George Miller – 1996
Shirley Hazzard – 1997
Peter Doherty- 1998
Simone Young – 1999
Peter Cosgrove – 2000
Andy Thomas – 2001
Patricia Hewitt – 2002
Kate Jennings – 2003
William Shawcross – 2004
Richard Tognetti – 2005
Clive James – 2006
Thomas Freidman -2007
Kevin Rudd- 2008
Simon Schama – 2009
Julia Gillard-2010