Isabella has a background as an organiser, campaigner, and activist educator in Australia's climate movement and broader social justice spaces. She currently works on campaigns for a fairer democracy, and strongly believes in the power of young people to realise a better kind of politics. She's dedicated to developing leadership in others and supporting movements to make our communities stronger, hold decision makers accountable, and protect our beautiful planet.

Angelica Panopoulos was elected to Merri-Bek City Council in 2020 at age 21 and represents the North-West ward. She is passionate about her local community and believes that all levels of politics need to reflect the diversity, experiences and aspirations of the community. Her introduction to politics was through the refugee rights movement as a teenager, where she saw the major two parties committed to harming refugees and people seeking asylum.

David is a human rights lawyer focusing on defending the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum and on protecting democratic freedoms. Prior to this David was a policy adviser in the Commonwealth Parliament working on legal system reform and on justice issues impacting First Nations people, including, ending deaths in custody, raising the age of criminal responsibility, protecting Country and Country defenders, and the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Convention Against Torture. In addition to his experience with legal policy and law reform, David has worked in community development and health promotion, including HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health rights with LGBTIQ+ and First Nations communities.

Carla is a social justice practitioner with experience in campaign strategy, policy advocacy, legislative research, and youth diplomacy. As an advocate for youth engagement in civic and global affairs, Carla has lead a number of non-profit initiatives across Australia, the United States, China, Nepal and West Africa. As a grassroots organiser, Carla has lead electoral and issue-based campaigns at the local, state and federal level. In previous roles she has lobbied parliamentary representatives, negotiated enterprise bargaining agreements, coached first-time political candidates and trained rank and file union members to run for elected office.

Kurt is a policy advisor at the NSW Government focusing on digital government and youth justice policy. Kurt is currently completing his Honours Thesis in Law as part of his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Communication (Social and Political Sciences) at the University of Technology Sydney. Since being elected as the kindergarten lunch monitor, Kurt has been a strong advocate for equity and inclusion in Australian higher education. Kurt brings expertise in political campaigning and strategy through his involvement in local, state and federal elections focusing on culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Melanie currently works as adviser to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. She's a mum of two girls, a family safety advocate and president of Labor's Theodore branch on the northern Gold Coast, the lands of the Yugambeh people. She has more than a decade of media experience as a journalist and supervising producer for ABC News. She has also been a producer and Chief of Staff at Nine News, and a corporate affairs specialist for two years during the $200 billion Sunsuper/QSuper merger into Australian Retirement Trust. Mel holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Master of Business Business Administration.

Hadi is a dynamic leader and advocate for diversity, inclusion, and community empowerment. He was elected to Kingston City Council in 2020 at the age of 26, first serving as Deputy Mayor then Mayor in 2023. Driven by his passion for inclusion and multiculturalism in Australia, work supporting multicultural groups for over a decade and more recently advocating for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers Hadi was inducted into the Victorian Multicultural Honour Roll in 2023. Hadi has extensive experience working in the Audit and Risk space and over a decade of experience in various paid and voluntary roles in governance work.