JM Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003. His books include Disgrace and The Schooldays of Jesus.

Rachel Perkins is a director, writer and founder of Blackfella Films. She leads a foundation that is recording languages and songlines through the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Penny Wong has represented South Australia in the Senate since 2002, and is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.

Mark McKenna is a professor of history at the University of Sydney. Stuart Ward is professor of history at the University of Copenhagen.