After The Fact

Annabel 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, and two cookbooks with her friend and collaborator, Wendy Sharpe. She has hosted ABC television shows Kitchen Cabinet, The House, Back in Time for Dinner and Tomorrow Tonight. Annabel is the co-founder of the hit podcast Chat 10 Looks 3, which she co-hosts with Leigh Sales, now in its 10th year.

A Widjabul /Wia:bal woman from the Bundjalung territories Rhoda is an experienced motivated and versatile arts executive, with a diverse range of international and national industry practice within commercial, community and non-profit organisations, festivals and events. The former Head Of First Nations Programming at Sydney Opera House, Rhoda is currently the Curator of Parrtjima Festival, Festival Director of Boomerang Dreaming Festival, the First Nations Creative Director for the Northern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA), First Nations Consultant NIDA , The Elder in Residence at SBS TV and she is the Senior Creative Advisor at Welcome to Country. A practicing weaver and as an actor/producer and director, she continues to work as a consultant, is a sought-after speaker and performer in theatre, film, television, and radio. 

Kim Williams has had a long involvement in the arts, entertainment and media industries here and overseas. He currently serves as Chair of the ABC and has held various Australian executive leadership positions since the late 1970s, including as chief executive at News Corp Australia, FOXTEL, Fox Studios Australia, the Australian Film Commission, Southern Star Entertainment and Musica Viva Australia, a senior executive at the ABC and a nine-year term as chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust.

He has been appointed as a Member in the Order of Australia for his services to the arts and public policy formulation in the film and television industries. 

Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO is an urbanist, businesswoman and philanthropist with a longstanding interest in cities, culture, technological and social innovation and Australian research and commercialisation.  Lucy is a Director of Turnbull and Partners Pty Ltd, a family owned business which invests in earlier stage innovative enterprises.   

From 2021-23 Lucy was the Chair of the Sydney Opera House Trust. From 2015-20 she was the inaugural Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission, tasked by the NSW state government to assist in delivering strong and effective strategic planning for the whole of metropolitan Sydney. Prior to that she spent several years as Deputy Chair and Chair of the Committee for Sydney.   

From 2003-4 she was Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, the first woman ever to hold the position. She has held many other board roles in the not for profit and private sector, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales Trust, National Portrait Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Redfern Foundation and the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation.  

In 2011 Lucy was awarded an Order of Australia for her services to the community, local government and business. In 2012 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from University of New South Wales Business School, in 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate (Arts) from Western Sydney University, and in 2013-18 she was Honorary President of the German-Australian Chamber of Commerce.  

Charles Firth runs the satirical media empire The Chaser. He is co-host of The Chaser Report podcast and the inventor of trigonometry (although this claim is contested). He is also one half of the live comedy show Wankernomics. 

Stephen is descended from the Nunukul people and Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh Nation. He retired from Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2022 after serving as Artistic Director for 32 years. During his tenure he created a signature body of works that have become milestones in Australian performing arts, including the Helpmann Award-winning works Skin (2001), Mathinna (2009), Bennelong (2017) and Dark Emu (co-choreographed with former Bangarra dancers Daniel Riley and Yolande Brown) (2018), as well as co-productions with Sydney Theatre Company Bloodland (2011) and Wudjang: Not the Past (2022).  

Stephen directed the Indigenous sections for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as a significant dance work for this father’s Munaldjali people for the Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. His first full-length film Spear premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before screening at various arts festivals around Australia in early 2016. He also co-directed and choreographed the documentary Freeman (2020), directed the chapter Sand in the feature film The Turning (2013), and choreographed the feature films Bran Nue Dae (2009) and The Sapphires (2011).

In 2015 Stephen was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Creative Arts by the University of Technology Sydney. In 2016, he received both the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award and JC Williamson Award. In 2017, Stephen was honoured with the Australia Council Dance Award for significant contributions to the cultural and artistic fabric of the nation, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).