Robert Clynes
Robert Clynes OAM LL.B is a former partner at Minter Ellison (1975 -2005) and ACT Law Society President (1993-95).Barrister ACT Bar 2005- 2022.
Guest author Anna Nadolny
Anna NadolnyResearch Officer, 100% Renewable Energy Group, Australian National University.
Albert Roman
Albert Roman is a high school teacher who helps students understand Civics, Government, and Economics. He spent time in Jiangsu Province in the late 1990s teaching accounting and finance at a college in Changzhou.
Guest author Andrew Blakers
Andrew Blakers Professor of Engineering, Australian National University.
Michael Sullivan
Dr Michael Sullivan Adjunct Lecturer, International Relations (International Political Economy; China’s political economy and foreign and defence policies; Indo-Pacific Regionalism; ANZUS+AUKUS), College of Business, Government and Law (BGL), Flinders University. I retired in December 2024.
Emma Dawson
Emma Dawson is Executive Director of Per Capita. She has worked as a researcher at Monash University and the University of Melbourne; in policy and public affairs for SBS and Telstra; and as a senior policy adviser in the Rudd and Gillard Governments.
Guest author Cheng Cheng
Cheng Cheng Research Officer, School of Engineering, Australian National University.
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
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
Guest author 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 Africas 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
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.
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.