Contributors

Richard Denniss

(“Tax to grind”, p.8) is the chief economist at The Australia Institute.

Steve Dow

(“Letter from Frankston”, p.11) was the 2020 Walkley arts journalism award recipient.

Anthony Ham

(“Lines in the sand”, p.12) writes about wildlife, conservation and current affairs for magazines and newspapers around the world.

Martin Mckenzie-murray

(“The interesting Mr Williams”, p.16) is associate editor of The Saturday Paper, and the author of The Speechwriter and A Murder Without Motive: The Killing of Rebecca Ryle.

Jonathan Green

(“Whose ABC?”, p.24) is a writer and ABC broadcaster.

Anna Krien

(“The Tate race”, p.32) is the author of Night Games, Into the Woods, Act of Grace, and the Quarterly Essays Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals and The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia’s Climate Deadlock.

Justine Mcgill

(“By her own words”, p.38) is a senior clinical psychologist and former philosophy academic.

Kris Kneen

(“Moment to arrive”, p.48) is the author of fiction, memoir and poetry. Their latest book is Fat Girl Dancing.

Susan Johnson

(“An imagined life”, p.54) is the author of nine novels. Her most recent book is a memoir, Aphrodite’s Breath: A Mother and Daughter’s Greek Island Adventure.

David Neustein

(“Full circle”, p.60) is The Monthly’s architecture critic.

Harry Windsor

(“Pure things”, p.64) is a Sydney-based writer.

Shane Danielsen

(“The dread of the author”, p.68) is a screenwriter and former artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Mireille Juchau

(“Noted”, p.72) is a Walkley award– winning critic and the author of three novels.

Ella Mittas

(“Noted”, p.73) is a writer and chef living and working in Naarm.

Justin Heazlewood

(“Life sentences”, p.74) is the author of Get Up Mum and an ambassador for Satellite Foundation.

Orfeo Tagiuri

(“Rear view”, p.74) is a London-based artist.