In a city stocked with the country's most powerful politicians, senior bureaucrats, diplomats, journalists, political staffers and lobbyists, who wields the most influence – and why? How does the ecosystem of power in Canberra work? Who are the people, and what are the offices, that have the greatest impact on the exercise of governmental and political power and influence? And not just the individuals, but the networks and connections; the places where influence resides; the hands that manipulate the levers of national power.