Hetty Johnston
Hetty Margarete Johnston, is the founder of Bravehearts Inc., an organisation advocating for better child protection in Australia. She remains a lobbyist who often highlights and promotes action against paedophilia within media, families, schools and in the general community.
Johnston has published a book detailing her beliefs called In the Best Interests of the Child.
Politics
Johnston was the Australian Democrats candidate for Fadden at the 1996 federal election, and she was an independent Senate candidate for Queensland at the 2004 and . At the 2001 Queensland state election, Johnston stood as an independent in the electorate of Springwood.She ran for Mayor of Logan City in October 2015, but she withdrew to spend more time with her family. Johnston also unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate for the seat of Macalister in the 2017 Queensland state election.