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Peter Costello was educated at Carey Grammar and Monash University where he graduated in Arts and Law with Honours. He was called to the Victorian Bar, after practising as a solicitor in Melbourne for some years and in 1984 he established himself in the fields of commercial law and industrial relations. He was a part-time teacher in Industrial Relations at Monash University and he has appeared in a number of recent cases against the trade unions at Common Law. He won Liberal preselection for the federal seat of Higgins in April 1989.

Dr Peter Barnard is a Director of Transport (since Jan. 1988) for the National Farmers Federation (NFF in Jan 1988). Prior to joining NFF, Dr Barnard worked as a tutor, lecturer and Research Fellow at Adelaide and Macquarie Universities. He was employed for five years as a Research Scientist by the Australian Road Research Board, and more recently was engaged as a consultant to the Very Fast Train Project. Of all the issues which fall under Dr Barnard's responsibility at NFF the reform of the Australian waterfront has been identified as the most urgent and, undoubtedly, the most challenging.

Ray Evans was educated at the Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne where he graduated in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Prior to his appointment as Executive Officer at Western Mining Corporation, Mr Evans was Deputy of Engineering at Deakin University. He brought together the group which founded the H R Nicholls Society in 1985, and is now President of the Society.

David Trebeck graduated in Agricultural Science at the University of Sydney and in Economics from the University of New England and has had a distinguished career in the rural industries. Since 1983 he has been principal consultant with ACIL Australia Pty Ltd, a leading consultancy group based in Melbourne and Canberra.

The Hon Joe Thompson, AM was educated at Christian Brothers College at Manly and subsequently at Harvard University. He has had a distinguished career in the trade union and labor movement with the Vehicle Builders' Union and as a Legislative Councillor in NSW from 1974. He was President of the Labor Council of NSW from 1984 to 1986.

Peter Murray was manager of the Mount Thorley Open Cut when it began and up until 1985 when he retired soon after the dispute that led to the 'Thorley 25'. He is a director of Australian National Railways and Chairman of the Mater Misericordiae Catholic Hospital in Newcastle.

Wayne Dyer has ten years experience in the industry and was initially Training Officer and the Personnel Manager at Mt Thorley at the time of the Thorley 25. Wayne had nine years military training and safety and this followed several years in industrial relations training and safety related issues in New South Wales. Wayne currently is Human Resources Manager at the Ballarat Water Board.

Nicholas Finney was one of the principal driving forces behind the abolition of the National Dock Labour Scheme in the UK in 1989. This revolutionised the organisation of labour on the British waterfront virtually 'overnight' and in the face of a national strike of waterside workers.