Richard Medhurst
Richard Medhurst is an independent journalist from the United Kingdom whose work focuses on US politics, international relations and the Middle East.
Wael Sabri
Wael Sabri is originally from Palestine and has a deep passion for addressing social justice issues. Over the past 40 years, he has made Sydney his home. He is passionate about social justice issues, dedicating his time and energy advocating for fairness and equality.
Guest author Edward Curtin
Edward Curtin educated in the classics, philosophy, literature, theology, and sociology, I teach sociology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Guest author Vicente Navarro
Vicente NavarroisProfessor of Public Policyat JohnsHopkins University, and Director of the JHU-UPF Public Policy Center.
Daniel Bell
Daniel A. Bell () is Professor, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao) from 2017 to 2022. His books include The Dean of Shandong(2023),Just Hierarchy(co-authored with Wang Pei, 2020),The China Model(2015),The Spirit of Cities(co-authored with Avner de-Shalit, 2012),Chinas New Confucianism(2008),Beyond Liberal Democracy(2007), and_East Meets West_(2000), all published by Princeton University Press. He is also the author of Communitarianism and Its Critics(Oxford University Press, 1993). He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series (Princeton University Press) which translates and publishes original and influential academic works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has been interviewed in English, Chinese, and French. In 2018, he was awarded the Huilin Prize and was honored as a Cultural Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Barbara Pocock
Barbara Pocock led the establishment of the current Senate Inquiry into the management and integrity of consulting services. She is a Greens Senator for South Australia and an Emeritus Professor at the University of South Australia. She has written many grant applications.
Ka Sing Chiua
Dr Ka Sing Chiua,. National Senior Adviser, Chinese Community Council of Australia, National Cordnator, Chinese Australian Leadership Group (Vic)
Alistair Woodward and Stephen Leeder
Alistair Woodward and Stephen Leeder are senior public health academics in Auckland and Sydney respectively. They are co-editors-in chief of the International Journal of Epidemiology, in which an earlier version of this essay was published recently.
Skwarkbox (SW)
The SKWAWKBOX is owned and run by Steve Walker. The SKWAWKBOX is written to try to present information and analysis that will rarely make it into the mainstream media because it doesnt fit their agenda and the narrative they want to present.
Justine Muller
Justine Muller is a multi-disciplined artist with a BFA from the National Art School. Her late godfather, the late Jack Mundey, union leader and environmental activist (subject for her portrait and finalist for the Archibald Prize 2020) instilled in her a strong sense of justice. From him she understands the power of grassroots activism and often uses her art as a tool to bring focus to issues around environmental rights. Muller’s work has toured major institutions i.e. The Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of NSW. Her art can be found in both public and private collections both nationally and internationally including Macquarie Bank and Sydney City Archives. She is represented by Nanda Hobbs Gallery, Sydney.
Nassrine Azimi
Nassrine Azimi served most of her career with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), where she has led numerous initiatives, programs and offices on three continents. She currently coordinates the Green Legacy Hiroshima (GLH) Initiative (http://glh.unitar.org), a global campaign she co-founded in 2011 to disseminate and plant worldwide seeds and saplings of the hibakujumoku, trees that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. She is an adjunct professor at Doshisha Womens College of Liberal Arts, a visiting professor at Hiroshima Shudo University and a Research Fellow at the San Diego Botanic Garden, where she has been part of efforts to bring botanic gardens to post-conflict and least developed countries. She chairs the EDEN Seminars Emerging and Developing Economies Network - in Japan.