Paulie Stewart OAM is an Australian rock legend. He’s also a legend of the movement advocating for the freedom of East Timor and West Papua. Paulie also worked as a music journalist with the Melbourne Herald Sun for 30 years after graduating from De La Salle College Malvern. Despite a life-threatening liver transplant, Paulie continues to mentor refugees and young people at risk and is still performing with the Dili Allstars and Painters & Dockers.
Claire Halliday has an extensive career as a full-time writer - across book publishing, copywriting, podcasting and feature journalism. Her work has appeared regularly in leading Australian newspapers and magazines for over two decades. She is the author of five published non-fiction books, including Things My Mother Taught Me and Things My Father Taught Me, a collection of interviews with famous Australians about their mothers and fathers.