The following table lists the participants who will be attending the Australian Future Directions Forum.
The participants have provided a biography and their view of the future for Australia. This information is available by clicking on each participants surname. (Please note that we are updating this section on a regular basis).
Participants have been invited as individuals, not as representatives of their sectors or their organisations. The views expressed in their statements are those of the individual participant. Except where the participant specifically states to the contrary, those views do not represent the views of any business organisation with which the participant may be associated.
| Mr Aleem Ali |
Chief Executive Officer, SpeakOut, QLD |
| Ms Yasmin Allen |
Non-Executive Director, Insurance Australia Group, NSW |
| Mr Daniel Almagor |
President, Engineers Without Borders Australia, VIC |
| Mr Waleed Aly |
Executive Member, Islamic Council of Victoria, VIC |
| Mr Chris Barrett |
Director, Resources & Infrastructure Branch, Department of Premier & Cabinet, VIC |
| Ms Jane Bennett |
Managing Director, Ashgrove Cheese, TAS |
| Mr Michael Bliss |
Director, International Law & Transnational Crime Section, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, ACT |
| Ms Nicole Breeze |
Co-ordinator, Oxfam International Youth Parliament, NSW |
| Dr Ngiare Brown |
Assistant Director, Indigenous Health, Menzies School of Health Research, NT |
| Mr Tony Burke MP |
Federal Member for Watson, Shadow Minister for Immigration, NSW |
| Mr James Cameron |
Chief General Manager, Broadcasting, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, ACT |
| Ms Kathryn Campbell |
Deputy Secretary, General Manager, Financial Management Group, Department of Finance & Administration, ACT |
| Dr Gervase Chaney |
Director, Postgraduate Medical Education, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, WA |
| Dr Roger Chung |
NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellow, NeuroRepair Group, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, TAS |
| Dr Natasha Cica |
Strategy and Communications Consultant, NSW |
| Rev Jeremy Clarke SJ |
Jesuit Research Centre, ACT |
| Mr Malcolm Cole |
State Political Correspondent, The Courier-Mail, QLD |
| Federal Agent, Andrew Colvin OAM |
Chief of Staff, Australian Federal Police, ACT |
| Mr Luke Condon |
Cabinet Office, Department of Premier and Cabinet, SA |
| Mr Rodney Croome AM |
Advocate for Gay and Lesbian Human Rights, TAS |
| Dr Richard Denniss |
Strategic Advisor, Australian Greens, ACT |
| Mr Darren Dick |
Director, Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, Social Justice Unit, NSW |
| The Hon. Peter Dutton MP |
Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Federal Member for Dickson, QLD |
| Mr Ahmed Fahour |
Chief Executive Officer, Australia, National Australia Bank, VIC |
| Mr Ben Fargher |
Chief Executive Officer, National Farmers Federation, ACT |
| Mr Grant Fenn |
Executive General Manager, Airports & Catering Qantas Airways Ltd, NSW |
| Dr Joshua Funder |
GBS Venture Partners Limited, VIC |
| Dr Alice Garner |
Vice Chancellor's Fellow, University of Melbourne, VIC |
| Mr Jason Glanville |
Policy and Partnerships Director, Reconciliation Australia, ACT |
| Mr Nicholas Green OAM |
President, Victorian Olympic Council, VIC |
| Mr Daniel Grollo |
Managing Director, Grocon, VIC |
| Mr Andrew Hagger |
Melbourne Managing Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, VIC |
| Mr Stephen Hall SC |
Barrister, WA |
| Ms Karen Heck |
Executive Director,The Heck Group, QLD |
| Ms Allison Henry |
National Director, Australian Republican Movement, NSW |
| Ms Tanya Hosch |
Board Member, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, SA |
| The Hon. Greg Hunt MP |
Federal Member for Flinders,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage,
VIC |
| Mr John Ilhan |
Chief Executive Officer, Crazy John's, VIC |
| Ms Launa Inman |
Managing Director, Target Australia Pty Ltd, VIC |
| Mr Andrew Johnson |
Director, Australian Council of Social Service, NSW |
| Mr Stephen Jones |
National Secretary, Community & Public Sector Union, NSW |
| Mr Danny Kennedy |
Campaigns Manager, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, NSW |
| Dr Steven Kennedy |
General Manager, Domestic Economy Division, Australian Treasury, ACT |
| Ms Jacqueline King |
Assistant Director, Education and Campaign Centre, ACTU, VIC |
| Mr Alan Kirkland |
Executive Director, Australian Law Reform Commission, NSW |
| Ms Shameema Kolia |
President, Muslim Youth WA |
| Mr Chris Koo |
Group Manager - Parcels, Australia Post, VIC |
| Cr Geoff Lake |
President, Municipal Association of Victoria, VIC |
| Dr Greg Lavery |
Clean Energy Manager, Origin Energy Retail Limited, SA |
| Mr Philip Leslie |
Executive Director, Office of Sport and Recreation, NT |
| Dr Tamara Mackean |
Vice President, Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, SA |
| Rev Neil Mathieson |
Parish Priest, Elizabeth, SA |
| Mr Ian Maxwell |
Vice President, Exploration & Integrated Business Development, BHP Billiton, VIC |
| Mr Stephen Mayne |
Founder: www.crikey.com.au, VIC |
| Mr Martin Mercer |
Managing Director - Sydney, Consumer & Marketing, Telstra, NSW |
| Ms Margot McCarthy |
Deputy Director Intelligence, Defence Signals Directorate, Department of Defence, ACT |
| Ms Louise McKenzie |
Operations Technical Manager, ExxonMobil Australia, VIC |
| Ms Lisa McMurray |
PNG Program Manager, Anglican Board of Mission, NSW |
| Dr Suzette Mitchell |
Executive Director, International Women's Development Agency, VIC |
| Ms Sylvia Ng |
Lawyer, Blake Dawson Waldron, QLD |
| Ms Thao Nguyen |
Youth Chair, Ethnic Communities Council NSW |
| Rev Sue Page |
Uniting Church of Australia, QLD |
| Ms Tanya Plibersek MP |
Federal Member for Sydney, Shadow Minister for Child Care; Youth; Women, NSW |
| Dr Benjamin Preston |
Marine & Atmospheric Research, CSIRO, VIC |
| Dr Elizabeth Reid Boyd |
School of International, Cultural and Community Studies, Edith Cowan University, WA |
| WGCDR Steve Roberton |
Commanding Officer,
No 75 Squadron, NT |
| Mr John Roskam |
Executive Director, Institute of Public Affairs, VIC |
| Ms Nicola Roxon MP |
Federal Member for Gellibrand, Shadow Attorney-General, VIC |
| Ms Vicki-Jo Russell AM |
WWF SA Threatened Species Co-ordinator, SA |
| Dr Chris Sarra |
Director, Indigenous Education Leadership Institute, QLD |
| Mr Lyndon Schneiders |
Queensland Campaign Manager, The Wilderness Society, QLD |
| Ms Misha Schubert |
Political Correspondent, The Age, VIC |
| Mr Robert Skeffington |
Deputy Editor, Business Review Weekly, VIC |
| Mr Adam Smith |
National Program Manager - Education Foundation, VIC |
| Mr Tony Smith MP |
Federal Member for Casey,
Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, VIC |
| Ms Sonja Stewart |
Executive Director, Communities Division, Department of Community Services, NSW |
| Ms Leah Talbot |
Cape York Program Officer, Australian Conservation Foundation, QLD |
| Ms Clare Thompson |
Barrister, WA |
| Mr Evan Thornley |
National Secretary, Australian Fabians, VIC |
| Mr James van Smeerdijk |
Chief Executive Officer, Allen Consulting Group, VIC |
| Ms Louise Walsh |
Director, Artsupport Australia, NSW |
| Mr Tim Watts |
Consultant, Nous Group, VIC |
| Prof. Michael Wesley |
Director, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, QLD |
| Ms Madonna William |
SEQ Natural Resource Officer, Community Engagement (Indigenous), Department of Natural Resources and Mines, QLD |
| Prof. George Williams |
Anthony Mason Professor and Director, Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of NSW |
| Ms Catherine Wolthuizen |
Executive Director, Consumer Law Centre Victoria, VIC |
| Ms Mary Wooldridge |
Director, Foundation Boroondara, VIC |
| Mr Mark Yettica-Paulson |
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, ACT |
| Ms Stella Young |
Communications
Co-ordinator, Arts Access, VIC |
