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Portrait of Abha Dawesar

Abha Dawesar

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Abha Dawesar is an Indian novelist based in New York.
Portrait of Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton is the author of non-fiction essays on themes ranging from love and travel, to architecture and philosophy.
Portrait of Alan Davies

Alan Davies

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Alan Davies is the blogger behind The Urbanist, and an urban and regional planner with Pollard Davies Consulting. His academic background is in planning, economics, sociology and architecture.
Portrait of Alan Duffy

Alan Duffy

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Associate Professor Duffy is an astrophysicist at Swinburne University creating baby universes on supercomputers to understand how galaxies like our Milky Way form and grow within vast halos of invisible…
Portrait of Alan Dupont

Alan Dupont

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Professor Alan Dupont has worked on Australian defence and Asian security issues for more than 30 years as a strategist, diplomat, policy analyst and scholar. He is Professor of International…
Portrait of Alexander Downer

Alexander Downer

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Alexander Downer retired from politics in 2008 after a distinguished career spanning 23 years.
Portrait of Alexandra de Blas

Alexandra de Blas

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Alexandra de Blas is the principal of de Blas Communications, a business specialising in social and environmental sustainability. She was previously a environment journalist.
Portrait of Amanda Dunn

Amanda Dunn

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Amanda Dunn is the politics and society editor for the Conversation. Prior to that, she was a reporter and editor with the Age for 16 years. She is the author of…
Portrait of Amandine Denis

Amandine Denis

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Amandine Denis is head of research at ClimateWorks Australia. She was a key analyst on the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, and authored the Cost of Delay report which…
Portrait of An Dang

An Dang

An Dang is a year 11 student from Melbourne, and the 2019 Victorian finalist for the Plain English Speaking Awards. Her acclaimed speech, 'The Hidden Language', called for greater inclusivity…
Portrait of André Dao

André Dao

André Dao is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. He is the co-founder of Behind the Wire, an oral history project documenting people’s experience of immigration detention, and the deputy editor of…
Portrait of Andrea Durbach

Andrea Durbach

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Andrea Durbach is a human rights advocate and political trial lawyer.
Portrait of Andrew Denton

Andrew Denton

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Andrew Denton is widely recognised as one of Australian media's genuinely creative forces.
Portrait of Andrew Dodd

Andrew Dodd

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Andrew Dodd is the director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. He has been a journalist for more than 25 years, working in radio, TV…
Portrait of Angela Daly

Angela Daly

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Angela Daly has ten years of experience in academia, activism and policy-making concerning the law, ethics and communications technologies. She is currently a research fellow in the Institute for Social…
Portrait of Anh Do

Anh Do

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Anh Do left his job in the corporate world, to become a comedian. He is also an accomplished writer, actor and producer.
Portrait of Anita Desai

Anita Desai

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Anita Desai was born and educated in India. Her published works include many award-winning short story collections and novels, three of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most…
Portrait of Anna Dusk

Anna Dusk

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Anna Dusk is the author of In-human.
Portrait of Anni Davey

Anni Davey

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Anni Davey is a freelance director and teacher of physical theatre and circus based in Melbourne. She is Chair of ACAPTA (Australian Circus and Physical Theatre Association).
Portrait of Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt is an award-winning journalist and writer with over two decades of reporting experience. India's only Emmy-nominated journalist, she became a household name with her front line reporting of…
Portrait of Barry Dickins

Barry Dickins

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Barry Dickins is an award-winning Australian author, playwright and artist. From his beginnings drawing cartoons for the Age to his most recent books for Hardie Grant – Unparalleled Sorrow and …
Portrait of Barry Divola

Barry Divola

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Barry Divola is a Sydney-based journalist, columnist and author of Nineteen Seventysomething.
Portrait of Beatrice Duong

Beatrice Duong

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Beatrice Duong is a year 11 student at the John Monash Science School in Clayton.
Portrait of Belinda Duarte

Belinda Duarte

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Portrait of Ben Doherty

Ben Doherty

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Ben Doherty is a reporter for Guardian Australia. He is a former foreign correspondent for the Guardian, covering South-East Asia, and for the Sydney Morning Herald, reporting…
Portrait of Beth Driscoll

Beth Driscoll

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Beth Driscoll is a Lecturer in Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne, and is part of a team that recently received a Romance Writers of America academic grant to…
Portrait of Bexx Djentuh-Davis

Bexx Djentuh-Davis

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Bexx is a Maori/Ghanaian women currently residing in Melbourne. Her passion for inclusion has seen her curate and develop events as big as conferences, all with the aim to platform…
Portrait of Brett Dean

Brett Dean

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Following studies in Australia, Brett Dean travelled to Germany in 1985 and became a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as viola player. In addition to his orchestral career, he…
Portrait of Bri Davey

Bri Davey

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Carlton secured Brianna Davey as one of its marquee players for its inaugural women’s team in 2017 The 21-year-old began her professional sporting career playing soccer, even making the Matildas…
Portrait of Brigid Delaney

Brigid Delaney

Brigid Delaney is a senior writer for Guardian Australia. She has previously worked as a lawyer and journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald, the Telegraph (London), ninemsn and …
Portrait of Briohny Doyle

Briohny Doyle

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Briohny Doyle is a Melbourne based writer and academic. She has published work in Meanjin, Overland and the Age. Her debut novel The Island Will Sink (The Lifted…
Portrait of Brooke Davis

Brooke Davis

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Brooke Davis grew up in Bellbrae, Victoria, and attempted to write her first novel when she was ten years old. It was a genre-busting foray into the inner-workings of a…
Portrait of Bryan Dawe

Bryan Dawe

Bryan Dawe is one of Australia’s finest political satirists. He has enjoyed a long career on radio; television, film and the speakers’ circuit, with his much loved characters Sir Murray…
Portrait of Bulent (Hass) Dellal

Bulent (Hass) Dellal

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Bulent Dellal OAM is the Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation and Deputy Chairman of the SBS Board of Directors. He has over 25 years’ experience in policy, management, community development…
Portrait of Carolyn Dunbar

Carolyn Dunbar

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Carolyn Dunbar is the regional director of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance in Victoria and Tasmania. Carolyn’s role as a union officer is to advocate on behalf of  journalists…
Portrait of Catherine de Saint Phalle

Catherine de Saint Phalle

Catherine de Saint Phalle is a Melbourne-based writer, bookseller and translator. 
Portrait of Catherine Deveny

Catherine Deveny

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Catherine Deveny has been a comedian, writer and professional speaker for 23 years She’s the author of seven books and over 1,000 columns for the Age newspaper, and is an…
Portrait of Ceridwen Dovey

Ceridwen Dovey

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Ceridwen Dovey’s debut novel, Blood Kin, was published in 15 countries, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Award, and selected for the US National Book Foundation’s prestigious ‘5 Under 35’…
Portrait of Christine Darcas

Christine Darcas

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Christine Darcas has had fiction and non-fiction published in the US, Australia and elsewhere overseas. In the US, her short stories have been published in the Vermont Literary Review, …
Portrait of Christine Davey

Christine Davey

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Christine Davey is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, director and PhD candidate. With over 30 years of experience in theatre in Australia, the UK and US, she is dedicated to telling…

Christine Dew

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Dr Christine Dew is a writer, photographer and community cultural development worker, formerly a senior lecturer in the history programme at La Trobe University.
Portrait of Claire Doherty

Claire Doherty

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Claire Doherty is Director of Situations, which she initiated in 2002: a UK arts organisation dedicated to commissioning and producing compelling new forms of public art. In 2009, she was…
Portrait of Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow

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Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger – the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of Walkaway, a novel for adults, a YA graphic…
Portrait of Cyndi Darnell

Cyndi Darnell

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Cyndi Darnell is a holistic sex & relationship therapist, counsellor and sex educator, with advanced degrees in Counselling and Sexual Health and a Bachelor in Adult Education. She has presented…
Portrait of Dan Disney

Dan Disney

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Dan Disney grew up in East Gippsland. He has worked in paddocks, warehouses, psychiatric institutions and universities, and divides his time between Cuneo, Melbourne, and Seoul, where he currently lectures…
Portrait of Daniel de Lorne

Daniel de Lorne

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Daniel de Lorne writes dark tales of ruin, romance and redemption. He holds an Honours degree for his creative writing work on vampires, just one headstone in his lifelong fascination with the macabre and gothic. His first published novel – the gay…
Portrait of Daniel Ducrou

Daniel Ducrou

Daniel Ducrou was born in Adelaide and The Byron Journals is his first novel. It was shortlisted for the 2007 Australian / Vogel Literary Prize and the 2008 Victorian Premier’s…
Portrait of Daryl Dellora

Daryl Dellora

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Daryl Dellora is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He is the recipient of an Australian Human Rights Award for his film Mr Neal is Entitled to be an Agitator, on…
Portrait of David Donaldson

David Donaldson

David Donaldson is currently completing a Master of International Relations in Melbourne, and is interested in politics and literature.
Portrait of David Dyer

David Dyer

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David Dyer has had a life-long obsession with the Titanic and has become an expert on the subject. In 2009, he was awarded a Commonwealth Government scholarship to write The Midnight Watch as…
Portrait of Demet Divaroren

Demet Divaroren

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Demet Divaroren was born in Adana, Turkey and migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old. She writes fiction and non-fiction and her writing has appeared…
Portrait of Deruka Dekuek

Deruka Dekuek

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Deruka Dekuek works within the local community of Ballarat, supporting the diverse refugee and migrant communities there. She embraces the different social and cultural experiences and diversity of her life in…

Destiny Deacon

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Destiny Deacon (K’ua K’ua and Erub/Mer) was born in 1957 in Maryborough, Queensland and now lives and works in Melbourne. An artist, her work featured in Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany,…
Portrait of Dur-é Dara

Dur-é Dara

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Dur-é Dara is Indian by race, Malaysian by birth, and –  since the age of 15 – Australian by choice. She is now 73 years old Dur-é was the Vice President…
Portrait of Emma Donovan

Emma Donovan

Acclaimed Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan grew up singing church songs with her maternal grandparents on the north coast of New South Wales. Her first secular gigs were singing in The…
Portrait of Eric Darnell

Eric Darnell

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Eric Darnell’s career spans 25 years as a computer animation director, screenwriter, story artist, film director, and executive producer. He was the director and screenwriter on all four films in…
Portrait of Fabian Dattner

Fabian Dattner

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Fabian comes from a well known Australian family, and is the founding partner of Dattner Grant, one of Australia’s best known specialist leadership consultancies.
Portrait of Francesca Donner

Francesca Donner

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Francesca Donner is director of the newly-launched Gender Initiative at the New York Times. In its first few months, the Gender Initiative has focused – and continues to focus – on…
Portrait of Fuchsia Dunlop

Fuchsia Dunlop

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Fuchsia Dunlop was the first Westerner to train at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine, and has been travelling around China collecting recipes for nearly two decades.
Portrait of Gabrielle de Vietri

Gabrielle de Vietri

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Gabrielle de Vietri is a Melbourne-based visual artist and co-director of A Centre for Everything, a collaborative programme of creative, pedagogical and culinary events. Her work develops from an involved…
Portrait of Gail Dines

Gail Dines

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Dr Gail Dines is professor of sociology and women’s studies at Boston’s Wheelock College. Her work focuses on the hypersexualisation of culture and the way porn filters into pop culture.…
Portrait of Gareth Davies

Gareth Davies

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Gareth Davies is an actor and playwright based in Sydney. He has written and performed for the Black Lung Theatre (of which he’s a member), Belvoir St Theatre, the Malthouse…
Portrait of Garry Disher

Garry Disher

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Garry Disher has published fifty titles across multiple genres. His last standalone novel, Bitter Wash Road, won the 2016 German Crime Prize, a prize he has previously won twice…
Portrait of Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer

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Geoff Dyer is the author of three previous novels, a critical study of John Berger and six other non-fiction books including But Beautiful, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham…
Portrait of George Dunford

George Dunford

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George Dunford has been writing about graphic novels since 1994 when he wrote a history thesis about the censorship of comic books.
Portrait of Georgie Dent

Georgie Dent

Georgie Dent is a journalist, an editor, and a passionate advocate for gender equality. The former lawyer is a regular media commentator, public speaker, MC and is the contributing editor…
Portrait of Georgina Downer

Georgina Downer

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Georgina Downer is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Georgina has extensive experience in foreign policy, most recently as the Director of Asialink Diplomacy at the University…
Portrait of Geraldine Doogue

Geraldine Doogue

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Geraldine Doogue is a highly accomplished Australian journalist and presenter whose career in print, television and radio includes Four Corners, the Australian, Life Matters, Compass and Saturday…
Portrait of Glyn Davis

Glyn Davis

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Glyn Davis is professor of political science, vice chancellor and principal of the University of Melbourne.
Portrait of Grace De Morgan

Grace De Morgan

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Grace De Morgan is a freelance writer and playwright. She has written for ATYP, Bondi Feast, Good News Week, Junkee, news.com.au, Old Fitz Theatre, Playwriting Australia, Seizure…
Portrait of Greg Davies

Greg Davies

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Greg Davies is Secretary of the Police Association.
Portrait of Hanifa Deen

Hanifa Deen

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Hanifa Deen is an award winning author. Her book Ali Abdul v. the King will be published in 2011.
Portrait of Hannah Donnelly

Hannah Donnelly

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Hannah is a Wiradjuri woman from NSW who grew up on Gamilaroi country in Tingha and Inverell. She is the creator of the Sovereign Trax music blog, which aims to…
Portrait of Helen Doyle

Helen Doyle

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Helen Doyle has demonstrated expertise in Australian historical research and in the preparation of site and place histories and thematic environmental histories. Her contributions to heritage and conservation reports include…
Portrait of Hugh de Kretser

Hugh de Kretser

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Hugh de Kretser is the Executive Director of the Human Rights Law Centre. He has worked on family violence, sexual assault and criminal justice issues for over a decade across…
Portrait of J. David Franzke

J. David Franzke

Composer and sound designer J. David Franzke lives and works in Melbourne. His work spans film, theatre and visual art installations as well as the production of numerous albums, both…
Portrait of Jack Dann

Jack Dann

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Jack Dann has written or edited over seventy-five books, including the international bestseller The Memory Cathedral, The Rebel, The Silent, and The Man Who Melted. He…
Portrait of Jacqui Durrant

Jacqui Durrant

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Dr Jacqui Durrant is a historian and blogger specialising in early gold rush history, Aboriginal/white contact history and environmental history. Her first book, Fire on the Plateau — A History…
Portrait of James Dominguez

James Dominguez

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In 2005 James Dominguez founded the Melbourne Bisexual Discussion Group, a monthly support and social group for people attracted to more than one gender, and almost a decade later the…
Portrait of Jane Dixon

Jane Dixon

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Jane Dixon QC is the President of Liberty Victoria, one of Australia’s leading civil liberties organisations. Jane has practiced at the Victorian Bar for over 20 years.
Portrait of Jane Doolan

Jane Doolan

Dr Jane Doolan is Executive Director of Sustainable Water Environment and Innovation at the Office of Water (Department of Sustainability and Environment), Victoria.
Portrait of Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

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Jared Diamond is the award-winning author of international bestsellers Collapse, Guns, Germs and Steel, The Third Chimpanzee, Why is Sex Fun? and 2013’s The World until Yesterday…
Portrait of Jason Di Rosso

Jason Di Rosso

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Jason Di Rosso is ABC RN’s film critic, host of the weekly film show The Final Cut and a reviewer across a range of RN programs Before becoming RN’s chief…
Portrait of Jeff B. Davis

Jeff B. Davis

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Jeff B. Davis is an actor and comedian from Los Angeles. His TV credits include Whose Line Is it, Anyway?, Happy Family, The Sarah Silverman Show and Drew…
Portrait of Jelena Dokic

Jelena Dokic

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Jelena Dokic was a prodigious tennis player who made the quarter-finals of Wimbledon at the age of just 16.
Portrait of Jennifer Down

Jennifer Down

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Jennifer Down is a writer, editor and translator. She was named a Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year consecutively in 2017 and 2018 for her debut novel, Our Magic Hour…
Portrait of Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson

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Jim Davidson is an historian and biographer.
Portrait of Joel Deane

Joel Deane

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Joel Deane is a poet, speechwriter and now a novelist.
Portrait of John Daley

John Daley

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John Daley is the inaugural chief executive of Grattan Institute, which provides independent, rigorous and practical solutions to Australia’s most pressing public policy issues. The current programs of Grattan Institute…
Portrait of Johnboy Davidson

Johnboy Davidson

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Jon Dale

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Jon Dale writes about music and culture for Uncut, The Wire, Dusted, Signal To Noise, Australian Book Review, Resident Advisor, and Little White Earbuds…
Portrait of Jonathan Daly

Jonathan Daly

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Jonathan Daly is an urbanist and behaviour change consultant with a focus on the human, social and cultural capital of cities.
Portrait of José Dalisay Jr.

José Dalisay Jr.

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José Dalisay Jr. has published more than 25 books of fiction and non-fiction, winning many awards for his writing both in the Philippines and overseas. He has been a Fulbright,…
Portrait of Joy Damousi

Joy Damousi

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Joy Damousi is a Professor of History at University of Melbourne.
Portrait of Julia Davis

Julia Davis

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Julia Davis has performed as a puppeteer with Dream Puppets for over 14 years, and has participated in Dream Puppets’ performances at festivals in Israel, Italy, Korea, Singapore, Argentina and…
Portrait of Julia deVille

Julia deVille

Julia deVille is a jeweller, taxidermist and artist. Driven by a strong commitment to animal rights, her sculptural assemblages combine precious gems and metals with antique ‘ready-mades’ to challenge our…
Portrait of Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson

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Julia Donaldson is the prize-winning author of some of the world’s best-loved children’s books. Her picture books include the modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold over 5 million…
Portrait of Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz

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Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which…
Portrait of Kate Devlin

Kate Devlin

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Kate Devlin is a writer and academic. She is Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London. A former archaeologist…
Portrait of Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo is one of the United States’ leading junior fiction and illustrated fiction authors for children. She has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, with books translated into 41…
Portrait of Kate Doak

Kate Doak

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Kate Doak is a freelance investigative journalist and documentary producer, who is based in Sydney, Australia. Often described as a 'policy wonkette' and an 'old school newshound' as a result…
Portrait of Kath Duncan

Kath Duncan

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Kath Duncan is a 50-something writer, activist and raconteur with many decades of feminist and disability pride under her belt. Kath works in social media, and has a background in…
Portrait of Kelli Jean Drinkwater

Kelli Jean Drinkwater

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Kelli Jean Drinkwater is a filmmaker, artist and activist recognised internationally for her creative practice and voice in radical body politics. Kelli Jean uses the body as a site to…
Portrait of Ken Done

Ken Done

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Ken Done’s first solo exhibition was held in Sydney in 1980. Since then, he has held over 50 one-man shows, including major exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA…
Portrait of Kevin Donnelly

Kevin Donnelly

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Dr Kevin Donnelly is one of Australia’s leading education commentators and author of Why Our Schools are Failing (2004), Dumbing Down (2007) and Australia’s Education Revolution (2009).
Portrait of Kim Dovey

Kim Dovey

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Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne.
Portrait of Kira Dawson

Kira Dawson

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Kira Dawson is a 17-year-old student currently completing year 12. She has been involved in SS4C (School Strike for Climate) and BA4CC (Ballarat Actions for Climate Co-op) as part of the…
Portrait of Koraly Dimitriadis

Koraly Dimitriadis

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Koraly Dimitriadis is the author of the controversial Love and F**k Poems, an Australian poetry bestseller that has been translated into Greek with Australian Council funding, and with rights sold…
Portrait of Kylie Dunstan

Kylie Dunstan

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Kylie Dunstan is an award winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Her first book, Collecting Colour, won CBCA Picture Book of the Year in 2009. She has…
Portrait of Larissa Dubecki

Larissa Dubecki

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Larissa Dubecki is a writer and restaurant critic who began as a news reporter at the Age in 2000 before realising life would be cheaper and more rewarding if she…
Portrait of Laura Davis

Laura Davis

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Laura Davis is a stand-up comedian and television host known for her peculiar style – riding the line between charming and challenging. Recently winning awards for Best Comedy at Melbourne…
Portrait of Lauren Duca

Lauren Duca

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Lauren Duca is an award-winning and -losing freelance journalist best known for her viral piece 'Donald Trump is Gaslighting America', and calling Tucker Carlson a 'partisan hack' on national television…
Portrait of Laurie Dwyer

Laurie Dwyer

Laurie ‘Twinkle Toes’ Dwyer is a VFL/AFL legend who played 201 games for North Melbourne between 1956 and 1970. He was twice runner up in the Brownlow Medal, and was…
Portrait of Lisa Darmanin

Lisa Darmanin

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Lisa Darmanin is the first female executive president of the Australian Services Union’s Victorian and Tasmanian Authorities and Services Branch.
Portrait of Lisa Dempster

Lisa Dempster

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Lisa Dempster is the Director of the Melbourne Writers Festival.
Portrait of Liz Duck-Chong

Liz Duck-Chong

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Liz Duck-Chong is a writer, sexual health advocate, filmmaker and transgender bon vivant who writes about reproductive health, rape politics, girldick, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and far more besides. She…
Portrait of Lucy De Kretser

Lucy De Kretser

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Portrait of Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble

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Dame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of eighteen highly acclaimed novels, including A Summer Bird-Cage, …
Portrait of Mark Danner

Mark Danner

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Mark Danner has reported and written on foreign affairs, politics and war for 25 years. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker and contributes frequently…
Portrait of Mark Dapin

Mark Dapin

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Mark Dapin is an award-winning author and journalist. His latest novel, R&R (2015), is a gritty thriller set in the Vietnam War. R&R is inspired by Dapin’s hundreds of hours…
Portrait of Mark Davis

Mark Davis

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Blending his background in documentaries with journalism, Mark Davis has produced a remarkable range of international reports over the past 18 years. Davis has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious journalism…
Portrait of Mark Davis

Mark Davis

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Mark Davis is an author and academic. He has written for most of Australia’s major newspapers and is a regular commentator on radio and a blogger. His most recent book…
Portrait of Mark Day

Mark Day

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Mark Day is a veteran journalist and commentator on media matters for The Australia.
Portrait of Mark Di Stefano

Mark Di Stefano

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Mark Di Stefano is BuzzFeed’s political editor based in Australia. He is a former ABC News reporter. Mark regularly appears as a political commentator on ABC's Insiders, Channel…
Portrait of Mark Dreyfus

Mark Dreyfus

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Mark Dreyfus QC, MP is the Federal Member for Isaacs and Chair of the Australian Labor Party’s National Policy Committee.
Portrait of Marlena Dalí

Marlena Dalí

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Australia's second best David Bowie impersonator, Marlena Dalí is the gutsy immigrant-carny-scumbag of your wettest and weirdest dreams. Former Venice Beach Freakshow snake charmer, and current Juggalo heartthrob, a high…
Portrait of Marta Dusseldorp

Marta Dusseldorp

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Award-winning actress Marta Dusseldorp has worked extensively in theatre, film and television and is one of Australia’s most recognised actresses.
Portrait of Mary Delahunty

Mary Delahunty

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Mary Delahunty is a Gold Walkley Award winning journalist and presenter with ABC TV and commercial networks. She served for 7 years as a Victorian state government minister in senior…
Portrait of Matilda Dixon-Smith

Matilda Dixon-Smith

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Matilda Dixon-Smith is a writer, editor and cultural critic from Melbourne. Her work appears regularly in the Guardian, Fairfax, Crikey, SBS, Vice, ABC Online, Kill Your Darlings…
Portrait of Matthia Dempsey

Matthia Dempsey

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Matthia Dempsey is a writer, reviewer and editor-in-chief of Bookseller + Publisher magazine.
Portrait of Max de Wardener

Max de Wardener

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Max de Wardener was born in London, and studied music at York University and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His classical commissions include a percussion concerto for Colin Currie…
Portrait of Megan Davis

Megan Davis

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Megan Davis is a Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of New South Wales. 
Portrait of Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum

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Meghan Daum has been a columnist on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times since 2005. She is the author of four books, most recently The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects…
Portrait of Melanie Dimmitt

Melanie Dimmitt

Melanie Dimmitt is a freelance arts, lifestyle and business journalist living in Sydney. She’s written for titles such as the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Collective Hub magazine…
Portrait of Melanie Dodd

Melanie Dodd

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Melanie Dodd is Associate Professor and Program Director in Architecture at RMIT University
Portrait of Melinda Dodson

Melinda Dodson

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Panel Member: Melinda Dodson is a Principal Architect with multi-disciplinary international practice GHD.
Portrait of Michelle Dabrowski

Michelle Dabrowski

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Michelle Alina Dabrowski, also known as MC_Fembot, is a Melbourne based, Polish/Canadian artist-activist, writer, speaker, arts educator, producer and vocalist. With over ten years under her belt as an Artist…
Portrait of Michelle de Kretser

Michelle de Kretser

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Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka, educated in Melbourne and Paris, and lives in Sydney. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award…
Portrait of Michelle Dicinoski

Michelle Dicinoski

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Michelle Dicinoski’s Ghost Wife: A Memoir of Love and Defiance describes her journey from Australia to Canada to marry her American partner, Heather. Along the way, she reflects on marriage,…
Portrait of Mick Dodson

Mick Dodson

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Professor Mick Dodson is a member of the Yawuru peoples – the traditional owners of land and waters in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.…
Portrait of Minnie Darke

Minnie Darke

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Minnie Darke is the author of the romantic comedy Star-crossed. Minnie shares a body with Danielle Wood, a versatile wordsmith who has written novels and short story collections for adults…
Portrait of Monica Dux

Monica Dux

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Monica Dux is a columnist with the Age, and the author of Things I Didn’t Expect (when I was expecting) (2013), co-author of The Great Feminist Denial (2008), and editor…
Portrait of Nate DiMeo

Nate DiMeo

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Nate DiMeo is the creator of The Memory Palace, a storytelling podcast about the past. He was the artist-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2016–2017…
Portrait of Nguyen Duc Duy

Nguyen Duc Duy

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Nguyen Duc Duy was born and grew up in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In 2012, Nguyen commenced a French translation major at the University of Pedagogy, and during that…
Portrait of Nick Davies

Nick Davies

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Nick Davies writes investigative stories for the Guardian, and has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year in British press…
Portrait of Oslo Davis

Oslo Davis

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Oslo Davis is an illustrator, cartoonist and artist who has drawn for a number of organisations worldwide, including the New York Times, the Age, the Monthly, Meanjin…
Portrait of Patrick Desbois

Patrick Desbois

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Father Patrick Desbois is a Roman Catholic priest, consultant to the Vatican and the head of the Commission for Relations with Judaism of the French Bishops’ Conference.
Portrait of Paul Daley

Paul Daley

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Paul Daley is an author, short story writer, journalist, essayist and playwright. His most recent book is the political novel, Challenge. He is the author of five non-fiction books…
Portrait of Paul Dalla Rosa

Paul Dalla Rosa

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Paul Dalla Rosa is a writer based in Melbourne. He has BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. He was a 2016 Next Wave writer-in-residence and his…
Portrait of Paul Davies

Paul Davies

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Professor Paul Davies AM is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist and astrobiologist. He is Regents’ Professor of Physics and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona…
Portrait of Paul Denny

Paul Denny

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Paul Denny is an actor whose career has spanned over two decades, traversing roles in films, on television and on stage. He was nominated for a 2010 AFI Award for…
Portrait of Paul Dolan

Paul Dolan

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Paul Dolan, PhD, is an internationally renowned expert on happiness, behaviour and public policy. He is currently Professor of Behavioral Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science…
Portrait of Peter Davidson

Peter Davidson

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Peter Davidson is a director at LAB Architecture Studio which designed Melbourne’s Federation Square.
Portrait of Peter Dawncy

Peter Dawncy

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Peter Dawncy lives in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne. He has a Bachelor of Arts with majors in English and Philosophy from Monash University; he received first-class Honours in…
Portrait of Peter Dawncy

Peter Dawncy

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Peter Dawncy lives in the Dandenong Ranges. He has an Arts Degree with majors in English and Philosophy from Monash University and is currently completing Honours in poetry writing.
Portrait of Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage is an American film, television and theatre actor.
Portrait of Peter Docker

Peter Docker

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Peter Docker was born in Narrogin, Western Australia, the son of a motor mechanic, and grew up on remote Lort River Station, Coomalbidgup. He studied writing at Curtin University, Perth,…
Portrait of Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty

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Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the nature of cellular immune defence, and continues to be involved in research directed at understanding and preventing the…
Portrait of Rachael Dunlop

Rachael Dunlop

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Rachael Dunlop is a campaigner for science-based medicine in Australia, with a special interest in refuting the claims of the anti-vaccination movement. In her day job, she works as a…
Portrait of Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

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Richard Dawkins first catapulted to fame with his iconic work The Selfish Gene (1976) which he followed with a string of prestigious books, the latest of which was part one of…
Portrait of Richard Denniss

Richard Denniss

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Dr Richard Denniss is the author of Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense. He was until recently the head of the Australia Institute, and is now its chief economist. Richard…
Portrait of Richard Di Natale

Richard Di Natale

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Dr Richard Di Natale is the leader of the Australian Greens. He was elected to the federal parliament in 2010 and re-elected in 2016. He was the first Greens’ first…
Portrait of Rjurik Davidson

Rjurik Davidson

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Rjurik Davidson is a writer and editor. He has written short stories, essays, reviews and screenplays His works include the novels Unwrapped Sky and The Stars Askew, and the…
Portrait of Rob Delaney

Rob Delaney

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Rob Delaney is a writer and comedian who co-writes and co-stars in Catastrophe. His other television credits include Key & Peele, Chelsea Lately, Burning Love, and Cougartown. His…
Portrait of Robert Dessaix

Robert Dessaix

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Robert Dessaix is a writer, translator, broadcaster and occasional essayist.
Portrait of Robert Doyle

Robert Doyle

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Robert Doyle was elected in 2008 and is the serving Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He is a principal at The Nous Group, a management consultancy business based in Melbourne and,…
Portrait of Robert Drewe

Robert Drewe

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Robert Drewe is an Australian literary legend whose more than 20 highly acclaimed books, including novels, short stories and memoirs have won state, national and international prizes, been widely translated…
Portrait of Robin DiAngelo

Robin DiAngelo

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Robin DiAngelo is Affiliate Faculty of Education at the University of Washington. She is a two-time winner of the Student's Choice Award for Educator of the Year from the University…
Portrait of Robyn Davidson

Robyn Davidson

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Robyn Davidson is an award-winning travel writer, novelist, scriptwriter, essayist and reviewer whose work has been translated and published extensively around the world.
Portrait of Robyn Dennison

Robyn Dennison

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Robyn Dennison is a Melbourne writer and student. She has contributed to Voiceworks and is an editor for Mary journal.
Portrait of Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle

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Roddy Doyle is the author of nine novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents.
Portrait of Rodney Diverlus

Rodney Diverlus

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Rodney Diverlus is an organiser, dancer, and choreographer/curator. Born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Rodney first moved to the United States as a refugee, but ended his migration journey in Toronto, Canada…
Portrait of Rohit D'Costa

Rohit D'Costa

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Rohit D’Costa is the medical director of Donatelife Victoria, the State’s organ donation coordination service. He is also an intensive care specialist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Rohit has a…
Portrait of Sam Dastyari

Sam Dastyari

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Sam Dastyari was born in Iran to student activists and arrived in Australia aged four. He has worked with Hawker Britton and served as General Secretary of New South Wales…
Portrait of Sam Downing

Sam Downing

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Sam Downing is a Sydney-based journalist and the editor of ninemsn Pickle and ninemsn Coach – two websites which launched in April 2015, respectively covering viral/animal and diet/fitness news After graduating…
Portrait of Sarah Dunant

Sarah Dunant

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Sarah Dunant is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major worldwide acclaim and In the Company of the Courtesan. With the…
Portrait of Satyajit Das

Satyajit Das

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Satyajit Das is a globally respected former banker and consultant with over 35 years’ experience in financial markets. He presciently anticipated the Global Financial Crisis as early as 2006, and…
Portrait of Sean Dooley

Sean Dooley

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Sean Dooley is a Melbourne author who works as a television comedy writer. He has a weekly spot with 3RRR Breakfasters and regularly contributes to The Age and ABC radio…
Portrait of Shaad D'Souza

Shaad D'Souza

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Shaad D’Souza is a writer, editor and critic from Melbourne. Currently the FADER's Australian News Editor, he has written on music, art and culture for publications including Pitchfork…
Portrait of Shane Duffy

Shane Duffy

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Shane is a descendant of the Kalkadoon people from Mount Isa in North West Queensland. Shane has worked in the human services industry for over two decades, serving as the chief executive…
Portrait of Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson

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Sinclair Davidson is a professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.
Portrait of Suelette Dreyfus

Suelette Dreyfus

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Suelette Dreyfus is a Research Fellow in the Department of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. She is the Principal Researcher on the World Online Whistleblowing Survey,…
Portrait of Susie Dee

Susie Dee

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Susie has worked extensively in the theatre as a performer, devisor and director in Australia and overseas for the past thirty years. She has been the Artistic Director of three…
Portrait of Suzanne Donisthorpe

Suzanne Donisthorpe

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Suzanne Donisthorpe worked for 23 years on every incarnation of the books and arts programs on ABC Radio National until the beginning of 2015. She is a published author. Her…
Portrait of Terry Denton

Terry Denton

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Terry Denton is among Australia's busiest literary creative forces and his work, either as a writer, illustrator or both, can be found in popular children's titles such as Gasp!, Duck…
Portrait of Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake

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Thomas Drake is a former senior executive and technical director for software engineering at the National Security Agency, where he blew the whistle on massive multi-billion dollar fraud, waste and…
Portrait of Tim Duggan

Tim Duggan

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Tim Duggan is the Publisher and Co-Founder of Junkee Media, one of Australia's most innovative new media companies, reaching over 5.5 million people each week with titles that include Junkee…
Portrait of Tim Dunlop

Tim Dunlop

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Tim Dunlop writes about the media and politics for a number publications, including a regular column for the ABC at The Drum. His PhD is in political philosophy. He convenes…
Portrait of Tina Del Twist

Tina Del Twist

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Truly unique, Tina Del Twist is Australia’s much-loved nightingale, known for her ‘beautiful voice and wicked sense of comic timing’ (the Age). With a voice as smooth as honey…
Portrait of Tom Doig

Tom Doig

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Tom Doig is a writer, PhD candidate and moron. He has an MA in Hitler Comedy and a sore bum from cycling across northern Mongolia. His first book is Moron…
Portrait of Trent Dalton

Trent Dalton

Trent Dalton is a staff writer for the Weekend Australian magazine and a former assistant editor of the Courier Mail. He’s a two-time winner of the Walkley Award for…
Portrait of Trevor Dance

Trevor Dance

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Trevor Dance has been a resident of Sunbury for the past 23 years living next to Emu Bottom Homestead. He has been a Green Wedge activist since the late 1990s.
Portrait of Upulie Divisekera

Upulie Divisekera

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Upulie Divisekera is a molecular biologist, science communicator and writer based in Melbourne. Over her research career, Upulie has worked in cancer research, developmental biology and is currently involved with…
Portrait of Ursula Dubosarsky

Ursula Dubosarsky

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Ursula Dubosarsky is widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of over 40 books for children and young adults, which…
Portrait of William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple

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William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s greatest historians and the author of the classic In Xanadu, the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals and the Hemingway Prize-winning Return of a King…
Portrait of Winnie Dunn

Winnie Dunn

Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian writer and arts worker from Mt Druitt. She is the general manager of Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree…
Portrait of Zoe Daniel

Zoe Daniel

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Zoe Daniel is an ABC journalist and presenter. Zoe was the ABC’s South East Asia correspondent from 2009 to 2013. She provided on-the-ground coverage of stories ranging from major political…
Portrait of Zoey Louise Moonbeam Dawson

Zoey Louise Moonbeam Dawson

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Zoey Louise Moonbeam Dawson is a theatre-maker based in Melbourne.