Contributors

Richard Denniss

(“A defeat for the true deceivers”, p.8) is the chief economist at The Australia Institute.

Waleed Aly

(“Not about us”, p.10) is a writer, broadcaster and academic.

Jack Corbett

(“Not about us”, p.10) is professor of politics at the University of Southampton. His next book, Statehood à la Carte in the Caribbean and the Pacific: Secession, Regionalism, and Postcolonial Politics, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2023.

Will Higginbotham

(“Red rover”, p.14) is a writer and researcher who has reported for Guardian Australia, Monocle and The New York Times, and for the BBC radio documentary division.

Lech Blaine

(“Teal and loathing”, p.16) is the author of Car Crash: A Memoir and the Quarterly Essay Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power.

Anna Goldsworthy

(“Slow fade”, p.36) is a writer and a pianist. Her most recent book is Melting Moments, and her most recent album is Trio Through Time. She is an associate professor at the Elder Conservatorium, and director of the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at the University of Adelaide.

Robert Skinner

(“How to make it in business”, p.44) is a Melbourne-based writer.

Dean Biron

(“Succulent Chinese meme”, p.46) teaches at Queensland University of Technology’s School of Justice.

Jennifer Higgie

(“Standing and ceremony”, p.52) is an author and art critic. Her latest book is The Mirror and the Palette: 500 Years of Women’s Self-portraits.

Ronan Mcdonald

(“The consecration”, p.56) holds the Gerry Higgins Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne.

Shane Danielsen

(“Sixty business”, p.60) is a screenwriter and former artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Oslo Davis

(“In light of recent events”, p.66) is an illustrator and artist.