Cassandra Wilkinson OAM is a former staff member at the Centre for Independent Studies, an author and a former columnist for The Australian. She wrote Don’t Panic – Nearly Everything is Better Than You Think, and The Kids Are Alright – 10 Good Reasons to Relax and Let Kids Be Kids. She has written on innovation in public policy in The Three Sector Solution. Wilkinson’s play After Dinner Mince was performed at the Sydney Fringe Festival Big Competition for Little Plays in 1998. She has more recently been an executive at NSW Treasury and worked for Social Finance Pty Ltd, a start-up social impact bonds broker. She was a senior public servant and senior political adviser to the New South Wales Treasurer and other Labor ministers. She is a member of the board of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). She is a current board member and former Vice President of the Council for Civil Liberties.