Adi Francis is an Australian journalist, broadcaster, and TV news anchor for the ABC. She was appointed an ambassador for Dementia Australia in 2026. Adi shares her personal experience as a carer for her mother who has dementia.

Mark Cartner is the founder and director of Walkabout Training, an indigenous-owned business that offers bespoke outdoor education programs for youth at risk

Wendy Hick lives on a remote cattle property at the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria near the Queensland-Northern Territory border town of Camooweal. Access to education and improved communication services in rural and remote Australia have been a focus for Wendy. She is dedicated to ensuring communities and families in geographically isolated areas have a voice.

Michaela Nutt is an arts advocate who is passionate about the role of the arts in our communities. She is also a Board Member of the Darwin Centre Against Sexual Violence and a Member of the NT state team for calisthenics.

Graham S. Green, much like his namesake is an author. However, Graham is much more; he is also a cultural advocate and TESOL (Teaching English to Other Languages) teacher.

Asia is a long way from the central west of NSW where Graham grew up on a farm. After his first degree at university in Canberra, he found himself in Taiwan teaching English to adults and children…. and so began his love for other cultures.

Currently Graham works in the field of refugee education and migration narratives, particularly with the Yazidi people. He has been trusted with their stories and has re-told them in his novels, including the “The Weaver’s Tale Trilogy.”

Alecia Staines grew up on a farm at The Gums 200 kms west of Toowoomba. She knew that pregnancy and birth was a normal part of the life cycle, it didn’t need to be hard.

As a mother of 6 children Alecia felt that birthing was becoming the forgotten feminist issue and decided in 2021 to create the Maternity Consumer Network (MCN). It would be a network that provided support for maternity services, advocacy, information sharing, strategic direction for campaigns as well as Respectful Maternity Care Training.

MCN’s specific areas of focus are; campaigning for respectful care & reducing trauma, saving rural maternity services and supporting midwifery and home birth options.

Alecia is currently embarking on a PHD entitled “Barriers to Respectful Maternity Care”.