I am the mother that the Australian government would rather forget.

My daughter Mia was killed in a stabbing attack almost a year ago in a backpacker hostel in far north Queensland, while she was completing her 88 days work in order to obtain a visa to stay in Australia. Since then, I have undertaken my own journey in Australia, not just to mourn my daughter but to find out why she died and what can be done to make young travellers like her safer.

As told across the two latest episodes of the ABC's Australian Story, I am campaigning for better regulation of the 88 days of work in regional areas, which is required of 417 and 462 visa holders in order to obtain a second year extension of their visa

I am aware that my journey makes painful viewing, and I have warned friends and relations back home that they may want to avoid watching the second episode of Australian Story on Monday night, as it is harrowing. In truth, much as I always intended to visit that hostel for my own sake, to put my imagination to bed (and because I felt I owed it to Mia to find out as much as I could about that night), I would rather have made the journey to Home Hill in private.