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  Andrew Turley is a researcher, writer, curator and authority on iconic Australian artist Sidney Nolan. He has dedicated the last twelve years to unearthing the unknown histories of the artist's culturally significant mid-twentieth century works, including Auschwitz, the Adelaide Ladies and now Africa.

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  Gideon Haigh has published more than fifty books and contributed to more than a hundred newspapers and magazines in a decades-long journalism career. The Office: A Hardworking History won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and Certain Admissions won a Ned Kelly Prize for true crime. Haigh has appeared widely on radio and TV and lives in Melbourne.

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  Tessa Morris-Suzuki is Professor Emerita of History at the Australian National University, where she held the positions of Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. In 2013 she was awarded the Fukuoka Prize (Academic) for contributions to Asian studies. Morris-Suzuki is the author of 25 non-fiction books.

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  Andrew Fowler is an award-winning investigative journalist and a former reporter for the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs. He wrote The Most Dangerous Man in the World, the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Fowler is a winner of the United Nations Peace Prize, has lectured on journalism at universities in Australia and the UK, and has contributed to various academic papers.

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  Fiona Crawford is one of Australia’s most respected women’s football writers. She is author of The Matilda Effect and co-author of Never Say Die: The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football. An adjunct lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Justice, Crawford has written for numerous publications. She appears regularly on radio and television.

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  Geoff Raby was Australia’s ambassador to China (2007–11); ambassador to APEC (2003–05); and ambassador to the World Trade Organization (1998–2001). His last book was China’s Grand Strategy (MUP, 2020). Raby was awarded the Order of Australia in 2019 for services to Australia–China relations and international trade.