Rampart

Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart. He is an Australian Financial Review columnist and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out.

Ivor Ries was the Australian Financial Review’s Chanticleer columnist between 1991 and 1999 and is a former equities analyst at EL&C Baillieu, Wilson HTM and Morgans.

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.

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).

Authors

Joe Aston

Ivor Ries

Alexandra Carlton

David Meagher