Shane Homan is Head of the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, Melbourne. He has published five books and many book chapters and journal articles on cultural policy, particularly intersections between the music industries and national cultural policy.

Catherine Strong is an Associate Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include cultural heritage and history, and gender issues in popular music. She is the co-editor of the journal Popular Music History.

Seamus O'Hanlon teaches contemporary urban, social and cultural history at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His most recent publications include City Life: the New Urban Australia and Music City Melbourne: Urban Culture, History and Policy co-authored with Shane Homan, Catherine Strong and John Tebbutt.

John Tebbutt has a PhD in History (University of Sydney). John is Associate Professor (Honorary), School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, and at the Faculty of Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. He is managing editor with Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies.