History's Rough Draft

The Hon Steve Bracks AC was Premier of Victoria for eight years. He is Chancellor of Victoria University, chairs Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Trust, The Shannon Company, and the AFL Strategic Community Investment Fund Advisory Board. He chaired the Cbus Superannuation Fund from 2009 to 2021. He was an honorary adviser to the former Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmao from 2007 to 2017.  

Sumeyya Ilanbey is a state political reporter for The Age and has won Walkley and Quill Awards for her journalism. Her first book, a political biography of Daniel Andrews, was published in 2022. 

Margot Saville practised as a lawyer for one year before becoming a journalist in 1987. She has worked at The Australian, ABC Television, the Nine Network and The Sydney Morning Herald. She is the author of The Battle for Bennelong, a book about Maxine McKew’s successful tilt at former Prime Minister John Howard’s federal parliamentary seat in 2007. Her latest book is The Teal Revolution.

Chris Wallace is an expert in modern and contemporary politics and leadership, and a former longstanding member of the Canberra Press Gallery. Wallace's books include Untamed Shrew, How To Win Elections and Political Lives: Australian Prime Ministers and their Biographers.