The protesters: Where are they now?

Lindsay Tanner: Finance minister in the Rudd Labor government. Retired from federal Parliament at the last election.

Brian Boyd: Secretary of Victorian Trades Hall Council and ACTU executive member.

Dr Carleton Christensen: Academic (philosophy).

Dick Gross: Author and public interest lawyer. Three-time mayor of Port Philip.

Bruce Hearn Mackinnon: Academic and author. Founding member of ska band the Strange Tenants.

Bill Mountford: Commissioner with the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission.

Jeannie Rea: President of the National Tertiary Education Union.