Larissa Baldwin-Roberts

CEO, GetUp

Larissa is a proud Widjabul Wia-bal woman from the Bundjalung Nations and comes from a long-line of political activists and was brought up in the fight for land rights, climate justice, First Nations justice and cultural heritage, building strong relationships in communities and across civil society over decades.

Larissa has dedicated her life to a more fair Australia and as the CEO at GetUp, leads an independent movement of more than one million people working to build a progressive Australia and put people back into politics.

Prior to GetUp, Larissa co founded Seed, Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network, after working internationally and becoming a respected campaign strategist and messaging expert.

Larissa she has spent extensive periods of time in the Northern Territory working directly with Traditional Owners and communities and is the Director of Research for Passing the Message Stick, a research project that looks at the importance of persuasive messaging to build widespread support for transformative change, like treaties, truth-telling and representation, beyond the referendum.

Larissa is an expert on gas policy and fracking on traditional owner land. She’s also undertaken extensive research and policy campaign work on gas supply, the gas industry and its impacts on climate change and fossil fuel emissions.