Shortis and Simpson are Australian entertainment duo consisting of John Damien Shortis and Moya Simpson. They are singers, composers, political satirists and cabaret artists; producers and writers of wide-ranging performance genres. John Shortis (born 1948 in Earlwood, New South Wales) is a satirist, singer, songwriter, composer, social historian and political commentator. Moya Simpson (born 1948 in Twickenham, England) is a singer and actor (using multiple voices and accents), and choir director. She immigrated to Australia in 1978.