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.
Maha Hussaini
Maha Hussaini is an award-winning journalist and human rights activist based in Gaza. Maha started her journalism career by covering Israel’s military campaign on the Gaza Strip in July 2014. In 2020, she won the prestigious Martin Adler Prize for her work as a freelance journalist.
Patrick Mazza
Patrick Mazza - Progressive activist and journalist since 1981. Lived in Seattle since 1998, and the Pacific Northwest, aka Cascadia, since 1977.
Morgan Brigg
Morgan Brigg is Associate Professor in the School of Political Science and International Studies at The University of Queensland. He specialises in governance, conflict resolution, and innovative approaches to cross-cultural relations and the politics of knowledge. His work facilitates exchange between Western and Indigenous political philosophies and socio-legal orders as part of a wider exploration of the politics of cultural difference, governance, and selfhood.
Gerardine McLoughlin
Gerardine McLoughlin (PhD) member of the Accountability Round Table
For the Accountability Round Tables broader recommendations on integrity reforms see Integrity Now!
Philip Huggins
Bishop Philip Huggins Director, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, August 25 2022
AbdulWahed Jalal Nori
Dr AbdulWahed Jalal Nori is an assistant professor at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and coordinator of the Centre for Foresight Studies. His work bridges Islamic thought, political science and futures studies, focusing on ethics, civilisation and reform. He previously served in various academic and policy roles in Malaysia and Iraq.
Terry Russell
Terry Russell works for an international aid organisation. Before returning to Australia in 2015, he lived for 17 years in Indonesia and UN-administered East Timor. His Phd thesis was on nation building in East Timor. He is a triple-vaccinated environmentalist.
Vinod Balasubramaniam
Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam is an Associate Professor of Molecular Virology and Leader of the Infection and Immunity Research Strength in the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia.
Guest author David Faber
Dr David Faber is an historian, currently an Adjunct Research Scholar at Flinders University.
Martin Kear
Dr Martin Kear is a lecturer in terrorism and international security at The University of Sydney. His research interests include Middle East politics, the political/electoral participation of Islamist movements, and the role of political violence in the organisational narratives of militant movements.
Somdeep Sen
Somdeep Sen teaches international relations at Roskilde University and is the author ofDecolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial.
Fatima Payman
Fatima Payman, Senator for Western Australia, recently launched her political party, Australia’s Voice. Raised in Perth’s northern suburbs, she now serves as a strong voice for Western Australia in Canberra. As an Australian Muslim with cultural roots from Afghanistan, her father’s journey as a refugee and his tireless work ethic inspired Fatima’s values of hard work and perseverance.
As Australia’s youngest politician, Fatima is not afraid to speak her mind through bold and fearless advocacy. Dedicated to holding the government accountable, Fatima passionately represents the interests of Western Australians, ensuring their voices are heard in the corridors of power. With a commitment to transparency, integrity and justice, she is driven by a deep care for WA and an unwavering resolve to make a positive impact.
Allen A. Espinosa
Allen A. Espinosa is a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, in Prague, Czech Republic. He is currently on study leave as a professor of Science Education at the Educational Policy Research and Development Office of the Philippine Normal University. Allen holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research covers a wide range of topics, including policy research in education, teacher education, information disorder, and social justice in education. You may reach him at allen.espinosa@pedf.cuni.cz.
Lyn Alisson
Lyn Alisson BEd, former Federal Senator and member of the Accountability Round Table
For the Accountability Round Tables broader recommendations on integrity reforms see Integrity Now!
Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells
Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells wrote with John Brumby the book, ‘A Better Australia: Politics, public policy and how to achieve lasting reform'.
Dean Baker
Dean Baker is the senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC.