| 2001 |
January |
Donald McDonald AO
Chairman of the ABC Board |
| |
May |
Hon. Philip Ruddock MP
Local Federal Member, Minister for Immigration |
| |
August |
Dick Smith AO
Entrepreneur and Adventurer |
| |
November |
Jeff McMullen
ABC Journalist and Author |
| 2002 |
February |
John Coutis
Motivational Speaker |
| |
May |
Robin Morrow
Children’s Literature authority
Haruo Goto
Suzuki Method Violin Teacher |
| |
October |
Jack Mundey AO
Environmentalist & Green Bans instigator |
| |
November |
Chris Johnson AM
NSW Government Architect & Town Planner |
| 2003 |
May |
Graham Blewitt
Deputy Prosecutor for the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague |
| |
September |
Dr. Ian Paterson
Headmaster, Uniting Church, Jewish & Muslim Schools |
| 2004 |
February |
Ali Kazak
Head of the Palestinian Delegation to Australia |
| |
June |
Rev. Tim Costello
CEO World Vision, Australia |
| |
November |
Margot Kingston
Journalist and Author |
| 2005 |
February |
Russell Thirgood
President, Amnesty International Australia |
| |
May |
Rev. John Bell
Member of the Iona Community, Glasgow, composer, activist |
| |
September |
Senator Kerry Nettle
NSW Greens Senator
Professor Barry Leal
Ecotheologist |
| 2006 |
May |
Professor Steven Leeder
Professor of Public Health & Community Medicine |
| |
July |
Dr. Bernard Sabella
Fatah Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council |
| |
September |
Dr. John de Gruchy
South African, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Think Tank, expert on Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
| |
November |
Professor John Hirst
Australian Historian and author |
| 2007 |
April |
Archbishop Peter Jensen
Anglican Archbishop of Sydney |
| |
July |
The Hon John Dowd AO QC
President of the Australian Section, International Commission of Jurists |
| |
November |
His Eminence George Cardinal Pell - download speech here
Roman Catholic Cardinal of Sydney |
| 2008 |
April |
Professor Ian Harper - download speech here
Chairman, Fair Pay Commission |
| |
August |
Phillip Adams - download speech here
Journalist, Broadcaster, Controversialist!
Steve Killelea
Founder, Global Peace Index |
| |
November |
The Hon. Philip Ruddock
Local Federal Member |
| 2009 |
April |
Mark Scott
Managing Director of the ABC |
| |
May |
The Hon. Michael Kirby
Retired High Court Judge |
| |
August |
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Author and Lawyer |
