With traditional blocs deadlocked, the formation of the next government may rest on a mother of two with degrees in law and politics.
The former KPMG consultant was working from home in August last year when an email landed in her inbox: the small, centrist Opportunity Party – which had never made it into parliament – was looking for a new leader.
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