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Ben Wadham is a Professor of Defence and Veteran Studies at Flinders University.  Ben is also Director of Open Door: Understanding and Supporting Service Personnel and their Families.  Ben served [...]

Dr. Hilton Koppe is a writer, teacher, workshop facilitator, podcaster and Doctor, living on Bundjalung land on the east coast of Australia. Hilton facilitates reflective writing workshops for [...]

Edmund Pegge is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney, and widely recognized in Australia and in Britain as an actor of great skill and range. He […]

Martin Hamilton-Smith is a self-employed Board Member, consultant, media commentator and company director, with a focus on international trade and investment, Indo Pacific relations, defence and [...]

Ross Womersley has had an extensive involvement in community services over many years and is driven by the idea that we live in a community in which everyone is included […]

Michael joined the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia as Director in 2021, bringing 20 years of experience in the museum, culture and science sector to the role. […]

Our Speakers:   Kerryn Smith served for 8 years in the Education arm of the Defence Department. Kerryn then transferred to the Defence Industry as an Executive in Industry Associations, […]

Our Speaker : Paula Nagel is well known as the first female reporter on the ABC’s current affairs program ‘This Day Tonight.’ She then worked as a film producer in […]

Peter Rees is an author specialising in Australian military history.  His books have also included politics, biography and true crime. His career began inauspiciously as a copyboy on the Daily [...]

Samela Harris is a Hall of Fame journalist for whom retirement has been an epic fail!  In a career which began aged 7 writing reviews for her father’s bookshop publication, […]