Rebecca Ananian-Welsh is a lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.

She has published widely on the separation of powers in Australia, with a particular focus on controversial anti-bikie laws.

She has also undertaken major research projects for the Judicial Conference on Australia and has provided media comment on matters of Queensland law and justice.

Andrew Lynch is a professor of law at the University of New South Wales, has written on judicial decision-making on the High Court for many years, and has recently been researching and publishing in the area of judicial appointments reform.

He has co-authored several books, including Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials (2015) and What Price Security? Taking Stock of Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws (2006), and has written extensively on the Carmody affair in the media.