Stephen Stockwell is Professor Emeritus in Journalism and Communication at Griffith University Australia. Previously he worked as a journalist at 4ZZZ, JJJ and Four Corners and as ...view moreStephen Stockwell is Professor Emeritus in Journalism and Communication at Griffith University Australia. Previously he worked as a journalist at 4ZZZ, JJJ and Four Corners and as a press secretary. He plays keyboard and sings for Brisbane punk band, The Black Assassins, was on the editorial collective of the Cane Toad Times 1983-91 and participated in its latest 2024 edition. He wrote Political Campaign Strategy (2005) and co-edited The Secret History of Democracy (2010). Since retiring he has been exploring politics with poetry and produced The Voyage and the Vision (2021) and The Phoenician Sonnets (2023). He lives at Burleigh Heads on the land of the Kombumerri clan of the Yugambeh people.view less