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Michael is currently the Chief of Staff to Andrew Barr MLA, ACT Minister for Education and Training. Michael was the founding Policy Director at Per Capita from March 2007 to December 2008. Prior to this, Michael worked on the staff of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party for five years, including three years as Principal Policy Adviser to Federal Labor Leaders Kim Beazley and Mark Latham. Before this Michael worked in the Department of Defence in strategic policy and intelligence. Michael has two degrees from the Australian National University. His Masters of Arts (International Relations) degree included a thesis on responsible power ethics in Australia's diplomacy over Portuguese Timor in 1974. His undergraduate degree was in English and Philosophy, and he was awarded first-class honours for his thesis on parody and satire in the poetry of the Ern Malley hoax.
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Dr Dennis Glover is an author, political columnist and speechwriter whose clients include senior political, community and business figures. He has worked as an adviser and speechwriter to the three most recent federal Labor leaders. His latest book, Orwell's Australia, analyses the influence of George Orwell on Australian intellectuals and argues that his insights remain invaluable to progressives today. He has edited a number of essay collections, including New Voices for Social Democracy and For the People. He has recently contributed essays on politics and speechwriting to Do Not Disturb and Government Communications in Australia. His essays, political columns and reviews have appeared in The Age, The Australian and the Australian Financial Review. Dennis is a graduate of Monash and Cambridge Universities, and led the research team to establish Per Capita.
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