The default lens — a working-age Australian living in a capital city, neither high-income nor in deep hardship.

First Nations Australians — diverse mob from urban, regional and remote communities. Closing the Gap is the policy frame; lived experience is the test.

Recent migrants on skilled, family, humanitarian or student visas, plus refugees and people on bridging visas. Diverse English proficiency, qualifications and supports.

Current and former ADF members and their families. Higher rates of physical injury, mental ill-health and suicide than the general population.

Australians with disability — ~1 in 5. Spans NDIS participants, those on DSP, and the much larger group with disability outside both schemes.

From newborns through young adults. Pre-voters, school-leavers, early-career — most policy is made about them, less of it with them.

Anyone doing the unpaid invisible work — parents of dependent children, carers of older parents, partners or kids with disability or illness.