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Category: Government, Politics and Law
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Barrie Adams PSM FCPA completed his accounting studies in 1970 and was admitted as a CPA in 1971 with the Australian Society of Accountants. He advanc...
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Broadcaster, filmmaker, author, archaeologist, controversialist, social commentator and satirist, Phillip Adams was elected one of Australia’s 100 N...
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Some journalists might see upsetting the Packers and Murdochs as career suicide, but Paul Barry has built his highly successful and respected career o...
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Peter Beattie was the 36th Premier of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years. Hi...
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The Honourable Kim Christian Beazley, Federal Member for Brand, has served in the Federal Parliament since 1980, when he contested and won the Perth m...
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An economic and social commentator on present-day Australia, Geoffrey Blainey was born in Victoria and brought up in country towns, including Leongath...
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John Brogden has walked a very public journey of success, failure and redemption – from the highs of political leadership, through the lows of his s...
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Enigmatic and irreverent, John Brown's life is full of contradictions.
A successful businessman and politician, the former Minister for Sport Recr...
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In the year 2000 David Combe was named "Australia's Top Export Salesmen" by Overseas Trading Magazine and included in the "Twenty Five Most Influenti...
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Peter Cosgrove was born into an Army family in Sydney in 1947. After secondary schooling at Waverley College he entered the Royal Military College, Du...
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Tim Costello became the Chief Executive of World Vision Australia in February 2004. Before his involvement with World Vision, Tim had long been the vo...
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Paul Davies is theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, author and broadcaster. He currently holds the position of Professor of Natural Phi...
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In November 2009 Jon Dee was named NSW Australian of the Year. Jon is the Founder and Chairman of the Australian advocacy organisation ‘Do Something...
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Sir Roger Douglas, as Minister of Finance in New Zealand, won an international reputation as the strategist and driving force responsible for the refo...
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Alexander Downer retired from politics in 2008 after an amazing 24 years and prior to that was a highly successful career diplomat. In every respect A...
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Amanda Ellis is Deputy Secretary for the International Development Group, managing New Zealand's international aid and development program and advisin...
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Anton Enus is an award winning broadcast journalist with more than 20 years of experience. His career spans television, radio and print coverage of in...
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Tim Flannery is on a mission. He believes that human activity is drastically altering the earth's climate, and that before too long these changes will...
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David Galbally is one of Australia's best know lawyers and Queens Council and is the son of Australia's greatest criminal lawyer Frank Galbally. David...
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Labor Member for Kingsford Smith
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts
Peter was elected as the Labor Member for Kingsfor...
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Nick Greiner was Premier and Treasurer of New South Wales from 1988-1992. Since his retirement from politics he has been heavily involved in the corpo...
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After a private sector career, Susan Halliday was appointed Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner in April 1998. Susan simultaneously served as...
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Bob Hawke was born in 1929 at Bordertown, South Australia. Western Australia's Rhodes Scholar of 1953 he also studied at Oxford University from 195...
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Professor John Hewson, OA is an economic and financial expert with vast experience in academia, business, government, media, the financial system and ...
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David Hill is unquestionably one of Australia's most sort after business speakers with experience spanning most industries from Government, the Media,...
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Barbara's life was relatively uneventful until she was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 13. Self discipline then became the catch-cry of her lif...
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John Howard is without doubt one of the most outstanding Australian political leaders. His leadership, determination and vision are hallmarks of a ca...
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Ex-Detective Sergeant Simon Illingworth was bashed, threatened and intimidated by bent cops and underworld criminals, all in the line of duty. His lif...
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Ronni Kahn, founding director of food rescue charity OzHarvest, has been named Australia's Local Hero 2010 as part of the Australian of the Year Award...
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Born in Sydney in 1944, Paul Keating was elected a Member of Parliament for the federal seat of Blaxland in 1969 at the age of 25. After holding seve...
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Mr Kennett was elected Leader of the Opposition in October 1982.
Under his leadership, the Victorian Coalition was elected to Government on October...
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Peter Khalil is currently a consultant with Hawker Britton and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for International Security Studies at Sydn...
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When he retired from the High Court of Australia in February 2009, Justice Michael Kirby was the longest serving judge in Australia. During his 35 yea...
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Helen Liddell arrived in Australia to take up her position as British High Commissioner, on July 8 2005 to news of the London bombings. A former Cabi...
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Ken Livingstone is a Londoner born and bred, and earned a record of speaking up for Londoners throughout his time in politics.
He established a re...
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Dr Simon Longstaff is a philosopher whose focus is in the field of applied ethics encompassing the wider community beyond academe. He has been Execut...
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David Marshall is one of the National Capital’s high profile business leaders, having headed up Canberra’s Austereo stations FM104.7 and 2CA for s...
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Wendy McCarthy began her career as a secondary school teacher and remains passionate about the power of education. For four decades she has been a tea...
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Patrice Newell manages a large certified bio-dynamic farm in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW near Scone and is the author of three books.
The first ...
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Jim O'Brien is well known as one of the highest profile police operatives in Australia. As Officer in Charge of the Purana Task Force he was the man b...
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Lord Patten joined the Conservative Research Department in 1966. He was seconded to the Cabinet Office in 1970 and was appointed personal assistant a...
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Jose Ramos-Horta was born in Dili, East Timor. He was educated in a Catholic mission in the village of Soibada. Of his eleven brothers and sisters, fo...
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Ranked by Business Review Weekly as one of Australia's Top 10 professional speakers, Rob Redenbach blends humour, experience and hard facts to demonst...
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Geoffrey Robertson QC has been counsel in many landmark cases in constitutional, criminal and media law in the courts of Britain and the commonwealth ...
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Born in Sydney, educated at Knox Grammar School and Sydney University (BA, LLB) Ian Sinclair was admitted as a barrister in 1952 and bred cattle and s...
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Jim Soorley was born in northern NSW in 1951. He was educated at the local primary school and then as a boarder at Woodlawn, outside of Lismore, run b...
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Dr Keith Suter is one of the world's great thinkers and communicators. A foremost speaker on global issues, as well as a highly regarded social commen...
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No target will be spared in The Chaser satirical team's comedy show on ABC TV. The hit list is comprehensive: John Howard, Telstra, The Pope, the Dala...
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Don Watson is one of Australia's most distinguished writers and public speakers. He was born in Warragul, grew up on dairy farm and attended school at...
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Jason has an Arts/Law degree with first class honours from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from New York University Law School, where he...
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