Peter O'Keeffe
Peter OKeeffe is a lawyer who has practiced as a barrister and as a solicitor, and who was a legal and procedural advisor to politicians and committees in the Parliament during the Hawke, Keating and Howard era.
Geroge Yeo
George Yeo Yong-Boon, a distinguished former Foreign Minister of Singapore, offers a compelling narrative on the resilience and enduring legacy of Chinese civilisation. His reflections span China’s adept handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to its ancient water management systems, revealing a civilisation rooted in wisdom and adaptability.
Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University
Sadaf Shabbir
Sadaf Shabbir (she/her) is a researcher and an academic writer. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations with distinction from University of Karachi, Pakistan. Sadaf has been affiliated with the Youth Center for Research (YCR) since 2021, in the capacity of a Young Researcher, and later in 2022 as the Resident Research Fellow. Sadaf has worked as one of the top 500 United People Global Sustainability Leaders, designing an inclusive education project for climate-vulnerable areas, reducing gender violence. Sadaf, through her research, navigates the intersection of Gender and International Relations, with a particular focus on Public Policy, Human Rights and International Law. Sadaf aims to gender sensitise public policy by advancing gender analysis in global affairs. Sadaf is from Pakistan.
Guest athor Marcy Winograd
Marcy Winogradis a blogger, activist, and public school teacher in Los Angeles.
Lynda-June Coe
Lynda-June Coe PhD Candidate,Macquarie University
Wiradjuri and Badu Island Woman, HDR student and Indigenous Rights Activist.
Samantha Hepburn
Samantha Hepburn teaches in mining and energy law, environmental law, natural resources law, water law, native title and land law. Her research interests include: climate governance, energy transitions, and natural resource jurisprudence.
Samantha has taught and researched at Monash, the Australian National University and Deakin University. Samantha has published extensively in her area of research. She has a book published with Cambridge University Press on Mining and Energy Law and Policy in Australia which is about to be released in its 2nd edition. She also has a book with Lexis Nexis on Australian Property Law which is in its 5th edition and a book with Federation Press on Principles of Equity and Trusts which is in its 6th edition. Samantha has published in scholarly journals in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom
Nuri Kino
Nuri Kino is an independent investigative multi-award-winning reporter and minority rights expert.
Ben Norton
Ben Nortonis an investigative journalist and analyst. He is the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report, and is based in Latin America.(Publicacionesen espaol aqu.)
Warief Djajanto Basorie
Warief Djajanto Basorie is a past reporter of Indonesia’s KNI News Service and Jakarta correspondent of the Manila-based DEPTHnews Asia. He later became a journalism instructor at the Dr.Soetomo Press Institute (LPDS) in Jakarta where he convened thematic reportorial workshops. The themes included AIDS, the environment and the climate crisis. He worked from home during the covid pandemic and is now retired. Warief contributes articles to domestic and overseas outlets on the environment, climate, Indonesian politics, and international relations.
Dewey Sim
Senior Reporter, China Dewey Sim is a reporter for the China desk covering Beijing’s foreign policy. He was previously writing about Singapore and Southeast Asia for the Post’s Asia desk. A Singapore native, Dewey joined the Post in 2019 and is a graduate of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information.
Guest author Alfred Romann
Alfred Romannis managing director of Bahati, an editorial services agency based in Hong Kong_._
Geoffrey Roberts
Geoffrey Roberts is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork, National University of Ireland, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He published “Stalins General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov” (2012), which was awarded the Society for Military Historys Distinguished Book Award, and “Churchill and Stalin: Comrades-in-Arms during the Second World War” (2019). His latest book is Stalins Library: A Dictator and His Books (2022).
Alex Vickery-Howe
Alex Vickery-Howe is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, social commentator, rambling podcaster and emerging novelist. His work spans political satire, environmental polemic, dark comedy and fantasy fiction. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Flinders University.
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years forThe New York Times,where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas forThe Dallas Morning News,The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He is the host of showThe Chris Hedges Report.
Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland is now retired and formerly a union educator and organiser at TUTA and the AMWU.
Sue Barrett
Sue Barrett is a Melbourne-based business and community leader, go-to-market strategist, and advocate for human-centered communication and sustainability. With over 30 years of experience in business growth, ethical leadership, change management, and social activism, she is dedicated to helping individuals, organisations, and communities build human-centred, collaborative systems for a better and fairer future.
Fadlullah Wilmot
Fadlullah Wilmot formerly served at universities in Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia but after the tsunami in Aceh became involved in the humanitarian and development sector. He has worked in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Guest author Esther Linder
Esther Linder is an Australian photojournalist covering social affairs, gender issues, food security and more. Her work has appeared in The Saturday Paper, The Monthly and The Age. She tweets and grams @estherlinder_.
Victor Gilinsky
Victor Gilinsky is a physicist and was a commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations.
Andrew Whelan
Andrew Whelan is a Senior Lecturer in sociology at the University of Wollongong. He writes about public administration, universities, and the social implications of emerging technologies.
Louise Adler
Louise Adler is a former Australian publisher and former board member of numerous arts organisations.
Yiping Huang
Yiping Huang is Professor and Deputy Dean at the National School of Development and Director of the Institute of Digital Finance, Peking University.
Jasper Lindell
Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.
Marie Healy
Marie Healy helped to co-ordinate the formation of the Residents Action Coalition. Marie was instrumental in obtaining an Upper House Inquiry in the Metro Conversion of the Bansktown Line and in saving many of the heritage-listed railway buildings that had been marked for demolition. Marie lives in a Heritage Conservation Area, and around 6 years ago joined the NSW Greens.
Abby Zimmet
Abby Zimet has written Common Dream’s Further column since 2008. A longtime, award-winning journalist, she moved to the Maine woods in the early 70s, where she spent a dozen years building a house, hauling water and writing before moving to Portland. Having come of political age during the Vietnam War, she has long been involved in women’s, labor, anti-war, social justice and refugee rights issues.
Stephen Gapps
Historian and Conjoint Lecturer,University of Newcastle
University of Technology, Sydney, PhD
Research interests: Conflict and resistance warfare in early Sydney 1788-1817. The Bathurst War, the First War of Wiradjuri Resistance 1822-1824. The Australian Frontier Wars. Public History, historical reenactments and commemoration
Professional Historians Association, NSW and ACT. History Council of NSW
Publications
2024The Rising - Resistance Warfare 1838-1842, 2021 Gudyarra - The First Wiradyuri War of Resistance, the Bathurst War 1822-24, 2019 The Sydney Wars - Conflict in the early colony 1788-1817,
Robert Clines
Robert Clines is Associate Professor of History and International Studies at Western Carolina University. His scholarship focuses on Islamophobia, antisemitism, and Orientalism in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, as well as the history of premodern Arab Christianity.
Prue Brown
Prudence R Brown is an academic with rich practitioner experience. This mix grounds a vibrant program of research which informs both policy and practice, and which recognises that successful policy reform relies on the complex interplay between policy design, stakeholder interests, implementation context and management capacity. She adapts her professional experience to scholarly frameworks to ensure her research has a real impact on public sector effectiveness.
Sandra Kanck
Sandra Kanck was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council where she represented the Australian Democrats for 15 years, retiring in early 2009. She has continued her activism on numerous fronts, including voluntary assisted dying and heading the state branch of ABC Friends. However, her continuing focus has been on two issues, one being the need for Australia to have population numbers in keeping with the environments capacity to sustain them, and Palestinian human rights. In relation to Palestine, Sandra has been active in the BDS (boycott, divest and sanction) movement for more than 13 years.
Brendon O’Connor
Brendon O’Connor is Professor of US Politics and Foreign Relations, US Studies Centre/Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney.
Mandar Oak
Mandar Oak is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Public Policy, The University of Adelaide. He works in the fields of economic development, political economy and public economics.
Ken Coghill
Adjunct Professor Hon. Ken Coghill (BVSc, PhD) members of the Accountability Round Table
For the Accountability Round Tables broader recommendations on integrity reforms see Integrity Now!
Martin Newman
Martin Newman Lecturer in Journalism at University of Technology Sydney. Coordinator of Media Law & Ethics. Publishes media blog News2Me.
Michael Stewart Borgas
Dr Michael Borgas, Yanakie Research Institute.CSIRO Atmospheric Scientist, 30 years; President CSIRO Staff Association, 15 years; Physics and Mathematics education, Cambridge University, Trinity College; Adelaide University. Avid volunteer Mongolia, Air Pollution. Grew up in Port Augusta.