Patrons list

• Alice Garner, actor; co-founder of Actors for Refugees
• Barry Jones AO, academic and author; Co-Chair, 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention; former Federal Minister and MP for the ALP
• Bill Kelty, AC, former ACTU Secretary (1983-2000); AFL Commissioner
• Br R Julian McDonald CFC AO, Chancellor, Australian Catholic University
• Bridie Carter, actor
• Carrillo Gantner AO, President, Sydney Myer Fund; Chair, Asialink; Chair, Victorian Arts Centre
• Charles Caldas, music producer; CEO, Merlin; former CEO, Shock Records
• Chris Sidoti, human rights advocate; former Australian Human Rights Commissioner (1995-2000); former Australian Law Reform Commissioner (1992-1995); Adjunct Professor (ACU, UWS, Griffith); former Director, International Service for Human Rights
• Claudia Karvan, actor
• Dennis Altman AM, Professor of Politics, Latrobe University
• Don Watson, writer and historian
• Elizabeth Evatt AC, former Chief Judge, Family Court of Aust.; former Aust. Human Rights Commissioner; former member, UN Human Rights Committee; former President, Aust. Law Reform Commission; former Commissioner, Intl Committee of Jurists
• Eva Cox AO, Program Director, Social Inquiry, University of Technology Sydney
• Fr. Mark Raper SJ AM, President, Jesuit Conference of East Asia and Oceania; former International Director, Jesuit Refugee Service
• Frank Sartor AO MP, Member for Rockdale (NSW); former Lord Mayor of Sydney
• Fred Chaney AO, Director, Reconciliation Australia; former Federal Minister, Senator and MP for the Liberal Party
• Garry McDonald AO, actor; comedian
• Hanifa Deen, award-winning author; Senior Research Fellow (Monash University)
• Hilary McPhee AO, author; Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, Univeristy of Melbourne; former Chair, Australia Council
• Hugh Mackay, social researcher and commentator
• Ian Barker QC, former President, NSW Bar Association
• Ian Chappell, author and sports journalist; former Captain, Australian Cricket Team
• Ian Lowe AO, President, Australian Conservation Foundation; Professor (Griffith Uni, Sunshine Coast Uni); 1988 Humanist of the Year
• Ian Macphee AO, former Immigration Minister; former ABC board director
• Ian Parmenter, writer; television chef
• Irving Saulwick AM, social researcher
• Jack Thompson AM, actor
• Jim Soorley, former Lord Mayor Brisbane
• Joe Riordan AO, former federal Minister; former Senior Deputy President, Australian Industrial Relations Commission
• John Coombs, former Head of Maritime Union
• John Dowd AO, QC, The Hon., Vice-President, International Commission of Jurists; President, Austcare; former NSW Attorney-General and State Opposition leader; former Justice of NSW Supreme Court.
• John Gibson, barrister; President, Refugee Council of Australia
• John Hewson, AM, former leader of the Federal Liberal Party of Australia
• John Menadue AO, Board Director, Centre for Policy Development; former Private Secretary to Gough Whitlam; former Secretary of Dept. of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Dept. of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; former CEO, Qantas
• John Newcombe AO OBE, tennis player; television commentator
• John Singleton AM, marketing and advertising entrepreneur
• John Yu, Dr. AC, former Chancellor, University of New South Wales
• Julia King, Board of Directors member, Fairfax
• Julian Burnside, AO, QC, barrister; author; human rights activist
• Kate Atkinson, actor; cofounder of Actors for Refugees
• Kate Durham, artist; filmmaker; human rights activist; founding member of Spare Rooms for Refugees
• Lillian Holt, University of Melbourne Fellow
• Lowitja O?Donoghue AC CBE, indigenous activist; Visiting Fellow, Flinders University; 1984 Australian of the Year; former Chair, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission; former Chair, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropica
• Malcolm Fraser AC CH, former Prime Minister of Australia; founder, CARE Australia
• Margaret Reynolds, former Minister for Local Government, former Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
• Martin Wesley-Smith AM, Australian composer
• Martina Mombassa
• Mary Crock, Dr., Professor of Law, University of Sydney
• Mem Fox AM, children's author; former Associate Professor at Flinders University
• Michael Hill, lawyer
• Mike Carlton, broadcaster; writer
• Mike Coward, writer; cricket commentator
• Neville Roach AO, Chairman, Fujitsu Australia, Former Chairman, Council for Multicultural Australia, Former Chairman, Business (migration) Advisory Panel
• Nicholas Cowdery AM,QC, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions; former President, International Association of Prosecutors
• Nick Greiner, AC, former Premier of NSW
• Nouria Salehi, Dr. OAM, Coordinator, Afghan Support Group
• Patrick Dodson, 2008 Sydney Peace Prize recipient; Chair, Kimberley Development Commission; Chair, the Lingiari Foundation; former Chair, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation; former Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
• Phillip Adams AO, broadcaster; writer
• Prof. Peter Baume AO, former Senator and Federal Minister
• Reg Mombassa, artist; musician
• Renata Kaldor AO, former Deputy Chancellor, The University of Sydney
• Rev. Bill Crews AM, founder, Exodus Foundation; Humanitarian of the Year, 1992
• Rev. Tim Costello AO, CEO, World Vision Australia; a founding Director of the Australian Centre for Social Innovation
• Ric Charlesworth AM, Australian hockey coach; former Australian hockey player; former cricketer for WA; former MP for Perth
• Robert Manne, Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Latrobe University; author
• Santo Cilauro, actor
• Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
• The Most Reverend Ian George AO, Anglican Bishop of Adelaide
• Tom Long, actor
• Tuong-Quang Luu AO, Board of Directors, Austcare; former Head of SBS Radio (1989-2006); Australian Achiever of the Year, 2002
• Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Peek KBE OBE CB, former Chief of the Royal Australian Navy