud Darug woman raised on Quandamooka country, with strong ties to Minjerribah, Marnie relocated to the Gold Coast (Kombumerri country) to solely raise her daughter several years ago.

Marnie’s passion is working in partnership with community members and organisations, understanding that local challenges can only be resolved by local solutions. With a drive to see good community outcomes, she has been working for several years on the Gold Coast in the Aboriginal family well-being and social health field as well as within domestic violence refuges, advocating for survivors of domestic family violence. 

Marnie contested the By-election in the Federal Gold Coast Electorate of Fadden for the IAPA  on July 15 2022. In a very tough contest against 12 other candidates in a very conservative electorate, Marnie received a very respectable 1 % of the vote. This was the same as prominent corruption exposing journalist, Belinda Jones, and more than the Australian Democrats, Sustainable Australia Party, the Citizen’s Party, the Australian Federation Party and two other independents, including well regarded local, Stewart Brooker, who had received more than 4% of the vote at the last federal general election but dropped to 0.91% at this By-election. By-elections have advantages for small parties but can also attract crowded fields which split the protest vote. So all things considered, Marnie ran a great campaign and achieved an admirable result while raising community awareness of the IAPA all over the Gold Coast.