List of La Trobe University people

Politics

Dennis Altman – academic; expert on the politics of gender

Nick Bisley – professor of politics and international relations; frequently contributes to the media and public debates

Judith Brett – academic in the field of politics; author of several books on Australian politics

Joseph Camilleri – academic in the field of international relations and director of the Centre for Dialogue

Robert Manne – academic; public intellectuals; author of books on Australian politics and society

Sociology and anthropology

Peter Beilharz – public intellectual

John Carroll – academic in the field of sociology; public intellectual

Economics and finance

Don Brash – former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand; former New Zealand Opposition Leader

Philosophy

Agnes Heller – philosopher

Frank Cameron Jackson – philosopher

Peter Singer – philosopher and ethicist

English

David Tacey – literature academic

History

Richard Broome – Aboriginal historian

John Hirst – historian and commentator

Katie Holmes – historian

Marilyn Lake – social historian

Archaeology

David Frankel – archaeologist, known for work on sites in Cyprus

Peter Mathews – archaeologist, known for work on Mayan hieroglyphs

Tim Murray – archaeologist, Dean of faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Cinema and media studies

John Flaus – film academic and actor

Terrie Waddell – film academic and actress

Linguistics

David Bradley – linguist

Science

Michael Clarke – zoologist

Roger Parish – botanist

Past

Graeme Clark – key figure in the research and development of the Bionic Ear

Inga Clendinnen

Peter Cochrane – historian and author

Burkhard Dallwitz – composer, Golden Globe winner

Edward Duyker – historian and author

Alan Frost – historian

Petro Georgiou – Federal Liberal MP

Gerard Henderson

Daryl E. Hooper – inaugural professor in engineering

Rhys Isaac – Pulitzer Prize winner

Andrew Robb – current Federal Liberal MP; former Liberal Party treasurer

J. J. C. Smart – philosopher

Administrative

Fran Kelly – journalist, ABC presenter

Politics and government

Jacinta Allan - Victorian Government Minister

Helen Buckingham - MP

Phil Cleary - former Federal Independent MP; author; social activist; political and sports commentator; former VFL footballer; ABC presenter

Jacinta Collins - Federal Senator

Mary Delahunty - Victorian MP; former minister; former ABC TV presenter

Martin Dixon - Victorian MP; opposition frontbencher

Stephen Duckett - former Secretary of Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (1994–1996); current President and Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services in Canada

Abdirahman Farole - former President of Puntland

Matthew Guy - Liberal MP

Bill Kelty - former ACTU secretary; union official; AFL Commissioner; Union icon

Sussan Ley - Federal MP

Brian Loughnane - Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia

Terry Moran - Head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet; Head of the Federal Public Service

Maximus Ongkili - Malaysian Cabinet Minister

Abdul Ghani Othman - former Chief Minister of Johor, Malaysia

Emilia Pires - Finance Minister, East Timor

Geoff Raby - Foreign Affairs secretary; Australia's most senior Trade official; World Trade Organisation negotiator; Australian ambassador to China

Andrew Robb - Federal MP; Parliamentary secretary; former Liberal Treasurer

Mahinda Samarasinghe - Sri Lankan cabinet minister of disaster management; MP

Tony Sheehan - former Treasurer; deputy opposition leader

Sharman Stone - Federal MP; Opposition frontbencher; former government minister

Theo Theophanous - Victorian Government Minister

Geoff Walsh - former ALP National Secretary; UN official and delegate; adviser to Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating; Consul General to Hong Kong; Age and AFR journalist

Don Watson - author, academic, political commentator, former speechwriter for Paul Keating

Ian Watt - Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Finance; former Treasury and cabinet official; former diplomat

Christian Zahra - former Federal Opposition frontbencher

Media and arts

Morag Fraser - academic, social commentator, journalist

Jane Gazzo - BBC presenter

Corinne Grant - TV personality, comedian, actor

Paul Jennings - children's author

Jennifer Keyte - journalist, TV news presenter

Tahan Lew-Fatt - model, TV personality

Pia Miranda - actress

Naomi Robson - journalist, presenter

Tim Ross - TV and radio personality, comedian (Merrick and Rosso)

John Silvester - crime writer; Age journalist

Virginia Trioli - ABC presenter, journalist, author, political commentator

Maureen Wheeler - founder of Lonely Planet

Business

Martyn Dunne - CEO, NZ Customs

Ahmed Fahour - former CEO of National Australia Bank, Australian Region, Outgoing CEO of Australia Post

David Morgan - Westpac CEO; former Treasury official; BHP Billiton Director

Scott Pape - The Barefoot Investor

Science

Lindsay Falvey - academic

Tim Flannery - biologist, author and commentator on global warming; 2007 Australian of the Year

Neil J. Gunther - Australian/American physicist and computer scientist

Geoff Love - Director of the Bureau of Meteorology

Sport

Catherine Arlove - Olympian, Judo

Linda Beilharz - adventurer

Samuel Beltz - Olympian, rowing

Andrew Demetriou - former Australian Football League CEO

Warwick Draper - Olympic kayak competitor

Brad Green - former Melbourne footballer; current Carlton development coach

Rachel Imison - Olympian, field hockey

Tamsyn Manou - Olympic athlete, world champion

Tim Matthews - Paralympian

Chris Mullins - Paralympian

Current students

Dailan Evans - comedian

Ahmed Kelly - Paralympian

Angus Monfries - AFL player, Essendon