And Ms Beck has the backing of the Lord Mayor, who said she “had the makings of a great councillor”.

After being one of the leading voices in the campaign against the State Government proposal for a new prison at Kembla Grange, she will stand in the Ward 3 byelection on November 24, on an anti-prison platform.

Ms Beck, 27, is a full-time mum to her two young children, living in Bulli while building a house at Kembla Grange with husband Stephen.

And there’s the rub – the State Government has announced its proposed prison site is directly across the road from the housing estate where the Becks are building their new family home.

The duo were founders of the Residents against Dapto Jail group, which now has thousands of members. Ms Beck said the experience had shown her much about how political decision-making works.

Ms Beck said she was an independent and not affiliated with anyone else, or political parties.

“I look back at what I have achieved through the campaign by being truly non-partisan, and the relationships I’ve built with all local political parties … I also look at the leadership turmoil at a federal level over the past month and it has become clear to me that communities benefit when their representatives stay focused on the issues relevant to them, rather than the distractions of party politics.”

She said Cr Bradbery was simply pleased there was an anti-jail candidate.

And the Lord Mayor even gave the prospective councillor a warm endorsement.

“Ami is a passionate advocate for her community,” Cr Bradbery said. “Not driven by ideology but she has a desire to make our community a more liveable, healthy and connected experience.

“Her solid, powerful and evidenced-based arguments against the jail shows she has the makings of a great councillor.”