First time Greens Councillor and newly appointed Mayor of the City of Yarra Gabrielle de Vietri is excited to be representing her vibrant community. Before being elected to local government, she worked in the arts sector for over a decade, as well as a paralegal providing legal services to refugees and people seeking asylum. She has a long history of community activism and being involved in creating collaborative community projects for social change, human rights and climate change. As a queer woman, Gabrielle is proud to stand for and celebrate the fluidity of sexuality and gender.

April brought us everything from a national vaccine rollout program plagued by problems and clotting chaos to a non-committal virtual climate summit, with yet another apology from Canberra seemingly lost in the mail. We discuss the important role of women in political office, LGBTQIA+ visibility, environmental sustainability initiatives and our most vulnerable community members who have been left behind amongst the inoculation disorganisation.