Below is a list of the selected participants for Australia 2020’s “future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world”.
If you’ve got ideas for this topic; opinions about those participants chosen – or not chosen – by all means use the comments section on this blog to express yourself and let the web know how you feel!
Who are these people? Why do you think they were chosen? Are they good choices? Who is missing?
Here’s the list:
Dr Susan Jennifer Delyse Boyd Female WA
Mr Gregory Rolph Copley Male WA
Dr Jane Patricia Cunneen Female WA
Mr John Gibson Male WA
Professor David Hill Male WA
Dr Gary Gordon Sigley Male WA
Ms Robyn Slarke Female WA
Associate Professor Samina Yasmeen Female WA
Mr Waleed Aly Male VIC
Dr Sarah Bekessy Female VIC
Associate Professor Santina Bertone Female VIC
Ms Denise Boyd Female VIC
Ms Susan Margaret Brennan Female VIC
Ms Sharan Burrow Female VIC
Mr Damian Burton Male VIC
Ms Melissa Conley Tyler Female VIC
Dr Simon David Feeny Male VIC
Ms Dimity Fifer Female VIC
Ms Julia Anne Fraser Female VIC
Ms Felicity Jane Hill Female VIC
Ms Phoebe Cecile Knowles Female VIC
Ms Serena Lilywhite Female VIC
Professor Tim Lindsey Male VIC
Associate Professor Jude McCulloch Female VIC
Ms Jennifer Margaret McGregor Female VIC
Mr Alexander Callum McLeod Male VIC
Ms Fiona Margaret McLeod SC Female VIC
Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon Female VIC
Associate Professor Sharon Pickering Female VIC
Mr Paul Andrew Godwin Ramadge Male VIC
Mr John Francis Richardson Male VIC
Mr Phil Scanlan Male VIC
Mr Gregory Sheridan Male VIC
Ms Deborah Rosalyn Storie Female VIC
Associate Professor David Peter Wright-Neville Male VIC
Mr Christian David Bennett Male SA
Mr Andrew O’Neil Male SA
Dr Walter Samuel Grono Bateman Male QLD
Mr Abraham Steven Gubler Male QLD
Dr Bronwyn Delveen Harch Female QLD
Dr Chris Theng Hong Kang Male QLD
Ms Eliza Matthews Female QLD
Mr Gregory Williams Nelson Male QLD
Mr Garry Llewellyn Redlich Male QLD
Professor Swee-Hin Toh Male QLD
Ms Caroline Emma Morrison Female NT
Ms Tamerlaine Beasley Female NSW
Mr Bill Bowtell Male NSW
General Peter Cosgrove AO MC (ret) Male NSW
Mr Paddy Crumlin Male NSW
Dr James Barton Curran Male NSW
Ms Geraldine Doogue Female NSW
Professor Alan Dupont Male NSW
Ms Katherine Fallah Female NSW
Mr Alan Gyngell Male NSW
Ms Elena Jeffreys Female NSW
Professor Alison Jones Female NSW
Ms Martine Letts Female NSW
Mr Alastair Fraser MacGibbon Male NSW
Mr Huw McKay Male NSW
Ms Louisa Jane Minney Female NSW
Ms Maha Najjarine Female NSW
Ms Mahboba Rawi Female NSW
Mr Neville Joseph Roach Male NSW
Mr Michael Roux Male NSW
Ms Leigh Peta Sales Female NSW
Dr Ben Saul Male NSW
Mrs Jillian Sylvia Shoebridge Female NSW
Ms Nola Watson Female NSW
Mr Kevin Wei-Cher Yeoh Male NSW
Professor Kent Anderson Male ACT
Ms Kate Barelle Female ACT
MS Danielle Louise Chubb Female ACT
Ms Aguil De Chut Deng Female ACT
Ms Sara Louise Goldsworthy Female ACT
Dr Jane Elizabeth Golley Female ACT
Dr Anna Hutchens Female ACT
Ms Antonia Krystina Kaucz Female ACT
Professor Andrew MacIntyre Male ACT
Mr Ben McDevitt Male ACT
Ms Louise Michelle Merrington Female ACT
Dr Katherine Morton Female ACT
Dr Dave Peebles Male ACT
Dr George Quinn Male ACT
Professor Benjamin Reilly Male ACT
Professor Amin Saikal Male ACT
Mr Jason Yat-Sen Li Male
Professor Lorraine Mazzerolle Female
Mr Warren Mundine Male
2 responses so far ↓
1 kate // Apr 5, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Hi there Tim,
I’d argue, as regards this category, that one area of national security is clearly biosecurity. The only state which effectively (you know, as opposed to the work done purely by AQIS our most competent quarantine network – *boom*boom*) addresses biosecurity is, in fact, Tasmania.
Surprisingly, Tassie isnt exactly included on the list.
Additionally, it would seem that all Antarctic activity really comes from Tassie, and, well, our Antarctic territories seem to come under a bit of fire from (among others) the Japanese (primarily because there’s no recognition of our sovereignty). Again – more likely to affect Tasmanian industry and workers than anyone else.
Others who, i feel, probably should have been included are members of the National Security Council (current and former) who have been excluded. I would hope they had at least received invitations.
I do, however, feel it’s a great thing that some students/research graduates have been invited. Not just because often students have more knowledge of what’s going on (maybe not how we get to a point or how to fix it in practice, but certainly what’s going on).
I am disappointed that there dont appear to be any/many random people in this group. It would seem that a couple of random people might be able to represent the ‘random’ views of the public at large.
2 kate // Apr 5, 2008 at 9:56 pm
NB: of course, while there is distinct under-representation of Tasmania and SA – there does seem to be a distinctly ACT flavour to ALL of these groups …
of course it’s going to be an exercise in participatory democracy … well, the pretense, perhaps!
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