Dan Wild
Dan Wild is a freelance author based in Sydney. He also works as a project communications advisor for government organisations, financial institutions, and not-for-profits across the environment, technology, education and infrastructure sectors.
Peter Day
Peter Day is a third-age Australian, educated at Flinders University of South Australia with an extensive working history in public and private sectors, and a long interest in foreign affairs, politics, ethics, economics, and public policy, He is concerned about unaccountable, unrepresentative governments, media bias and declining quality of life.
The EAF Editorial Board
The EAF Editorial Board is located in the Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Law, Policy and Governance, The Australian National University.
Graeme Swincer
Retired agricultural scientist, theological educator, international development programs coordinator, and cross-cultural consultant, trainer and researcher, refugee advocate and researcher. Officer of Victor harbor Refugee Support Group.
Roslyn Ross
Roslyn Ross is a former journalist and editor, who has been writing poetry, fiction and non-fiction for many years.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, she is now settled in the Adelaide Hills. She has spent much of her time living overseas, including Belgium; India; Angola; South Africa; Zambia; ,Canada; United Kingdom and Malawi. She has also spent extended periods in Russia, Portugal and the United States, as well as living across Australia.
She had had poetry published in a number of anthologies, mainly in the US, but also in When Anzac Day Comes Around, 100 Years from Gallipoli Poetry Project, edited by Graeme Lindsay.
Monique Ryan
Monique Marie Ryan is an Australian paediatric neurologist and politician. She is currently the member of parliament for the federal seat of Kooyong after defeating Josh Frydenberg at the 2022 Australian federal election.
Ric Innes
Ric Innes learnt to read English 75 years ago. Since then he has learnt to read six other languages, some with non-Latin scripts. He likes to apply logical reasoning to public policy issues, but is always intrigued to “follow the money”.
Zoe Daniel
_Zoe Daniel is the independent federal Member for Goldstein_Elected to the House of Representatives for Goldstein, Victoria, 2022. House of Representatives Standing: Employment, Education and Training served from 1.8.2022 to present; Communications and the Arts served from 1.8.2022 to present Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 1.8.2022 to present.
Publications
Storyteller, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2014. Angel, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2018. Greetings from Trumpland (co-written with Roscoe Whalan), HarperCollins, Sydney, 2021.
Bruno Mascitelli
Bruno Mascitelli, Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University in International Studies. Has written extensively on the Italian political economy. Prior to entering academia was employed in the Australian Consulate in Milan during the 1980s and 1990s.
Beverly Holmes Brown
Beverly Holmes-Brown became a tireless, dedicated and creative refugee supporter after visiting a detention centre in early 2014. She has a breadth of skills and knowledge, including a wide understanding of official policies in the challenging Australian environment and experience of welfare needs and advocacy at individual and policy levels.
Les MacDonald
Les MacDonald was a CEO for more than 40 years. Prior to this, he was Deputy Secretary NSW Health, CEO of the Maritime Services Board and Assistant Secretary of the Federal Departments of the Media and Posts and Telecommunications. Subsequently he was previously Executive Director Uniting Care Ageing NSW. Les has an extensive leadership history including board positions in public hospitals, health insurance, the maritime industry, public transport, cancer medicine and the Council for the Arts amongst others.
Lau Siu kai
Lau Siu kai is a professor emeritus of sociology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a consultant of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies.
Marjorie Crohn
Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, and a member of the national advisory boards of Assange Defense and Veterans For Peace, and the bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Her books include Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues. She is co-host of “ Law and Disorder” radio.
Kumiko Nemoto
Kumiko Nemoto is Professor of Management in the School of Business Administration, Senshu University, Tokyo.
Sara Cheikh Husain
Dr Sara Cheikh Husain is a researcher and writer specialising in Islamophobia, social justice, and human rights, with a focus on Palestinians, Muslim communities in the West, and refugees. She completed her PhD in Social Sciences at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute, supported by the UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. Sara has published widely in leading academic journals and policy reports, co-authored A War of Words on media coverage of the Israel–Gaza war, and has a forthcoming book with Palgrave (2025): The politics of anti-Islamophobia in Australia: The case of the Muslim community organisations. She serves on the Executive of AAIMS and advises the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Anti-Racism Campaign.
Jennifer Haines
Jennifer Haines is a Lecturer and Tutor to Nurses at the University of Western Sydney and University of Technology Sydney, and formerly a Registered Nurse, Lawyer and Trade Unionist for over 40 years in the NSW Health system.
Jesse J. Fleay
Jesse Fleay, a First Nations researcher and co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, writes on constitutional reform, executive accountability, and the structural challenges facing Indigenous communities.
Alan Pears
Alan Pears, AM, is one of Australia’s best-regarded sustainability experts. He is a senior industry fellow at RMIT University, advises a number of industry and community organisations, and works as a consultant. Alan writes a column in each issue of Renew magazine.
Sophie Singh
Sophie Singh is a long term campaigner for refugee rights and member of the Canberra Refugee Action Campaign, Sophie Singh was also an organiser with the 2025 Big Walk 4 Refugees, a virtual walk of 44,000kms of solidarity held throughout June with those who came to Australia seeking safety.
Anna-Karina Hermkens
Anna-Karina Hermkens research covers Cultural Anthropology, Art and Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, Museum Studies, Gender Studies and Religious Studies/ Pilgrimage Studies. I have done done fieldwork in West Papua (Jayapura area), the North Moluccas (Ternate), Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby, Madang, Collingwood Bay and Bougainville) and Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal-Marau area).
Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Claud Cockburn was a Scottish-born Irish-American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up by British parents in Ireland, but lived and worked in the United States from 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he edited the political newsletter CounterPunch.
Alexander Cockburn’s _ Guillotined!, A Colossal Wreck and An Orgy of Thieves: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents_are available from CounterPunch.
Kosmos Samaras
Kos Samaras specialises in compiling and interpreting research, statistical data and polling to provide a unique insight into the cause and effects of social and political issues impacting communities across Australia.
Often sought for expert commentary on polling data and its impact on all levels of politics, Kos’s keen understanding of the nature of political parties and government decision-making (drawn from more than 25 years of political experience with Victorian Labor) allows him to deliver effective solutions for a broad range of clients.
Catholics for Justice and Peace for Palestinians
Catholics for Justice and Peace for Palestinians is a group of Australian Catholics who have come together to highlight the plight of Palestinians and encourage action. The group includes Clare Condon, Chris Sidoti, Marilyn Hatton, Francis Sullivan, Claire Victory, John Warhurst AO, Patty Fawkner and John Menadue AO.
Elmaz Asan
Elmaz Asan is a Crimean Tatar journalist, based in Kyiv (ATR. TV channel). She is also a visiting research fellow on the history of Crimea through Cambridge University.
Khushboo Razdan
Khushboo Razdan is a correspondent based in New York. Before joining the Post, she worked as a multimedia journalist in Beijing and New Delhi for over a decade. She’s a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.
Ryan Manuel
Dr Ryan Manuel Bilby is Managing Director of Bilby, a HK-based company that uses AI to analyse policy.
Eleanor Flynn
Eleanor Flynnare is Co Chair of Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform, both are involved in Church reform at the local and National level and have multiple contacts with international Church Reform groups.