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
• Nick Bisley – professor of politics and international relations; frequently contributes to the media and public debates
• Judith Brett – academic in the field of politics; author of several books on Australian politics
• Joseph Camilleri – academic in the field of international relations and director of the Centre for Dialogue
• Robert Manne – academic; public intellectuals; author of books on Australian politics and society

Sociology and anthropology

• Peter Beilharz – public intellectual
• John Carroll – academic in the field of sociology; public intellectual

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

Current students

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