John Woods
Monsignor John Woods is a priest of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Parish Priest of Transfiguration Parish, North Woden and Episcopal Vicar for Catholic schools of the archdiocese. He is also chaplain to the Canberra Raiders Rugby League Club and was recently inducted as a Life Member.
Nick Estes
Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He is a journalist, historian and co-host of the Red Nation Podcast. He is the author of Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (Verso, 2019).
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler. Few people have as much experience in the aged care sector as Paul. 38 years, to be exact. He’s been a national and state CEO of aged care industry associations, CEO of a major aged care provider, and influencer of ageing policy, disability and community care programs for both national and state governments. He is a co-founder of Invox with Roland Naufal.
Joseph Harfouch
Joseph Harfouch lives in Perth, Western Australia since 1984. He has Lebanese and Palestinian background. He works in the software industry. He has a strong interest in Arabic music, culture and politics.
Jeff Sparrow
Jeff Sparrow is a writer, broadcaster and Walkley award-winning journalist. He is a former 3RRR Breakfaster and a former editor of Overland literary journal. His recent books include Provocations: New and Selected Writing, Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating, Trigger Warnings: Political Correctness and the Rise of the Right, and No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson. He lectures at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.
Miro Sandev
Miro Sandev is a high school teacher and anti-war activist. He is a member of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine NSW, Solidarity and the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition. He lives on unceded Wangal land.
Roland Naufal
Roland has built (and at times threatened) his career by being outspoken about things that matter. He has over three decades of experience – from aged care CEO and Age Friendly Cities expert to the founder of DSC, Australia’s best known NDIS educators. Roland co-founded Invox with Paul Sadler.
Clive Edwards
Clive Edwards is a retired academic. An economist. Phd from ANU 1966. I mainly worked in Universities (ANU, University of Queensland). In the late 70s I spent a year as academic in residence with DFA where one of my roles was to provide advice to the then Foreign Minister, Andrew Peacock, on economic developments in Asia and the implications for Australia. This area has been my principal focus and I have had quite extensive experience in East Asia, particularly in the countries of South East Asia together with Taiwan and South Korea. I live in Brisbane.
Peter Montague
Peter Montague, Ph.D., is a widely published journalist and historian, a fellow with the Science & Environmental Health Network (Ames, IA), and a member of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981, AFL-CIO).
Rayana Ajam
Rayana is a human rights advocate driven by an unwavering commitment to social justice. Currently serving as Media Associate at Amnesty International Australia, she brings four years of experience across casework, crisis response, and strategic advocacy. Rayana has championed the rights of individuals at risk, particularly those from Indigenous, refugee, and asylum seeker backgrounds. Her work has contributed to the successful resettlement of individuals and submissions to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture, and Amnesty’s campaigns. She has represented UN Youth Australia on its Middle East Delegation and contributed to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Anti-Racism Framework. Recognised as a Young Woman to Watch in International Affairs in 2024, she is currently completing her Juris Doctor at the University of New South Wales, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, International Relations and Sociology from the University of Sydney. Rayana is travelling to the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee through the Global Voices Policy Fellowship.
Romana Rubeo
Romana Rubeo is an Italian writer and the managing editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Her articles appeared in many online newspapers and academic journals. She holds a Master’s Degree in foreign languages and literature and specializes in audio-visual and journalism translation.
LEE Youngah
LEE, Youngah (Activist, Center for Peace and Disarmament of People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD))
Peter Maywald
Peter Maywald worked in senior commonwealth and state administrative positions (Ombudsman and human rights) for over 15 years and was Secretary to the Government of Norfolk Island for 7 years.
Daz Chandler
Daz Chandler is a documentary filmmaker and interdisciplinary storyteller with a background in media and human rights advocacy. Their work explores the intersections of philosophy, ethics, history, technology and parallel worlding frameworks.
Jim Anthony
Jim Anthony earned his PhD at ANU (Pacific History and Politics, 1971) He has traveled widely in the Pacific (Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, New Caledonia, PNG. New Zealand). He has worked as a consultant in Japan, Malaysia, the then Soviet Union, in Holland, Malta, Canada and the United States.
Gregory Foster
Gregory D. Foster is a professor at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security & Resource Strategy, part of the National Defense University, where he previously has served as J. Carlton Ward Distinguished Professor and Director of Research, as well as the George C. Marshall Professor; head of the Strategic Human Capital Industry Study, the Environment Industry Study, and the China Regional Security Study. He is also chair of the NDU Faculty Advisory Council. A West Point graduate, Foster was an infantry company commander in the Vietnam War. He publishes regularly on a variety of national security-related subjects.
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. Sanders ran to become the Democratic Party presidential nominee in both 2016 and 2020 and remains the longest-serving independent member of Congress in American history. Elected Mayor of Burlington, Vermont in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont’s at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York.
Bryan Horrigan
Professor Bryan Horrigan holds a doctorate in law from Oxford University under a Rhodes Scholarship. He is an academic, published author, legal and governmental adviser, and public speaker. He has academic expertise, practical experience and an international reputation in public and corporate law and governance. His book Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century was published internationally in 2010.
Michael Read
Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
Michael Read is the foreign affairs and defence correspondent, reporting from Parliament House, Canberra. He was formerly economics correspondent. He joined the Financial Review in 2021 from the Reserve Bank of Australia. Reach Michael securely @michaelread.14 on Signal. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
David Sanger
David E. Sanger is an American journalist who is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, writing since 1982, covering foreign policy, Globalisation, Nuclear Proliferation, and the Presidency
Ronny Tong
The author is a former chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, a member of the Executive Council, and convener of the Path of Democracy.
Kevin Young
Kevin Young teaches history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His most recent book is Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won.
Kelvin Quartermaine
Kelvin Quartermaine is a Wardandi man, living on Wardandi Boodja. Kelvin has lived experience of many of his family members across the generations being caught up in the criminal justice system. His life’s mission is to overcome its tragic suicidal impacts.
Peter Morgan
Peter Morgan In over 40 years working in education, Peter has been a school leader for more than 25 years, including as principal in four very different schools. He has led in remote, rural, regional, metropolitan, and international schools and taught from kindergarten to university. Peter has worked as a school innovation consultant, leadership coach and trainer. He is a life member of NSW Secondary Principals’ Council.
Mahir Ali
Mahir Ali has worked as a journalist in Pakistan, the UAE and Australia across four decades.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is an international development adviser, specialising in financial sector and private sector development. He is a graduate of Oxford University, born and raised in the UK and currently living in Oxford. He lived in Suva, Fiji between 2022 and 2024. He has written two books on Fiji under the series title “Fiji; Under Assault”.