- The Hon Julie Bishop MP: Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Australia
- The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Professor Mick Dodson AM: Australian of the Year 2009
- Peter Costello: Former Treasurer of the Australian Government
- Senator the Hon John Faulkner, Minister for Defence, Australia
- Senator Steve Fielding MP: Leader of the Family First Party, Australia
- The Hon Peter Garrett AM, MP: Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Australia
- The Hon. Julia Gillard MP: Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Education, Employment, Workplace Relations, Education and Social Inclusion
- The Hon Joe Hockey MP: Shadow Treasurer, Australia
- Hu Jintao: President of the People’s Republic of China
- The Hon Jenny Macklin MP: Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Australia
- President Barack Obama: President of the United States of America
- The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, Australia
- The Hon Kevin Rudd MP: Prime Minister of Australia
- The Hon Wayne Swan MP: Treasurer of the Australian Government
- Glenn Stevens: Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
- The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP: Leader of the Opposition, Australia
- The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP: Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Australia
- Nicolas Sarkozy: President of France
- Solomon Trujillo: Former Chief Executive Officer of Telstra Australia
- Senator Nick Xenophon: Independent Senator for South Australia
- Senator the Hon Penny Wong: Minister for Climate Change and Water, Australia
