Earlier this month, Independents for Canberra co-founder Clare Carnell, the daughter of former Liberal chief minister Kate Carnell, stepped down as party director, citing ill health. “Co-founding [Independents for Canberra] has been a privilege. I still believe Canberrans want to, and will, vote for change. And to paraphrase Winston Churchill, this is not the end, but it is the end of the beginning,” she said.