Panel of Eminent Persons 
Chairman
The Honourable David Ipp
Justice Ipp has been an Acting Judge of Appeal, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales, since 2001 and Justice, Supreme Court of Western Australia, since 1989. He was admitted to the Western Australian Bar in 1984 and appointed as a Queen’s Counsel in 1985. 
Members
Professor Peter Cane
Professor Cane has been a Professor of Law in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University since 1997. For 20 years before that he taught at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, being successively a lecturer, reader and professor. His main research interests lie in the law of obligations (especially tort law), and in public law (especially administrative law).
Associate Professor Donald Sheldon
Dr Sheldon has been the Chairman of the Council of Procedural Specialists since 1993. His particular interests are in Upper GI Surgery.
Mr Ian Macintosh
Mr Macintosh has been the Mayor of Bathurst City Council in New South Wales since 1995. He also has been the Chairman of the NSW Country Mayors Association since 2000.