Issue 8, September 2008

Sarah Burnside is a Perth-based lawyer and freelance writer.

Alex Coram is Professor of Political Economy at The University of Western Australia.

Simon Dawkins is Managing Director of the Oil Mallee Company and a director of EcoCarbon.

Bryn Dodson graduated from the University of Western Australia with degrees in arts and law.  He currently works in a law firm in Perth.

Philip Goldswain is a lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts at The University of Western Australia.

David Hodgkinson is a member of The Hodgkinson Group, Special Counsel with Clayton Utz and Executive Director of EcoCarbon.

Laksiri Jayasuriya is Emeritus Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Western Australia and has held a variety of academic and public appointments in the UK, USA, Australia and Sri Lanka.

Jamie Miller has a BA (Hons) from the University of Sydney, and is studying for a Masters Degree in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge.

Andrew Murray was elected as an Australian Democrats Federal Senator for Western Australia in 1996 and again in 2001. In 2000, Andrew secured the support of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) for an inquiry into child migration to Australia. In 2003, again with ALP support, he initiated an inquiry into those Australians who were not child migrants but who also experienced institutional care as children. He retired from the Senate on 30 June 2008.

David Ritter is The New Critic's London based Editor-at-Large.

Margaret Seares AO holds the position of Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Western Australia. In 2003, Professor Seares was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of her contribution to the arts and education in Australia. 

Lucy Young is a lawyer and political advisor.