The post-election landscape can present a depressing vista for some campaigners. If you’re involved in any kind of social change advocacy, then it’s highly likely your work, tactics and strategy involve some form of direct engagement with politicians - and when the dust settles it might be your best champion is out of a job, or has been shuffled somewhere else, and you feel like you’re back to square one.

I knew from a young age that I wanted to make a difference in the world. I didn’t always know what that would look like. In primary school it was as a first aid volunteer on weekends for St John Ambulance. In high school it was protesting against war. In university I took a keen interest in policy and politics, swept up in Obamamania and later the appointment of Australia’s first female Prime Minister.