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is a former consultant to the attorney-general and Aboriginal Affairs minister in the Whitlam government, cabinet minister throughout the Hawke–Keating governments, president of the International Crisis Group and chancellor of the Australian National University.

is a journalist and the author of The Successor, a biography of Lachlan Murdoch.

is The Saturday Paper’s chief political correspondent.

is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man. His latest book, with Lyn Harwood, is Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra.

is a professor in atmospheric science in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is part of the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century and Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes.

is the author of To Sing of War and Storyland, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

is a writer and former refugee.

is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, assistant national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia and author of six books, including Dear Son – Letters and reflections from First Nations fathers and sons and the bestselling children’s book Finding Our Heart.

is the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. His most recent book is The Coal Truth.

is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia.