WAnne Azza Aly is an Australian politician who has been a Labor member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 election, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia.
WGillian Bouras is an expatriate Australian writer who has written several books, short stories and articles, many of these dealing with her experiences as an Australian woman in Greece.
WAnnabel Crabb is an Australian political journalist, commentator and television host who is the ABC's chief online political writer. She has worked for Adelaide's The Advertiser, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald, and won a Walkley Award in 2009 for her Quarterly Essay, "Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull". She has written two books covering events within the Australian Labor Party, as well as The Wife Drought, a book about women's work–life balance. She has hosted ABC television shows Kitchen Cabinet, The House, and Back in Time for Dinner.
WRobyn Eckersley is a Professor and Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.
WKim Falconer is an Australian author of YA and adult Speculative Fiction, living in New South Wales. She grew up on the once family-owned Wilder Ranch, and emigrated to Australia in 1981. Active as a professional writer of fantasy since 2009, her two series with Harpercollins Australia are Quantum Enchantment and Quantum Encryption. Her latest urban fantasy was published by Harlequin Books Australia. Falconer has written a new, three book YA series under the pen name of A. K. Wilder - coming out January 5, 2021 with Entangled Teen in the USA.
WAnna Funder is an Australian author. She is the author of Stasiland and All That I Am and the novella The Girl With the Dogs.
WKenneth Alfred Ham is an Australian born Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist and apologist, living in the United States. He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a creationist apologetics organization that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
WSimon Hammond is an Australian author, entrepreneur, journalist, business advisor and international keynote speaker.
WLeonard Jacobson is a spiritual teacher and author. He resides in Wayzata near Minneapolis, Minnesota and offers workshops and retreats throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia.
WGeoff James Nugent, known professionally as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He created and starred in the American FX sitcom Legit (2013–2014) and the Comedy Central late-night show The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019).
WMiranda May Kerr is an Australian model. Kerr rose to prominence in 2007 as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Kerr was the first Australian Victoria's Secret model and also represented the Australian department store chain David Jones. Kerr has launched her own brand of organic skincare products, KORA Organics, and has written a self-help book.
WMichelle Law is an Australian writer and screenwriter. She completed a Bachelor of Creative Writing at the Queensland University of Technology.
WGina Liano is an Italian-Australian barrister, author, entrepreneur and television personality. She is best known for her role in The Real Housewives of Melbourne.
WWalter Mikac is an Australian pharmacist who became widely known in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre, where his wife Nanette Mikac and daughters, six-year-old Alannah Mikac and three-year-old Madeline Mikac were among 35 people killed by Martin Bryant on 28 April 1996.
WJames O'Loghlin is an Australian television and radio presenter. He works for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Local Radio evening program in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
WA. (Alec) S. Patrić is an Australian novelist and short story writer. Patrić was born in Zemun, Serbia and migrated to Australia with his family when he was still a child. He won the 2016 Miles Franklin Award for his debut novel Black Rock White City.
WSharon Pincott is an Australian author and specialist in the field of African elephant behavior. She has studied the social structure and population dynamics of a single clan of wild elephants extensively and is an advocate for ending ivory trade and promoting conservation.
WTuria Pitt is an Australian mining engineer, athlete, motivational speaker, and author.
WDr Stephen Skinner is an Australian author, editor, publisher and lecturer. He is known for authoring books on magic, feng shui, sacred geometry and alchemy. He has published more than 46 books in more than 20 languages.
WRichard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S., for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 U.S. hits: "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart", and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two U.S. top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982).
WIan James Thorpe, is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
WAlan Mossman Waddell was an Australian walker who received national and international media attention for walking every street in over 280 suburbs in Sydney.
WWang Gungwu, is a historian of China and Southeast Asia. He has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora, but he has objected to the use of the word diaspora to describe the migration of Chinese from China because both it mistakenly implies that all overseas Chinese are the same and has been used to perpetuate fears of a "Chinese threat", under the control of the Chinese government. An expert on the Chinese tianxia concept, he was the first to suggest its application to the contemporary world as an American Tianxia.