Ben Eltham is a Melbourne-based writer, musician and creative producer. He is a former editor of UQ student newspaper Semper Floreat and writes regularly on Australian arts, culture and politics for publications including New Matilda, Crikey, Artlink, Mess+Noise and The Courier-Mail. He is currently researching a PhD in cultural policy at the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney and co-writing a wide-ranging book on Australian public policy with Miriam Lyons.