List of La Trobe University people

This is a list of La Trobe University people. The institution has had numerous notable alumni and staff.

Staff

Current

Politics

Dennis Altman – academic; expert on the politics of gender^[1]
Nick Bisley – professor of politics and international relations; frequently contributes to the media and public debates^[2]
Judith Brett – academic in the field of politics; author of several books on Australian politics^[3]
Joseph Camilleri – academic in the field of international relations and director of the Centre for Dialogue^[4]
Robert Manne – academic; public intellectuals; author of books on Australian politics and society^[5]

Sociology and anthropology

Peter Beilharz – public intellectual
John Carroll – academic in the field of sociology; public intellectual^[6]

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

Alumni

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
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 ^[7]
Linda Beilharz - adventurer
Samuel Beltz - Olympian, rowing ^[7]
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 ^[7]
Tamsyn Manou - Olympic athlete, world champion ^[7]
Tim Matthews - Paralympian
Chris Mullins - Paralympian ^[7]

Current students

Dailan Evans – comedian
Ahmed Kelly - Paralympian
Angus Monfries – AFL player, Essendon

References

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