John Cecil Dauth, is an Australian public servant and diplomat. He was the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2013.

Richard Kenneth Robert Alston is an Australian businessman, former politician and former barrister. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 1986 to 2004, representing the Liberal Party. During the Howard government he held ministerial office as Minister for Communications and the Arts (1996–1997), Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts (1997–1998), and Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (1998–2003). He is Australia's longest serving both Communications minister and Arts minister.