Talking Freely

Greg Sheridan is an Australian foreign affairs journalist, author and commentator. He has written a number of books on politics, religion and international affairs and has been the foreign editor of The Australian newspaper since 1992. His latest book is 'Christians: the urgent case for Jesus in our World.'

Martyn Iles is the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby. He is also the host of "The Truth of it", a successful program that examines various social issues through a Christian lens.

Dr Anne Aly is a Federal Member of Parliament in Western Australia for the Australian Labor Party. She worked as a professor, academic and practitioner in counter terrorism and countering violent extremism. She was a 2016 nominee for Australian of the Year and a 2016 recipient of the prestigious Australian Security Medal. In 2021, she was awarded the McKinnon Prize for Emerging Political Leader of the Year, in recognition of her Parliamentary work against both right-wing extremism and family & domestic violence.

Dr John Dickson started out as a singer-songwriter, now working as an author, academic, and media presenter. In 2007 he co-founded the Centre for Public Christianity, and has published 18 books and three TV documentaries. His latest book is entitled Bullies and Saints: an honest look at the good and evil of Christian history.

Alex Ryvchin is an Australian author, advocate, media commentator and lawyer. He is currently the co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, and is the author of several books including the recent work Zionism: The Concise History.

Dr Jonathan Cole is a scholar, speaker, translator, commentator, and lecturer specialising in Political Theology, which is the intersection between religion and politics. He is Assistant Director for the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University in Canberra. He hosts the Political Animals Podcast: Honest conversations about the political and cultural ideas that shape who we are in the 21st century.

Alastair Roberts works for the Theopolis and Davenant Institutes. He is an author of Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption Through Scripture, and the forthcoming Heirs Together: A Theology of the Sexes. He participates in the Mere Fidelity and Theopolis podcasts and blogs at Alastair's Adversaria.

Michael Jensen is an Australian clergyman, author, and lecturer. He has served as the rector in the Anglican parish of St Mark's Church, Darling Point since 2013 and was formerly a professor of theology at Moore College, Sydney.

Dr Rory Shiner is senior pastor of Providence City Church in Perth. His research is in Evangelical History and the History of Religious Thought. He is the author of One Forever: The Transforming Power Of Being In Christ.

Dr. Ryan T. Anderson is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington DC. He has authored several books, including Truth Overruled: The Future of Marriage and Religious Freedom, and is the founding editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the Witherspoon institute.