Below is a list of the selected participants for Australia 2020’s “Future directions for the Australian economy”.

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:

Ms Megan Clark Female WA
Dr Marilyn Clare Clark-Murphy Female WA
Ms Elena Joy Douglas Female WA
Mr Andrew Forrest Male WA
Dr Susan Betty Harwood Female WA
Ms Deidre Wilmot Female WA
Dr Bronte Adams Female VIC
Mr Don Argus Male VIC
Ms Nicola Ballenden Female VIC
Mr Gary Banks Male VIC
Ms Cath Bowtell Female VIC
Mr Steve Bracks Male VIC
Mr Stephen Bradford Male VIC
Ms Sally Anne Capp Female VIC
Mr Michael Chaney Male VIC
Ms Melinda Cilento Female VIC
Professor Edwina Cornish Female VIC
Ms Katie Dean Female VIC
Ms Joan Fitzpatrick Female VIC
Ms Tania Foster Female VIC
Professor Margaret Anne Jackson Female VIC
Ms Margaret Jackson AC Female VIC
Mr John Stewart Male VIC
Ms Helene Teichmann Female VIC
Mr Garry Weaven Male VIC
Ms Alice Williams Female VIC
Mr Peter Yates Male VIC
Mr Tony (Anthony) Bennett Park Male TAS
Mr Brian Flannery Male QLD
Professor John Foster Male QLD
Mr Lance Hockridge Male QLD
Professor Max Gaoqing Lu Male QLD
Mr John Mulcahy Male QLD
Ms Jude Munro Female QLD
Ms Narelle Lisa Pearse Female QLD
Dr Lucy Ashley Firth Female NT
Professor Patricia Apps Female NSW
Ms Juliet Bourke Female NSW
Mr Mark Douglas Irving Burrows Male NSW
Ms Margot Cairnes Female NSW
Mr Bob Carr Male NSW
Mr Paul Clitheroe Male NSW
Mr Tony Cole Male NSW
Mr Geoff Dixon Male NSW
Mr Bill Evans Male NSW
Mr Ted Evans Male NSW
Ms Elaine Henry Female NSW
Mr Russell Higgins Male NSW
Professor Frederick George Hilmer AO Male NSW
Ms Amanda Jane Johnston Female NSW
Professor Pramod Nagorao Junankar Male NSW
Ms Narelle Anne Kennedy Female NSW
David Kirk Male NSW
Professor Sonja Lyneham Female NSW
Ms Kerrie Mather Female NSW
Mr Greg Medcraft Male NSW
Dr James Bradfield Moody Male NSW
Lord Mayor Clover Moore Female NSW
Mr Lachlan Murdoch Male NSW
Mr Ralph Norris Male NSW
Emeritus Professor Mary Josephine O’Kane Female NSW
Mr James Packer Male NSW
Mr John Porter Male NSW
Mrs Heather May Ridout Female NSW
Mr John Cameron Robertson Male NSW
Ms Ann Caroline Sherry AO Female NSW
Mr Tim Simms Male NSW
Mr Glenn Stevens Male NSW
Ms Louise Tarrant Female NSW
Mr Steve Vamos Male NSW
Mr Sam White Male NSW
Professor Steve Dowrick Male ACT
Ms Eileen Doyle Female ACT
Ms Jane Elizabeth Drake-Brockman Female ACT
Dr Michael Keating Male ACT
Mr John Ellice Flint Male SA
Mr Lindsay Fox AO Male VIC
Mr Greg Gailey Male VIC
Mr Nick Greiner Male NSW
Mr David Kirk Male QLD
Mr Marius Kloppers Male
Mr Greg Lindsay Male
Mr Donald McGauchie Male NSW
Mr Patrick McKendry Male VIC
Mr Alan Moss Male NSW
Ms Helen Nugent Female