David Burchell teaches history and political thought at the University of Western Sydney and is a regular commentator on contemporary politics.

David Headon is a cultural consultant and historian. He is history adviser in the ACT Government’s Centenary of Canberra project team.

Geoff Gallop is Professor and Director of the Graduate School of Government, The University of Sydney. He was Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006.

John Barry is Reader in Politics in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, and Associate Director of the Institute for a Sustainable World, all at Queen’s University, Belfast.

Waleed Aly is a lecturer in politics at the Global Terrorism Research Unit at Monash University.

Patrick Weller is the Premier of Queensland Chair of Public Management and Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University. His book Learning to Be a Minister, co-authored with Anne Tiernan, was published in 2010.

Andrew Murray is a writer, editor, lecturer and adviser and is Chair of the Western Australian Regional Development Trust. He was a senator for Western Australia from 1996 until 2008. His report Review of Operation Sunlight was published in June 2008.