Who we are
The Australian Policy & History (APH) Network is a partnership between the Alfred Deakin Research Institute (ADRI) at Deakin University, the Heritage Futures Research Centre at the University of New England, and the History Council of New South Wales. The Network was co-founded in 2010 by Professor David Lowe at Deakin University, Associate Professor Melanie Oppenheimer at the University of New England, Zoe Pollock of the History Council of New South Wales, and Dr Nicholas Brown from the Australian National University (ANU).
The APH Network is managed by an Editorial and Management Committee (EMC).
The inaugural EMC members are:
- Communications Coordinator:
David Lowe
Alfred Deakin Research Institute (ADRI), Deakin University. - Financial Officer:
Zoe Pollock
History Council of New South Wales. - Copy Editor:
Laurence Maher
Joan Rosanove Chambers, Melbourne. - Publicity Officer:
Nathan Wise
School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, University of New England. - Editors in Chief:
Melanie Oppenheimer
School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, University of New England.
Tony Joel
School of History, Heritage & Society, and Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University. - Editorial Team members:
Peter Spearritt
School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics, University of Queensland.
Deborah Gare
School of Arts & Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Australia.
Nicholas Brown
School of History, College of Arts & Social Sciences, Australian National University.
Tanya Evans
Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations & Security, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University.
Tony Moore
National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.
David Roberts
Heritage Futures Research Centre, University of New England.
Advisory Board
The APH Network also has an Advisory Board that identifies relevant issues and current affairs, and suggests historians or authors who could be approached to write on such topics. The inaugural Board members are:
- Senior Historians
Marilyn Lake
School of Historical & European Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Latrobe University, and President of the Australian Historical Association (AHA).
Robert O'Neill
AO Chair of the International Academic Advisory Committee of the United State Studies Centre, University of Sydney. - Speech writers:
Dennis Glover
Author and speech writer for the Australian Labor Party.
Don Watson
Author, public speaker, and former academic and speech writer. - Journalists
Michelle Rayner
Executive Producer of Hindsight, ABC Radio National.
Brian Toohey
Walkley Award winning journalist and TV political commentator. - Internationally-based advisors:
Frank Bongiorno
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and Department of History, King's College London (UK).
Alan Booth
School of History and Co-Director of the Centre for Integrative Learning, University of Nottingham (UK).