Fergus McGinley
Fergus McGinley is an Adelaide writer, teacher, lay preacher, with a background in science, philosophy, education and theology. He is the author of many essays, articles and sermons, and is the founder of the Anti-Theology Project, an initiative you can follow through the website antitheologia.com. Fergus’s new book, The God Who Doesn’t Exist (ATF Press), is available now through online bookstores.
Zeng Yan
Zeng Yan is an editor at China’s Xinhua News Agency. He was previously a UN-accredited journalist based in Geneva, covering health, climate, science, and technology-related affairs of the UN Office in Geneva and other international organisations.
Shannon Brincat
Dr. Shannon Brincat is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the Sunshine Coast. His research focuses on critical international relations theory, climate change adaptation, dialectics, recognition, and the imagination in the context of global politics. He has published 10 volumes and over 50 papers in international journals and books. He is also a co-editor of Global Discourse. For more information see: shannonbrincat.com
Stephen Stockwell
Professor Emeritus in Journalism and Communication, Griffith University. Previously journalist at 4ZZZ, JJJ and Four Corners and media officer for the Queensland Labor Party and various politicians. Author of Political Campaign Strategy and Rhetoric and Democracy and co-editor of The Secret History of Democracy. Since retiring he has experimented with retelling history in poetic form in The Voyage and the Vision and The Phoenician Sonnets. His most recent book is 1975: The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal which includes not only ten rollicking bush ballads but also an investigative essay reviewing the available evidence on the events of 1975. The book is available in-store or online at Avid Reader, Brisbane. It is also on Amazon, Booktopia and Print on Demand. Soon available at Kindle.
John Stace
John Stace is a retired country doctor. He is shocked by the mistreatment of Palestinians by Israel.
Yuri Koszarycz
Yuri Koszarycz was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Theology, Brisbane Campus, Australian Catholic University. He has degrees in philosophy, theology and education and lectured in bioethics, ethics and church history. He has now retired.
Susan Glover
Susan Glover law graduate from Melbourne University with an interest in human rights. For several years I lived in Israel, amongst both Jews and Arabs, and could see that if left to their own devices they could live in harmony. But extreme elements on both sides have refused to share the land, leading to today’s impasse. So I was interested to explore the background to the initial land grant to the Jews by the British which stipulated that Arabs were not to be disadvantaged. Why did it fail so badly?
Jessica Allen
Jessica Allen Senior Lecturer in Chemical and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Newcastle
Jacqueline Luqman
Jacqueline “Jacquie” Luqman likes to joke that she “accidentally fell into activism,” but in the days since she was in high school protesting South Africa’s white minority government and its odious apartheid policies, activism has become an essential part of her life.
Raghid Nahhas
Raghid Nahhas is a retired scientist/public servant. He is a bilingual writer, editor, translator and publisher. www.raghidnahhas.com
Richard Bruggemann
Richard was the Chief Executive Officer, of the Intellectual Disability Services Council (IDSC) from 1984 until 2006. On retirement he was appointed as Professorial Fellow in the Disability and Community Inclusion Unit of Flinders University where he developed and ran the Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies (Leadership). From 2013 to 2018, he was appointed as South Australia’s senior practitioner to reduce the use of restrictive practices in South Australia. In 2020, he was appointed as Authorising Officer under the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 to consider applications to detain people who lack capacity and whose actions were putting themselves or other at risk of infection.
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, University of South Australia. I teach and research in tourism, with a focus on the rights of host communities, justice and solidarity.
Research topics include: peace through tourism, Indigenous tourism, policy and planning issues in tourism, politics of tourism, inclusive tourism, sustainable tourism, food cultures, gender rights and critical tourism.
Felicity Deane
Professor Felicity Deane is a Professor at the Queensland University of Technology. Her PhD entitled, ‘The Clean Energy Package and WTO Law: An Analysis of Compliance Issues’ was completed in August 2013. Her book ‘Emissions Trading and WTO Law: A Global Analysis’ was published internationally in March 2015. It has been published in several languages. Felicity has published extensively in areas where economics and the law intersect, in particular regarding emissions trading and other forms of market based mechanisms.
Wang Nan
Wang Nan is a journalist at the International News Department of Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, China.
Paul McDonald
Paul McDonald is the Chair of the Home Stretch, a national alliance of more than 200 organisations who succeeded in committing every state and territory government in Australia to extend support to foster children to the age of 21 years. Paul is also the CEO of Anglicare Victoria.
Matthew Bowes
Matthew Bowes is a Senior Associate in Grattan’s Housing and Economic Security Program. He has previously worked at the Parliamentary Budget Office and Commonwealth Treasury in various roles analysing personal income tax, budgets, and social policy.
Matt’s research interests include housing policy, planning reform, and public trust in government. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University.
Abang Anade Othow
Abang Anade Othow is a refugee advocate, educator, speaker, writer, and leader.
She is the founder of Buckets of Hope, an initiative that uses visualisation and mindfulness to help individuals and communities not only survive but thrive.
Abang serves as the Deputy Chair of the Asylum Seekers Centre and was named National Ambassador for the NSW Department of Education.
Her upcoming book, to be published by HarperCollins in 2026, draws on her life journey and introduces the Buckets of Hope method, offering a framework for resilience and hope.
Robert Cockburn
Robert Cockburn is a Sydney writer, journalist and program maker. He reported variously for BBC, The Observer, The Guardian and Financial Times in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq and Asia. He was Australia correspondent for BBC and London Times. He has contributed to The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Daily Telegraph, SBS and ABC. His films are for National Geographic and Journeyman Pictures UK. He is an investigative reporter and a lead writer for the Public Library of Science Medicine. He is a drama writer fr NIDA and has worked for the Sydney Theatre Company. His work site is: tracproductions.com
Alan Kohler
Alan Kohler is finance presenter and columnist on ABC News and he also writes for Intelligent Investor.
Christopher M. Johnson
Chris is a retired specialist paediatric anaesthetist from Perth WA with a longstanding interest in renewable energy and electrification. He is an active member of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA). He and his partner regularly drive an electric vehicle across Australia to visit family.
Nikos Mohammadi
Nikos Mohammadi is a student at Columbia University, freelance writer and reporter, staff writer for the Columbia Political Review, and associate staff writer for the Columbia Sundial.
Andrew Scott
Dr Andrew Scott is Emeritus Professor of Politics and Policy at Deakin University. He is the author of five books including Northern Lights: The Positive Policy Example of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway (2014); Running on Empty: ‘Modernising’ the British and Australian labour parties (2000); and Fading Loyalties: The Australian Labor Party and the Working Class (1991). His Northern Lights book has just been translated into Japanese. Andrew is also lead editor, and contributor to three chapters, of another book – The Nordic Edge: Policy Possibilities for Australia (2021).
Josh Roose
Dr Josh Roose is a political sociologist and Associate Professor of Politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University.
Tess Nikitenko
Tess Nikitenko is a registered psychologist, clinic director, and former cognitive neuroscience researcher. She has a peer-reviewed publication record, has presented nationally at neuroscience conferences, and is an award-winning science communicator and speaker. Tess has trained general practitioners in psychological trauma and previously taught into the psychology program at the University of Tasmania. A late-diagnosed ADHD woman, she brings lived experience to her work in trauma, neurodivergence, and health system reform. Tess is passionate about bridging the gap between frontline mental health practice and policy, and contributes regular commentary on regulation, burnout, and equity in healthcare.
Leonie Liveris
Dr Leonie Liveris retired, independent social historian, researcher and author. Research and writing with main Interest in death studies, politics, women and Eastern Orthodox churches. More recent obsession with gaining knowledge and history of Middle East.
Roger Markwick
Dr Roger Markwick is Honorary Professor of Modern European History, The University of Newcastle, Australia.This article is a condensed, updated version of a paper presented to ‘The second ‘BDS – Driving Global Justice for Palestine’ conference, The University of Sydney, July 2020.
Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is a writer based in Sydney, Australia, who in the past has contributed extensively to international news outlets and now concentrates on issues of human rights, mental health, technology, and philosophy.Most recent published article: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/what-it-means-to-be-a-leftist-jew,19791