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Former political staffer, Alisha Aitken-Radburn speaks to the women of Australian politics to move past the sensationalist headlines and double standards to discover the excellent work done day to day by parliamentarians, staffers, party officials and more. To uncover the passions that led those women to work in the halls of power and whether they feel the Australian political system and Parliament House, enables them to make change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When former government staffer Alisha Aitken-Radburn was given a 'villain edit' on her first season of The Bachelor, she wasn't entirely surprised – there are only a handful of character tropes producers can manipulate into storylines. But the backlash on social media was unexpectedly intense, and Alisha found her sense of identity completely rocked by a single comment: 'You are a bad person'. Determined to shake the 'villain' label, she returned to reality TV screens, and this time, she got a different edit.