Authors
Amelia McGuire
Amelia McGuire is a senior writer at Rampart. She previously covered technology at the Australian Financial Review, and business at The Sydney Morning Herald. Contact Amelia via email: amelia@rampart.news or signal: ameliamcguire.14
Andrew McKean
Andrew McKean is a staff journalist at Rampart. He was previously at Financial Standard covering superannuation, financial advice, and investment markets. Contact Andrew at andrew@rampart.news
Eliza Harvey
Eliza Harvey is the Associate Editor at Rampart. She was previously an Executive Producer of the ABC's Q+A program and host on the ABC News Channel. Contact Eliza at eliza@rampart.news
Alexandra Carlton
Alexandra Carlton writes for Gourmet Traveller, Qantas magazine, Good Food, The Australian, Escape and others. She is also the Oceania Academy Chair for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
Ben Butler
Ben Butler is an investigative journalist who has worked for the ABC, News Corp, Guardian Australia and The Age. His specialties are finance, crime and the intersection between the two. Contact Ben at bbutler@rampart.news.
Darren Lim
Dr Darren Lim is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Australian National University who specialises in economic security and Australian foreign policy, and hosts the Australia in the World podcast.
Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri Burshtein is a Senior Director of Eminence Advisory. He is a regular contributor on economic, social and public policy issues.
Patrick James
Patrick is an investor with prior experience as a senior analyst at an Australian hedge fund.
James Want
James Want is the former Editor-in-Chief of B.H. Magazine and co-founder of Boss Hunting.
John McDonald
John McDonald was an art critic for the Sydney Morning Herald, and film critic for the Australian Financial Review. He now posts under his Substack Everything the art world doesn't want you to know.
Gideon Haigh
Gideon Haigh has written for more than a hundred newspapers and magazines, and published more than fifty books. The latest is Who Is Wallace? The Enigma of the World's Oldest Prisoner.
Hugh White
Hugh White is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University and a former Deputy Secretary of Defence. His most recent Quarterly Essay, Hard New World: Our Post-America Future, was published in June 2025.
Duncan Murray
Duncan is CEO of the Besen family office, Group CEO of the Cape York Partnership, and serves as chair of Amy’s Foundation and Djarragun College. He is also a former chair of Cycling Australia and the inaugural chair of AusCycling.
Stephen Todd
Stephen Todd is the design editor of the Australian Financial Review and head of publishing at Powerhouse, Sydney.
Kane Jackson
Kane Jackson is co-founder of Maslow, a social impact startup working at the core of wealth inequality. In recognition of this work, he was named a Byron Fellow in 2025.
Claude Walker
Claude Walker has been a stock analyst and investor for more than a decade. He is the founder of subscription website A Rich Life.
Susan Owens
Susan Owens is a journalist and foreign correspondent previously based in London and Paris. She is currently working on a book on the work of the modernist Melbourne architect Roy Simpson (1914-1997).
Richard Clune
Richard Clune is a former GQ editor and editor-in-chief of Robb Report. Beyond managing the brand consultancy Bleue, Richard writes for The Australian, among others.
Neil Chenoweth
Journalist and author Neil Chenoweth has won two Gold Walkleys, a Gold Kennedy and was Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. He wrote Virtual Murdoch, Packer’s Lunch and Murdoch’s Pirates.
David Meagher
David Meagher is a journalist and author. He was the editor of The Australian’s WISH Magazine for 15 years and wrote the 2023 bestselling memoir Secrets and Lies (published by Penguin).
Peter Swan
Peter Swan AO is Emeritus Professor at the UNSW School of Banking and Finance. He is a regular contributor on economic, social and public policy issues.
Ben Jarman
Ben Jarman runs economics and strategy research at JP Morgan Australia/NZ. He is responsible for the firm’s views on the economy, policy and markets for the region.