- Antony Loewenstein
Antony Loewenstein is a Jewish-Australian, Sydney-based freelance journalist, author and blogger. Antony Loewenstein has written for The Guardian, Haaretz, the Washington Post, "Sydney Morning Herald", "The Australian", Sydney’s "Sun-Herald", "The Bulletin", Znet, "The Big Issue", "Crikey", "Counterpunch" and others. Antony contributed a major chapter to 2004’s best-seller, "Not Happy, …
- Anthony Field
Anthony Field (born May 8, 1963 in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's group The Wiggles. Field is the youngest of eight children. Before forming The Wiggles, Field was in the 1980s Australian pop/rock band, The Cockroaches alongside his brothers, Paul and John and another future Wiggle, Jeff Fatt. Following the breakup of The Cockroaches in the 1980s, …
- Josef Pieprzyk
Josef Pieprzyk is a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He has worked on cryptography, in particular the XSL attack. He collaborated in the invention of the LOKI and LOKI97 block ciphers and the HAVAL cryptographic hash function.
- Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay is the founder of the Australian quarterly research series The Ipsos Mackay Report (previously The Mackay Report). He is a psychologist, social researcher and writer. He is a regular columnist in The Age and regularly commentator appearing on radio and television. He is a graduate of Sydney Grammar School, the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. He is one of the founders of the St James Ethics Centre.
- Peter Doyle
Dr. Peter Doyle, BA, Phd is a doctor of Media and Mass Communications, author, musician, and visual artist. He lives in Newtown, and works for Macquarie University where he teaches Print Media Production, as well as being a part-time as a curator of Sydney’s Justice and Police Museum.
- Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December, 1969), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Sydney, New South Wales. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the daughter of migrants from Slovenia, and was educated at the University of Technology, Sydney and Macquarie University, where she gained a master's degree in politics and public policy.
- David Lamond
Entrepreneurial management researcher and educator, consulting internationally on corporate strategy, human resource management and executive development
- Jacqueline M.A. Roberts Ba
Jacqueline M.A. Roberts BA (Hons), Dip.Teach, BaAppSc(Sp.Path), PhD Jacqueline is a Research Associate at the University of Sydney and a consultant specialising in autism spectrum disorders. Jacqueline worked for the Autism Association of NSW (now Autism Spectrum Australia, Aspect) for 20 years as a teacher, speech pathologist, school principal, and Director of Services with overall responsibility for the provision of all professional services delivered by the Association.
- Michael Halliday
Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday (often M. A. K. Halliday) (born 1925) is an English linguist who developed an internationally influential grammar model, the "systemic functional grammar" (which also goes by the name of "systemic functional linguistics" ["SFL"]). In addition to English, the model has been applied to other languages, both Indo-European and non-Indo-European. Halliday was born and grew up in England.
- Christine Nixon
Christine Nixon , Margaret Douglas and Naomi Simpson Christine Nixon Chief Commissioner,
- Miranda Devine
Miranda Devine is an Australian columnist and writer, noted for her conservative stance on a range of social and political issues. Devine's column is printed weekly in the "The Sydney Morning Herald". Her writing style is always provocative and intended to polarise her audience, often inspiring hundreds of fiery emails from readers. Her political commentary has been described as "right-wing" by Frank Sartor, …
- Adam Hills
Adam Hills (born in Sydney in 1970) is an Australian comedian. He began his career in 1989 as a stand-up comedian at the Sydney Comedy Store, however, he did not become well-known until moving to England and working there. It was later that be became well known in Australia after his successful appearances at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Hills studied a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) at Macquarie University, graduating in 1991.
- Mig Ayesa
Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda "MiG" Ayesa (born January 12, 1970) is an Australian rock vocalist of Filipino origin.
- Rachael Carpani
Rachael Ann Carpani (born August 24, 1980 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress. Carpani grew up on a property near Dural, in Sydney's Hills district. She studied acting at the Australian College of Entertainment at Macquarie University and at the Drama Works Drama Company. She is most famous for her role as Jodi Fountain McLeod on the Australian TV drama "McLeod's Daughters". Carpani also had a role in the film "Hating Alison Ashley", …
- Frank Howarth
Frank Howarth is an Australian geologist, and has been the Director of the Australian Museum since February 2004. He was born in Sydney and educated at Newington College before gaining a geology degree from Macquarie University and a Master of Science and Society from the University of New South Wales. In 1981 he joined the New South Wales public service and has held positions with the Department of Industrial Development and Decentralisation, …
- Brad Hazzard
Bradley (Brad) Ronald Hazzard is an Australian politician and Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Hazzard has represented the electorate of Wakehurst since 1991. Hazzard is shadow Minister for Education and shadow Minister for Redfern-Waterloo. Previous offices include shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1996 - 2007) and shadow Minister for Planning (2005 - 2007).
- Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz, AM, is an Australian film critic and television personality. She was born in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, the newly opened Macquarie University, and the Playwright's Studio at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Together with David Stratton, she has hosted the long-running SBS TV programme, "The Movie Show". She now appears on the ABC version of the programme, …
- Miriam Hyde
Miriam Hyde AO OBE (January 15, 1913 - January 11, 2005) was an Australian composer, pianist, poet and music educator. She composed many works for piano, songs and other instrumental and orchestral works and performed as a pianist with eminent conductors including Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Bernard Heinze and Geoffrey Simon.
- Martin Indyk
Martin S. Indyk, born July 1, 1951, to a Jewish family in London, England, is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in the Foreign Policy Studies program at The Brookings Institution and a former United States ambassador to Israel. He grew up and was educated in Australia, gaining a BEcon from the University of Sydney in 1972 and a PhD in international relations from the Australian National University in 1977.
- Sophie Falkiner
Sophie Falkiner (born 1974 in Melbourne) is a former presenter on "The Great Outdoors" and a former host on "Wheel of Fortune". Falkiner also worked as a research assistant for "Today Tonight". Falkiner got her big break at "Wheel of Fortune" after completing a Bachelor of Media (majoring in journalism) at Macquarie University.
- Karin Sowada
Karin Nicole Sowada (born November 1, 1961) is an Australian archaeologist and former politician. She served two years as an Australian Democrats senator for New South Wales between 1991 and 1993, filling the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Paul McLean. Defeated at the 1993 election, she briefly returned to public life in 1999 as a republican delegate to the Constitutional Convention that led to the 1999 Australian republic referendum.
- Barry Chant
Reverend Dr Barry Chant (born 1938) is the author of "Heart of Fire: The story of Australian Pentecostalism" (the first history of Australian pentecostalism) and a co-founder and founding Principal of Tabor College, Australia. He was founding editor of "Australia's New Day" magazine, the first national magazine addressing Australian pentecostals, charismatics and evangelicals. He is currently Senior pastor, Wesley International Congregation, …
- Asher Joel
Sir Asher Alexander Joel (1912-1998) was an Australian public figure and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 20 years. Although he was Jewish, he received a papal knighthood in 1995. In the 1930s he worked in journalism and public relations. During the Second World War he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, then served in the Royal Australian Navy, before joining the staff of General Douglas MacArthur between 1944 and 1945.
- Greg Lindsay
Greg Lindsay is Executive Director of the prominent Australian think tank The Centre for Independent Studies which he founded in 1976 when a young mathematics teacher in the western suburbs suburbs of Sydney. The Centre has grown to be one of the most influential think tanks in Australia and New Zealand. Lindsay initially studied agricultural science at The University of Sydney, but found that this was not his real interest (he failed), …
- Alex Haslam
Stephen Alexander Haslam (Alex Haslam) is a Professor of Social Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Exeter. His research is in the area of social and organisational psychology, and he famously collaborated with Professor Stephen Reicher of the University of St Andrews on the BBC television programme "The Experiment", which examined conflict, order, …
- Sef Gonzales
Sef Gonzales (born September 16, 1980) is an Australian who was convicted and sentenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to life imprisonment for the murder of his father, Teddy, 46, mother Mary Loiva Josephine, 43, and sister Clodine, 18.
- Peter Baldwin
Peter Baldwin (b. 12 May 1951) was a former Australian Labor politician. Baldwin was born in Aldershot, England and received a BEE from the University of Sydney, and a BA from Macquarie University. Baldwin was a member of the Legislative Council from 1975 to 1982. In the 1970s he was prominent as a left-wing activist in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), seeking to break the grip over the corrupt right-wing machine that controlled many inner-city branches of the party.
- Jennifer Maiden
Jennifer Maiden is a contemporary Australian poet. Jennifer Maiden grew up in Sydney. She took a BA at Macquarie University in the 1970s and has been active in Sydney's poetry scene since then. Aside from writing she runs writers workshops with a variety of literary, community and educational organizations and has co-written (with Margaret Cunningham) a manual on literary workshops. Among Jennifer Maiden’s many accolades are two Kenneth Slessor Prizes for Poetry, …
- Jim Longley
James Alan Longley (born 1958-07-28), better known as Jim Longley, is an Australian accountant and politician. He served as the Member for Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until 1996, and was New South Wales Minister for Community Services, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Minister for the Ageing during his tenure in the Assembly. Longley was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Mona Vale Primary School, …
- Kerry Bartlett
Kerry Joseph Bartlett (born 15 April 1949) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Macquarie, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney University and Macquarie University, and has a master's degree in economics from the latter.
- Tony Radevski
"'Tony Radevski is an Australian director, writer and producer of film and television. He was born on the 23 January, 1981 in Sydney, New South Wales. He graduated from Macquarie University.
- Roderick Meagher
Roderick Pitt "Roddy" Meagher QC AO is an Australian Jurist. Meagher was a Justice of the NSW Supreme Court and the NSW Supreme Court of Appeal from 1989-15 March 2004.A descendent of William Pitt the Younger and a cousin of Patrick White Justice Meagher whose family owned a chain of country stores completed a BA LLB in 1956 at the University of Sydney's St John's College after being Head Prefect or 'Captain of the School' at St Ignatius' College, Riverview in 1949.
- Kimberley Starr
Kimberley Starr (born 1970 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is a novelist who moved to Australia as a young child. She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT (now MacKillop Catholic College), before completing her secondary education at Loreto Normanhurst. She holds degrees in literature from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University.
- Timothy Hawkes
Dr Timothy Francis Hawkes is an Australian educator and author, known for his contributions to Australian education. He is currently Headmaster of The King's School, Sydney. Hawkes attended Durham University, graduating with a B Ed (Hon), and Macquarie University where he obtained his PhD. In 1989 Hawkes accepted the position of Headmaster of St Leonard's College, Melbourne.
- Ronald Ernest Aitchison
Ronald Ernest Aitchison was born in Hurstville, NSW, Australia on 29 December, 1921. From 1942 to 1945 Ron worked as an engineer with the Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company on the design and production of klystrons and radar magnetrons, which were new devices important to the war effort. He was also involved in work on semiconductor diodes, which were the forerunners of the revolution in electronics brought about by the advent of solid-state semiconductor components.
- Toni Beauchamp
Toni Beauchamp Toni has a strong background in community development and management, delivery of culturally appropriate services, and applied social research. Before joining RPR, Toni was Director of the Inner South-West Sydney Community Development Organisation. Previous roles include Co-ordinator of Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Services and project worker with the Ethnic Communities Council of NSW.
- Iggy Pintado
- Alex Strang
Alex Strang General Manager Supply & Corporate Services Alex has held General Manager roles in Caltex since 1998, in areas of manufacturing and planning and supply. Alex joined the Australian Oil Refining (AOR) as a Process Engineer at the Kurnell Refinery in February 1972 and worked in a number of engineering and production roles in Kurnell and New York. From 1982-1997 he worked in various finance, project and planning roles in Sydney and Dallas.
- Keiran Hathorn
- Liz Wise
Why do naughty and nice have to be diametric opposites?