85 Notable alumni of
Macquarie University
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Macquarie University is 721st in the world, 14th in Oceania, and 10th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 85 notable alumni from Macquarie University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Anthony Field
- Occupations
- television directormusicianfilm producerfilm actordrummer
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Anthony Donald Joseph Field AM is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the leader of the children's group the Wiggles and a member of the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches. While still a teenager, he helped found the Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John. The Cockroaches recorded two albums and enjoyed moderate success, interrupted by Field's service in the Army, until they disbanded in the late 1980s.
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Chris Lilley
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision directortelevision actorcomposerexecutive producer
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Christopher Daniel Lilley is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his creation and portrayal of several characters in the mockumentary television series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005), Summer Heights High (2007), Angry Boys (2011), Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013), Jonah from Tonga (2014), and Lunatics (2019). He is a two-time winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor.
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Greg Page
- Occupations
- singertelevision directorfilm directortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Gregory John Page, AM is an Australian singer, musician and actor, best known for being the original lead singer of the children's band The Wiggles from 1991 to 2006 and again in 2012. Since 1998, Page has recorded seven solo albums.
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Adam Hills
- Occupations
- comediantelevision presenter
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Adam Christopher Hills is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. In Australia, he hosted the music quiz show Spicks and Specks from 2005 to 2011, and again in 2021 onwards, and the talk show Adam Hills Tonight from 2011 to 2013. In the United Kingdom, he has hosted the talk show The Last Leg since 2012. He has been nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, the Gold Logie Award and numerous BAFTA TV Awards.
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Murray Cook
- Occupations
- singertelevision actorguitaristfilm actorsongwriter
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Murray James Cook, AM is an Australian musician, actor, and DJ. Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012. Cook provided guitar, vocals, and songwriting in the group, and remained involved with its creative and production aspects after his retirement. In 2013, Cook served as the Wiggles' tour manager. He also remains active in many music projects, including, writing and performing with the Sydney soul-rock band The Soul Movers. He is the father of wheelchair basketball player Georgia Munro-Cook. In 2015, he was one of the members of the Australian jury for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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Yalda Hakim
- Occupations
- presenterspokespersonjournalist
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Yalda Hakim is an Afghan-born Australian broadcast journalist, Lead World News presenter for Sky News, and documentary maker. She was one of the chief presenters at BBC News broadcasting in English in the UK and globally. After her family left Afghanistan and settled in Australia in 1986, she grew up in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta and went on to study journalism. She started her career at SBS Television, moving to BBC TV in 2012. In July 2023, she left the BBC to join Sky News.
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Daniella Rahme
- Occupations
- actorbeauty pageant contestant
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Daniella Youssef Rahme is a Lebanese Australian actress, dancer, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of the second season of Dancing with the Stars: Raqs Al Noujoum.
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Tanya Plibersek
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tanya Joan Pliberšek is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Social Services since 2025 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Sydney since 1998. Previously, she served as the Minister for the Environment and Water from 2022 to 2025, deputy leader of the Labor Party from 2013 to 2019, and held ministerial offices in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
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Michael Hooper
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Michael Kent Hooper is an Australian former professional rugby union player who is the former captain of the Australia national team, the Wallabies. His primary position is openside flanker.
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Zoe Naylor
- Occupations
- modelfilm directoractorfilm actor
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Zoe Naylor is an Australian actress, journalist and television presenter.
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Sam Dastyari
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Sam Dastyari is an Australian former politician, who from 2013 to 2018 represented New South Wales in the Australian Senate as a member of the Australian Labor Party. Dastyari was previously General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party. He was the first person of Iranian origin and Azerbaijani descent to sit in the Australian Parliament. As a Senator, Dastyari was the subject of a Chinese-related donations scandal, which eventually led to his resignation from the Senate on 25 January 2018.
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Harini Amarasuriya
- Occupations
- academicsociologistpolitician
- Biography
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Harini Nireka Amarasuriya is a Sri Lankan sociologist, academic, activist, and politician serving as the 16th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024.
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David Tibet
- Occupations
- musicianpublishersongwriterpainterpoet
- Biography
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David Tibet is an English musician, poet and songwriter. He is best known as the founder and sole constant member of the neofolk group Current 93, as well as for his contributions to the band Death in June.
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Marty Natalegawa
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa, is an Indonesian diplomat and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet. He served as Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 5 September 2007 until his latest appointment and has also served as the Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.
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Tim Robards
- Occupations
- actortelevision actormodel
- Biography
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Timothy Robards is an Australian actor, chiropractor, model, and television personality. Robards worked as a chiropractor for seven years, before he was cast in the first season of The Bachelor Australia. He chose Anna Heinrich in the finale. The couple later appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2015. Robards took part in the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars and appeared on Australian Ninja Warrior.
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Glenn Diesen
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 47)
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Studied in 2009-2014
- Occupations
- political punditpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Glenn Eric Andre Diesen is a Norwegian political scientist, political commentator and politician currently serving as a professor at the Department of Business, History and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway.
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David Leyonhjelm
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- adviserveterinarianpolitician
- Biography
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David Ean Leyonhjelm is an Australian former politician. He was a Senator for New South Wales, representing the Liberal Democratic Party from 2014 to 2019. Having been elected at the 2013 federal election, he took office on 1 July 2014, and was re-elected in the 2016 full Senate election. He resigned from the Senate in March 2019 to stand for the Legislative Council at the 2019 New South Wales state election, but failed to be elected. Before being elected to federal parliament, Leyonhjelm worked as a veterinarian and then as an agribusiness consultant. He also writes columns for several Australian publications, with a concentration on rural issues.
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Jeannette Young
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- 1993-1994 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- physicianhealth administrator
- Biography
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Jeannette Rosita Young AC PSM is an Australian medical doctor and administrator who is currently Governor of Queensland, since 1 November 2021. Before being sworn in as Governor, Young was Chief Health Officer of Queensland from 2005 to 2021.
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Brad Hazzard
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Diploma in Education in environmental science
- Occupations
- teachersolicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Bradley Ronald "Brad" Hazzard is a retired Australian politician who served as the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Wakehurst between May 1991 and March 2023.
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Jordon Steele-John
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jordon Alexander Steele-John is a British-born Australian politician and disability rights advocate. He is a Senator for Western Australia and a member of the Australian Greens.
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Margaret Pomeranz
- Occupations
- producerfilm critic
- Biography
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Margaret Pomeranz AM is an Australian film critic, writer, producer, and television personality.
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Pete Bethune
- Occupations
- explorer
- Biography
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Captain Peter James Bethune is a New Zealand ship's captain with 500 ton master licence, published author, producer of The Operatives TV show, and public speaker. He is the founder of Earthrace Conservation. He works assisting countries in Asia, Central America and Africa with fisheries enforcement and anti-poaching. He is the holder of the world record for circumnavigating the globe in his powerboat Earthrace, a wavepiercing trimaran powered with biofuels.
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Livy Renata
- Occupations
- Internet celebrity
- Biography
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Livy Renata is an Indonesian content creator and actress of Chinese descent.
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Geraldine Doogue
- Occupations
- television presenterradio personalityjournalist
- Biography
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Geraldine Frances Doogue AO is an Australian journalist and radio and television presenter, known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Since January 2024, she has been co-host of ABC Radio National's Global Roaming current affairs programme.
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Hugh Riminton
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Hugh Riminton is an Australian foreign correspondent, journalist and television news presenter. He is currently national affairs editor and occasional presenter of 10 News First. He previously co-anchored Ten Eyewitness News with Sandra Sully until February 2017.
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Jane Caro
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Catherine Jane Caro AM, known as Jane Caro, is an Australian social commentator, writer, and lecturer.
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Rodney Adler
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Rodney Stephen Adler is an Australian whose family founded the FAI Insurances group, of which he became chief executive in 1989, and which was at one stage Australia's third largest general insurer. Adler became a director of HIH Insurance after the acquisition of that company, and resigned in January 2001, two months before HIH collapsed. He was jailed in 2005 for his conduct related to the collapse of HIH, where Adler obtained A$2 million from HIH by false or misleading statements and being dishonest as a director.
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Victor Dominello
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Victor Michael Dominello, is an Australian former politician who was the New South Wales Minister for Customer Service in the second Berejiklian ministry from April 2019, and in the Perrottet ministry until March 2023. Dominello was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Ryde for the Liberal Party from 2008 until his retirement in 2023.
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Greg Sheridan
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- journalistediting staff
- Biography
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Gregory Paul Sheridan AO is an Australian foreign affairs journalist, author and commentator. He has written a number of books on politics, religion and international affairs and has been the foreign editor of The Australian newspaper since 1992. He is a regular commentator on Australian television and radio, including for the ABC and Sky News Australia. The ABC describes Sheridan as "one of Australia's most respected and influential analysts of domestic and international politics."
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F. J. Duarte
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- In 1978 studied physics
- Occupations
- physicistinventor
- Biography
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Francisco Javier "Frank" Duarte is a laser physicist and author/editor of several books on tunable lasers.
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Mike Kelly
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- military officerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Colonel Michael Joseph Kelly, AM is an Australian former politician who twice represented the Division of Eden-Monaro in the Parliament of Australia, from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2020. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
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Christine Nixon
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Christine Nixon AO, APM is an Australian former police officer who was the chief commissioner of Victoria Police from 23 April 2001 to 27 February 2009, being the first female chief commissioner in any Australian state police force. After leaving Victoria Police, she was appointed as chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority in February 2009 until she stood down from the position in July 2010.
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Hugh Mackay
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 88)
- Occupations
- novelistpsychologistjournalist
- Biography
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Hugh Clifford Mackay is an Australian psychologist, social researcher and writer, who founded the Australian quarterly research series The Mackay Report 1979–2003, which later became The Ipsos Mackay Report. He was a weekly newspaper columnist for 25 years and is a regularly appearing commentator on radio and television.
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Napoleon Perdis
- Occupations
- businesspersonmake-up artist
- Biography
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Napoleon Perdis is an Australian make-up artist and businessman. Perdis launched a small makeup studio in the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt in 1992. He created a line of cosmetic products which he sold through his own store in the Sydney suburb of Paddington in 1995 and later through major department stores. By 2011, the brand operated 65 stores across Australia and New Zealand and sold its cosmetics from 4,500 locations. His business expanded to the United States with a number of stores; his products are also stocked by Ulta beauty product stores and independent retailers throughout the country.
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John Dickson
- Born in
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Australia - Occupations
- historianmusician
- Biography
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John Dickson is an Australian author, Anglican cleric and historian of the ancient world, largely focusing on early Christianity and Judaism. Since 2022, he has been a professor at the graduate school of Wheaton College in the United States. Since 2019 he has hosted the Undeceptions podcast.
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Russel Norman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Russel William Norman is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. He was a Member of Parliament and co-leader of the Green Party. Norman resigned as an MP in October 2015 to work as Executive Director of Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand.
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John Faulkner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Philip Faulkner is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments.
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Matt Barrie
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- 2008-2009 studied finance
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Robert Matthew "Matt" Barrie is an Australian technology entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of Freelancer.com, an online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace. Barrie is also an adjunct associate professor at the University of Sydney, where he has taught classes in computer and network security since 2001 and technology venture creation since 2010.
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Frederick Pitcher
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frederick William Pitcher is a Nauruan politician and diplomat who served as the President of Nauru from 10 to 15 November 2011.
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Matt Dunning
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Matthew Dunning is an Australian former rugby union footballer. He played as a prop for the Waratahs and Western Force in Super Rugby, and represented Australia. He coached the Balmain rugby club in Sydney 2013/2014.
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Dan Ilic
- Occupations
- television directortelevision actorcomedianfilm screenwriterfilm actor
- Biography
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Dan Ilic is an Australian presenter, comedian and filmmaker. Ilic has been known for his parody work, including videos and Beaconsfield: The Musical, which he wrote, and more recently for his work on the show Hungry Beast. Dan's mother is half Lebanese and half Italian. Dan's father was born in Germany to Serbian parents. He was previously the head of satirical content for digital content provider AJ+ until he was fired for misusing company materials for a failed audition to The Daily Show.
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Magdalena Roze
- Occupations
- journalistmeteorologist
- Biography
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Magdalena Roze is an Australian meteorologist, weather presenter and journalist who grew up in Greenacre. She also danced with Lajkonik Sydney and performed in PolArt Adelaide 1994.
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George Levendis
- Born in
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South Africa - Occupations
- disc jockeytelevision production companytelevision producermusic executive
- Biography
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George Levendis is a Global Television and Music Executive and is currently Managing Director of Antenna TV, MAK TV and Antenna Studios for the ANT1 Group, having been promoted from CMO. In this capacity, he plays a pivotal role in leading all operations of the television stations and the ANT1 Studios, overseeing the P&L's and offering strategic guidance to empower creative and commercial growth.
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Alan Mackay-Sim
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- university teacherbiomedical scientist
- Biography
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Alan Mackay-Sim AM was an Australian biomedical scientist specialising in adult stem cell research, and winner of the 2017 Australian of the Year. Some of his research focused on olfactory ensheathing cells, which are cells in the human nose that interact with the nervous system to cause a sense of smell.
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Pat McCabe
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Patrick McCabe is a former professional Australian rugby union player, now practising lawyer. He played for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby, and Warringah in Sydney, and represented Australia at various age grade levels before a senior debut in 2010. He was a utility player, able to cover inside centre, outside centre, winger or fullback.
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Janelle Saffin
- Occupations
- teachersolicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Janelle Anne Saffin is an Australian politician and a member of the Labor Party. She has been the Member for Lismore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 23 March 2019. She was the Member for Page in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013, and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 2003.
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Geoff Lee
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- politicianmember of legislative assembly
- Biography
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Geoffrey Lee is a former Australian politician. He was the Minister for Corrections in the second Perrottet ministry between December 2021 and March 2023. He has previously served as the Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education in the second Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries between April 2019 and December 2021. Lee was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Parramatta for the Liberal Party since 2011 until his retirement in 2023.
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Sam Hibbins
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- social workerpolitician
- Biography
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Samuel Peter Hibbins is an Australian politician who served as the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2014 and 2024. He served as the co-deputy leader of the Victorian Greens from April 2024 until resigning from the party to sit as an independent in November 2024.
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Nadia Wheatley
- Occupations
- children's writernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Nadia Wheatley is an Australian writer whose work includes picture books, novels, biography and history. Perhaps best known for her classic picture book My Place (illustrated by Donna Rawlins), the author's biography of Charmian Clift was described by critic Peter Craven as 'one of the greatest Australian biographies'. Another book by Wheatley is A Banner Bold, a historical novel.
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Jamie Parker
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamie Thomas Parker is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain for the Greens from 2011 until his retirement in 2023. Parker was the first Green to represent his party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
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Joseph Paul Forgas
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- university teacherpsychiatristpsychologist
- Biography
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Joseph Paul Forgas is an Australian social psychologist, currently Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to Australia at the age of 22. He is married with two children, and lives in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
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Peter Debnam
- Occupations
- naval officerbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Peter John Debnam, is a retired Australian former politician and naval officer who served as leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales between 2005 and 2007. He led the Liberal-National Coalition and the Debnam-Stoner shadow ministry to the 2007 state election, losing to the Labor government led by Premier Morris Iemma.
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Cameron Murphy
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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The Hon. Cameron Lionel Murphy AM MLC is an Australian barrister, civil libertarian and Labor Party member of the NSW Legislative Council.
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Marcus Padley
- Occupations
- stockbroker
- Biography
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Marcus Padley is an English-born stockbroker and writer. He currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.
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Craig Benjamin
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Craig G. Benjamin is an Australian-American historian who is professor of history in the Frederik J. Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University, where he teaches East Asian civilization, Big History, ancient Central Asian history, and world history historiography. In 2014 and 2015 he served as president of the World History Association.
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Barry W. Brook
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- 1996-1998 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacherscientistecologist
- Biography
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Barry William Brook is an Australian scientist. He is an ARC Australian Laureate Professor and Chair of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Tasmania in the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology. He was formerly an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where he held the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change from 2007 to 2014. He was also Director of Climate Science at the Environment Institute.
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Abigail Boyd
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology
- Occupations
- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Abigail Selina Boyd is an Australian politician living on the Central Coast in New South Wales. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2019, representing the Greens.
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Shayne Mallard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maxwell Shayne Mallard is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2015 until 2023. He was formerly a councillor of the City of South Sydney from 2000 to 2004, and of the City of Sydney from 2004 to 2012.
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Peter Doyle
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Peter Doyle is an Australian author, musician, visual artist, and exhibition curator. He is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature at Macquarie University, and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Crime Writers Association of Australia.
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Ann Curthoys
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ann Curthoys, AM, FASSA, FAHA is an Australian historian and academic.
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Trish Doyle
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Trisha Lee Doyle is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Blue Mountains for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.
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Catharine Lumby
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Studied in 2021
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Catharine Lumby is an Australian academic, author and journalist, currently Chair of the Department of Media and Communication at University of Sydney.
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Doug Booth
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- Australian rules football playerresearcher
- Biography
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Douglas George Booth is an Australian academic and former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is dean of the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago.
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Holly Lincoln-Smith
- Occupations
- water polo player
- Biography
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Holly Jane Young is an Australian former water polo player. Her sister is skeleton competitor Emma Lincoln-Smith. They are the first set of Australian siblings where one competed at the Summer Olympics and the other at the Winter Olympics.
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Richard Bryant
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Richard Allan Bryant AC FAA is an Australian medical scientist. He is Scientia Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and director of the UNSW Traumatic Stress Clinic, based at UNSW and Westmead Institute for Medical Research. His main areas of research are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and prolonged grief disorder. On 13 June 2016 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), for eminent service to medical research in the field of psychotraumatology, as a psychologist and author, to the study of Indigenous mental health, as an advisor to a range of government and international organisations, and to professional societies.
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Rob Hood
- Occupations
- writereditorial cartoonist
- Biography
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Robert Maxwell Hood is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers, although his work frequently crosses genre boundaries into science fiction, fantasy and crime.
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Katherine Belov
- Occupations
- geneticistbiologist
- Biography
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Katherine Belov is an Australian geneticist, professor of comparative genomics in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Pro Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement at the University of Sydney. She is head of the Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group and research expert in the area of comparative genomics and immunogenetics, including Tasmanian devils and koalas, two iconic Australian species that are threatened by disease processes. Throughout her career, she has disproved the idea that marsupial immune system is primitive, characterized the South American gray short-tailed opossum's immune genes, participated in the Platypus Genome Project, led research identifying the properties of platypus venom, and identified the cause of the spread of the Tasmanian devil's contagious cancer.
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John Foulcher
- Occupations
- anthologistpoetteacher
- Biography
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John Foulcher is an Australian poet and teacher.
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Gregory Retallack
- Occupations
- botanistgeologistuniversity teacherpaleontologist
- Biography
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Gregory John Retallack is an Australian paleontologist, geologist, and author who specializes in paleopedology, the study of fossil soils. He is a professor emeritus at University of Oregon and his research is primarily concerned with the fossil record of soils though Earth history. His research has included investigations into climate change, the extinction of dinosaurs, the origins of upright walking humans. Retallack has controversially claimed that Ediacaran-era fossils represent terrestrial lichens as opposed to the consensus view that they present marine organisms including animals. He has written two textbooks on paleopedology, and has appeared in numerous media shows.
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Christine Jensen Burke
- Occupations
- mountaineer
- Biography
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Chris Jensen Burke is a New Zealand–Australian mountain climber who was the first New Zealand or Australian woman to reach the summit of K2. Since climbing Mount Everest on 20 May 2011, Burke has climbed nine other eight-thousanders, including K2 on 26 July 2014 and Kanchenjunga on 17 May 2018. She is also the first New Zealand or Australian woman to complete the Seven Summits (Carstensz list).
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Ross Dawson
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- 2001-2003 studied finance
- Occupations
- motivational speakerstockbroker
- Biography
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Ross Dawson is an Australian author, futurist, entrepreneur and former stockbroker. Best known for his 2002 book 'Living Networks', Dawson founded the futures think tank Future Exploration Network and consults on digital futures to various big organisations such as Ernst & Young, Macquarie Bank, Microsoft and News Corp.
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Stephen R. Kane
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 53)
- Occupations
- astronomer
- Biography
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Stephen Kane is a full professor of astronomy and planetary astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside who specializes in exoplanetary science. His work covers a broad range of exoplanet detection methods, including the microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and imaging techniques. He is a leading expert on the topic of planetary habitability and the habitable zone of planetary systems. He has published hundreds of peer reviewed scientific papers and has discovered/co-discovered several hundred planets orbiting other stars. He is a prolific advocate of interdisciplinarity science and studying Venus as an exoplanet analog.
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Frances Šeparović
- Occupations
- biochemistbiophysicistchemist
- Biography
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Frances Separovic AO FAA is an Australian biophysical chemist. She is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne, where she taught physical chemistry and trained graduate students in her field. She is credited with developing techniques that utilise nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to study peptides in lipid bilayers, with applications in the study of the structure of membrane proteins and their effects on membranes. Her more recent research concerns 'the structure and interactions of amyloid peptides from Alzheimer's disease, pore-forming toxins and antibiotic peptides in model biological membranes'.
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Bunty Avieson
- Occupations
- journalistnovelist
- Biography
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Carolyn "Bunty" Avieson is an Australian journalist, feature writer, novelist and academic.
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Andrew Pitman
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- 2000-2001 graduated with graduate certificate
- Occupations
- climatologistatmospheric scientist
- Biography
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Andrew John Pitman AO FAA is a British-Australian atmospheric scientist.
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Patricia Holmes
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Patricia Ann Holmes is an Australian diplomat and is an officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Graham Joseph Hill
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- academicnon-fiction writeruniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Graham Joseph Hill is an Australian theologian who is a former associate professor of the University of Divinity. Since 2024, he works as a mission catalyst for the Uniting Church in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Hill is a research associate with the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts, US, and an associate professor and research fellow at Charles Sturt University. Hill is the author or editor of eighteen theological books. His research focuses on World Christianity but he is also known for his work on biblical egalitarianism and women theologians of global Christianity. He has published in the areas of missiology, applied theology, Christian spirituality and global and ecumenical approaches to missional ecclesiology.
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Caroline Bowen
- Occupations
- speech and language therapist
- Biography
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Caroline Bowen AM is a speech pathologist who was born in New Zealand, and who has lived and worked in Australia most of her life. She specialises in children's speech sound disorders. Her clinical career as a speech-language pathologist spanned 42 years from 1970 to 2011.
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Dana M. Bergstrom
- Occupations
- ecologist
- Biography
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Dana Michelle Bergstrom is an Australian ecologist with specialty in Antarctic and Australian ecosystems. She was a senior researcher at the Australian Antarctic Division for 22 years. She is noted for her work on climate change and other risks to Antarctic and Sub Antarctic Ecosystems, as well leading research identifying widespread ecosystem collapse in Australia and Antarctica and identifying means to combat them.
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Frances Watts
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Frances Watts is the pen-name of Ali Lavau, a Swiss born Australian author, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old. She has studied English literature at Macquarie University, going on to teach Australian Literature and children's literature. After graduating with a PhD, she obtained her first job in publishing.
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David Stuart
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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David Stuart was the Ambassador of Australia to Austria from 2012 to 2016. Prior, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Australia in Washington, D.C., between 2007 and 2010. Stuart was appointed to the position in July 2007. Before his role as Deputy Chief of Mission, Stuart served in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, was the Third Secretary at the Embassy of Australia in Madrid (1981–1984), a member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (1988–1992), Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy of Australia in Jakarta (1997–1999), Australian ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1999–2002), and the First Assistant Secretary at the International Security Division in Canberra.
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Carolyn Allport
- Occupations
- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Carolyn Allport was an Australian historian, unionist and activist.
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Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 82)
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Margaret Ellen Fairbairn-Dunlop CNZM is a Samoan-New Zealand academic. She is the first person in New Zealand to hold a chair in Pacific studies.
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Manuel Aston
- Enrolled in Macquarie University
- 1981-1987 graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- playwright
- Biography
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Manuel 'Manny' Aston is an Australian playwright and academic best known for his 1993 play, Fossils.
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Sean Bellerby
- Born in
- Australia
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Sean Bellerby is an Australian entrepreneur.
