A Voice to Parliament could act as a powerful force to change laws holding back the shift to clean energy and to ensure First Nations communities can share in the economic benefit from the transition, say Indigenous advocates.

Ruby Heard is a consultant working on community-led remote microgrid projects, mostly in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The 34-year-old set up her consultancy Alinga Energy Consulting in 2018 after working as an electrical engineer with global engineering and architecture firm Arup.