"I know how hard it is when you're up against an incumbent, in what has been a traditionally safe seat,"Senator Pocock said.
"Getting 250-plus people in a pub on a Friday night in Coffs Harbour to talk about politics is a pretty rare event," Ms Heise's campaign manager, Clancy Barnardsaid.
"We try and be helpful and 'pay it forward,' because ultimately the bigger the movement gets, the more effective it is at improving politics and getting better policies in place,"she said.
"They're not parties, but they definitely have party-like behaviour,"he said.
"So is that going to be a political party, is it going to be a bunch of rich people, is it going to be a group of engaged citizens?"
"They always want to be careful about it, because the thing they bring which is different is they want to be seen as independents and to be seen as acting as a party is a danger to them,"he said.
"In which case, they may stop voting for the independent and vote Liberal."
"I really like to challenge myself to be able to listen to what people are saying and keep an open mind,"he said.