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Board Members

Allan Fels AO

Chair

Professor Allan Fels AO is a Professor of Law and of Economics and a former Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Virginia Haussegger AM

Deputy Chair

Virginia Haussegger AM is an award-winning journalist and gender equity advocate.

Eric Beecher

Eric Beecher is Chair of two influential media groups – Private Media, which publishes Crikey, The Mandarin and Smart Company, and Solstice Media, which publishes The New Daily and InDaily.
Richard Eccles sits smiling at the camera. he is wearing glasses and has greying hair. He wears a black suit, white shirt and bright yellow tie.

Richard Eccles

Richard Eccles is a consultant and company director and former Australian Public Servant.
Anita Jacoby smiles at the camera. She is a middle-aged woman, with close cropped hair in an orange-blonde tone and wearing a white v-neck shirt. We only see her from the shoulders up.

Anita Jacoby AM

Anita is an award-winning television producer/journalist, media executive, company director and a leading advocate for women in media and leadership.

Professor Simon Wilkie

Professor Simon Wilkie’s career spans a remarkable array of roles that extend beyond the higher education sphere and include appointments as Chief Economic Policy Strategist at Microsoft Corporation and Chief Economist with the US Federal Communications Commission.
Leslie Falkiner-Rose, an older woman with chin length dark to golden blonde hair. She wears black rimmed glasses and a green scarf and grey top. She is smiling at the camera and standing in a garden.

Leslie Falkiner-Rose

Leslie is an experienced print, radio and television journalist who now focuses on strategic communications and collaborative educational, social and cultural change initiatives.

Our thanks

PIJI extends our gratitude to all of our former Directors, for their roles in founding, guiding, and supporting PIJI to achieve our vision:

  • Professor Glyn Davis AC
  • Adam Ferrier
  • Karen Mahlab AM
  • Margaret Simons
  • Grant Rule
  • Dr Sophie Oh
  • The Honourable Marilyn Warren AC QC
  • Mette Schepers

Expert Research Panel

Derek Wilding smiles at the camera. He is wearing a beige-coloured suit and white collared shirt. He has short greying hair.

Derek Wilding

Professor Derek Wilding is Chair of the Expert Research Panel and Co-Director of the Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney.
Glenn Withers

Glenn Withers AO

Glenn Withers is an Economics Professor at the Australian National University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales.
Sora Park, an Asian woman with long dark hair, is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white top and black cardigan, and standing in a leafy green garden.

Sora Park

Dr Sora Park is Professor of Communication and Professorial Research Fellow at the News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra.
Kristy Hess

Kristy Hess

Professor of Communication at Deakin University Australia.
Andrew Dodd

Andrew Dodd

Associate Professor Andrew Dodd is the Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.
Andrea Carson

Andrea Carson

Andrea Carson is a Professor of Political Communication at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
A head shot of Axel Bruns. He is wearing a colourful purple and blue button-up shirt, and wears black-rimmed glasses. He is bald.

Axel Bruns

Professor Axel Bruns is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology.
Jason Bosland

Jason Bosland

Associate Professor Jason Bosland is Deputy Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at Melbourne Law School.
Margaret Simons, an older woman with grey hair cut very short, looks at the camera. She looks professional and confident. She is wearing black-rimmed glasses and has a blue scarf around her neck.

Margaret Simons

Margaret Simons is an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing Journalism.

Our thanks

PIJI extends our gratitude to all of our former members of our Expert Research Panel, for their roles in founding, guiding, and supporting PIJI to achieve our vision:

  • Professor Julian Thomas

Finance & Risk Committee

Michelle Le

Irene Yeung

Irene is a senior executive with experience in risk management and corporate governance.
Leslie Falkiner-Rose, an older woman with chin length dark to golden blonde hair. She wears black rimmed glasses and a green scarf and grey top. She is smiling at the camera and standing in a garden.

Leslie Falkiner-Rose

Leslie is an experienced print, radio and television journalist who now focuses on strategic communications and collaborative educational, social and cultural change initiatives.

Our thanks

PIJI extends our gratitude to all of our former members of the Finance & Risk Committee for their guidance and support.

  • Karen Mahlab AM

Policy Working Group

Allan Fels AO

Chair

Professor Allan Fels AO is a Professor of Law and of Economics and a former Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Virginia Haussegger AM

Deputy Chair

Virginia Haussegger AM is an award-winning journalist and gender equity advocate.
Richard Eccles sits smiling at the camera. he is wearing glasses and has greying hair. He wears a black suit, white shirt and bright yellow tie.

Richard Eccles

Richard Eccles is a consultant and company director and former Australian Public Servant.

Professor Simon Wilkie

Professor Simon Wilkie’s career spans a remarkable array of roles that extend beyond the higher education sphere and include appointments as Chief Economic Policy Strategist at Microsoft Corporation and Chief Economist with the US Federal Communications Commission.

Our thanks

PIJI extends our gratitude to all of our former members of our policy working group, for their roles in founding, guiding, and supporting PIJI to achieve our vision:

  • Professor Glyn Davis AC
  • The Honourable Marilyn Warren AC QC

Nominations Committee

Allan Fels AO

Chair

Professor Allan Fels AO is a Professor of Law and of Economics and a former Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Virginia Haussegger AM

Deputy Chair

Virginia Haussegger AM is an award-winning journalist and gender equity advocate.

Eric Beecher

Eric Beecher is Chair of two influential media groups – Private Media, which publishes Crikey, The Mandarin and Smart Company, and Solstice Media, which publishes The New Daily and InDaily.
Richard Eccles sits smiling at the camera. he is wearing glasses and has greying hair. He wears a black suit, white shirt and bright yellow tie.

Richard Eccles

Richard Eccles is a consultant and company director and former Australian Public Servant.

Our thanks

PIJI extends our gratitude to all of our former members of our policy working group, for their roles in founding, guiding, and supporting PIJI to achieve our vision:

  • Professor Glyn Davis AC
  • The Honourable Marilyn Warren AC QC