The edition highlights The Big Issue vendors across Australia who are working every day to positively change their lives, earning an income from the sale of the magazine.

This edition features the annual vendor "Letter to my Younger Self" section.

It also includes a special postcard that readers can use to send in messages to the vendors.

The postcard features a cartoon from Andrew Weldon and is postage paid.

The vendors, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds, are given a hand-up by selling the magazine.