Graeme is active in local politics as co-convenor of Residents for Appropriate Development, a local resident action group, and subsequently as president of Save Our Suburbs Ryde, a network of groups working towards a better consultation process and more visionary development policy. Graeme is also convenor of Sydney Friends of Myall Creek, a reconciliation initiative arising out of the 1838 Myall Creek massacre.

Graeme's particular concern is for developing a more direct grassroots democracy, and the centrality of Aboriginal people to understanding Australian identity and the interdependence of the environment, society and the economy. Graeme is a teacher and writer. As a teacher he has worked in primary/secondary/TAFE, as well as six years in Japan and Zimbabwe.

Peter is a former History and English teacher who has been working in the Sydney property and parking industries for over twenty years. He currently heads up his own parking company focussed on obtaining mutual benefit for employers, employees and customers.

Peter serves on the committee of the Sydney Friends of Myall Creek and is particularly concerned by recent trends in politics where the major parties will do anything to hang onto power regardless of the ethical issues involved.

Malcolm was educated at Northbridge Public School, North Sydney Boys’ High School, and the University of Sydney. He has worked as a professional engineer for almost 39 years in the aviation industry. He is married to Joyce and lives in the inner Sydney suburb of Marrickville.  Malcolm is active in trade union affairs, and is also a youth group leader.

Joyce, born in the UK underwent a nursery nurses training, worked voluntarily for eleven years with ‘Initiatives of Change’ in the UK, Ethiopia, India and Australia. She has worked in the community involving young families, children with disabilities and learning problems. Married with two adult boys she is currently working with aged care. She feels that the ordinary person has a large part to play in making a difference especially if we are honest about our own shortcomings first.

Martin is an accountant specialising in the day to day bookkeeping operations of micro & small businesses. He is involved with his local Chamber of Commerce. His special interests are in business ethics & thinking beyond the financial bottom line whilst minimising the impact on business efficiency.

Suzanne has taught in secondary schools for 25 years. She has taught in Britain and in country NSW and is now the Head of English in an independent private school in Sydney’s Inner West. She has been pursuing further studies at the University of Sydney. She is increasingly concerned that facile Federal approaches to standardizing educational outcomes are working against rich, more locally based, educational and cultural inheritances.

She is concerned about the limited or controlled media representation of issues of public interest. She is concerned that Australians may be deprived of variety, of quality of expression, and of public debate.

Len is the CEO of Worldhotel-link.com. He has spent 30+ years in management/CEO roles in international trade services and the past seven years has worked extensively in utilising the Internet to facilitate trade from emerging economies. Prior to establishing Worldhotel-link.com, Len managed his own consulting practice in South-East Asia, and prior to this was CEO of Meet World Trade Inc.  He was previously Senior Vice President of the SGS Group. Len has spent over twenty years living/working abroad in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

Len's concerns include the erosion of democracy, the poll-driven short termism of policy, and the need for a new kind of political leadership to respond to the challenges of global warming.

Rodney has spent 18 years as an investment/funds manager and liabilitity manager in a corporate treasury environment. In that time he has managed foreign currency, money market, equity and commodity assets, liabilities, portfolios and exposures in terms of  wealth creation and liability management. Rodney has an economics and business degree from Rice University, a graduate diploma in applied finance and a graduate diploma in Christian studies. Rodney also has advanced tennis coaching qualifications and spent several years playing the European tennis circuit and 4 years on the US NCAA collegiate circuit representing Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Rodney was an Upper House candidate for the Australian Independents Coalition for  both the 1995 and 1999 NSW State elections. Rodney is married to Fiona. They have two children, Georgia who is 4 years old and Andrew who is 6 months.

Fiona spent 10 years working in the paper packaging industry becoming national sales manager. Fiona also worked for 7 years in the funeral industry reaching the position of State Manager of White Lady Funerals. Fiona has extensive business and people management experience. Fiona has a degree in administration and a diploma in logistics. Fiona is also an accomplished musican, playing the drums for many years with a number of bands.  

Fiona was also an Upper House candidate for the Australian Independents Coalition for the 1995  NSW State election.