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  • CONTRIBUTORS

    Peter Roebuck

    • Peter Roebuck
    • 17 May 2007
    2 Comments

    Peter Roebuck is a writer for the The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, amongst other publications, and a commentator on the ABC. He also helped found the the LBW Trust, which helps young Zimbabweans attend university.

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    John Button

    • John Button
    • 17 May 2007

    John Button was a minister and senator in the Hawke and Keating governments. He has written books, a Quarterly Essay, and has also written for, among many publications, the Sydney Morning Herald and Crikey.

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    Hector Welgampola

    • Hector Welgampola
    • 17 May 2007

    Former chief editor of Sri Lanka's Catholic weeklies, Messenger and Gnanartha Pradeepaya. He was Executive Editor of the Hong Kong-based regional Asian Catholic publications UCA News and Asia Focus, before retiring to Brisbane.

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    Ben Coghlan

    • Ben Coghlan
    • 17 May 2007

    Dr Coghlan is a specialist in applied epidemiology and is currently based at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He has been involved extensively in public health work in developing countries, and has worked for a range of organisations including Medecins Sans Frontieres, the International Rescue Committee, and the Australian Red Cross.

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    Terry Monagle

    • Terry Monagle
    • 17 May 2007

    Terry Monagle is a writer, farmer and public speaker. His website is at http://www.monagle.net.au.

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    Hamish Townsend

    • Hamish Townsend
    • 17 May 2007

    Hamish Townsend is a Geelong-born freelance writer living in the remote indigenous community of Maningrida in Arnhem Land. In the past year has been published in a variety of publications including The Age, The Australian, Inside Sport and Dazed and Confused.

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    Georgina Pike

    • Georgina Pike
    • 17 May 2007

    Georgina Pike is the Information and Advocacy Officer for the Jesuit Refugee Service (Australia). Her work involves project development, communications, publications and advocacy on policy issues that affect asylum seekers in Australia. She has studied English Literature and Law and lives in Sydney.    

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    Chris Wallace-Crabbe

    • Chris Wallace-Crabbe
    • 17 May 2007

    Chris Wallace-Crabbe is a Melbourne poet, whose most recent publication is the late-modern epic, The Universe Looks Down (2005).

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    Alice Bergin

    • Alice Bergin
    • 17 May 2007

    Dr Alice Bergin is a doctor in Victoria’s public health system. She has an interest in social justice, medicine, writing and doing something fabulous.

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    Charles Coppel

    • Charles Coppel
    • 17 May 2007

    Associate Professor Coppel is a Principal Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. His publications include the edited volume Violent Conflicts in Indonesia: Analysis, Representation, Resolution (2006).

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    Ouyang Yu

    • Ouyang Yu
    • 17 May 2007

    Ouyang Yu is a poet and novelist currently based in China, whose latest publication of poetry is Listening To (Vagabond Press).

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    New laws may force complicity in human rights abuse

    • Brian Toohey
    • 02 April 2007
    4 Comments

    While public attention has been focused on David Hicks, questions remain about Australia's other Guantanamo inmate. Was concern about exposure of Australia's rendering him to Egypt for torture the real reason behind his release in 2005?

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