77 Notable alumni of
Queensland University of Technology
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The Queensland University of Technology is 729th in the world, 15th in Oceania, and 11th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 77 notable alumni from the Queensland University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Brenton Thwaites
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
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Brenton Thwaites is an Australian actor. Beginning his career in his home country in 2011, he had a starring role on the series Slide and later appeared on the soap opera Home and Away. Since moving to the United States, Thwaites has had major roles in the films Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012), Oculus (2013), The Giver (2014), Gods of Egypt (2016), and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He starred as Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing in the DC Universe / HBO Max series Titans from 2018 to 2023.
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Rick Cosnett
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Richard James Cosnett is a Zimbabwean-Australian actor and producer. He is known for playing the roles of Wes Maxfield in The Vampire Diaries, Elias Harper in Quantico, and Eddie Thawne in The Flash.
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Peter Dutton
- Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Business
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Peter Craig Dutton is an Australian politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022. He has been the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Dickson since 2001. Dutton previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021. He held various ministerial positions from 2004 to 2022 in the governments of Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison.
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Ken Ham
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- creationistevangelist
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Kenneth Alfred Ham is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist, apologist and former science teacher, living in the United States. He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apologetics organisation that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
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Karl Stefanovic
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Karl Stefanovic, also spelt Karl Stefanović, is an Australian television presenter and journalist for the Nine Network.
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Kate Miller-Heidke
- Occupations
- opera singeractorsongwriter
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Kate Melina Miller-Heidke is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK, but since 2014 has been an independent artist. Four of her solo studio albums have peaked in the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, Curiouser (October 2008), Nightflight (April 2012), O Vertigo! (March 2014) and Child in Reverse (October 2020). Her most popular single, "The Last Day on Earth" (July 2009), reached No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart after being used in promos for TV soap, Neighbours, earlier in that year. At the ARIA Music Awards Miller-Heidke has been nominated 17 times.
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Dan Feuerriegel
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Daniel Gregory Feuerriegel is an Australian actor who is based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has acted in a number of Australian television series and first came to international notice with his role as a gladiator recruit "Agron" in the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned. Since June 2021, he has appeared on the NBC/Peacock soap opera, Days of Our Lives as EJ DiMera.
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Cate Campbell
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Cate Natalie Campbell, OAM is a Malawian-born Australian former competitive swimmer. She is the current world record holder in the short course 100 m freestyle. She is also a former world record holder in the long course 100 m freestyle, breaking Britta Steffen's supersuit WR by 0.01.
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Deborah Mailman
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm directoractortelevision actorfilm actor
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Deborah Jane Mailman AM is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman is known for her characters: Kelly Lewis on the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us, Cherie Butterfield in the Australian comedy-drama series Offspring, Lorraine in the Australian drama series Redfern Now and Aunt Linda in the Australian dystopian science fiction series Cleverman. Mailman portrayed the lead role of MP Alexandra "Alex" Irving on the Australian political drama series Total Control.
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Gigi Edgley
- Occupations
- film directorsingeractor
- Biography
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Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops.
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Zoe Naylor
- Occupations
- film actormodelfilm directoractor
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Zoe Naylor is an Australian actress, journalist and television presenter.
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Leigh Sales
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Leigh Peta Sales AM is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
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Marion Grasby
- Occupations
- cheftelevision producer
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Marion Grasby is a Thai-Australian cook and food entrepreneur. She is also a television presenter, cookbook author and food journalist. Marion married Tim Althaus in 2013 and the couple have two children. Althaus is CEO of Marion's Kitchen.
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Gyton Grantley
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Gyton James Grantley is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most Popular Actor for the 2009 TV Week Logie Awards and the 2008 AFI award (winning for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series). Grantley won the 2009 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor.
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Conrad Coleby
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Conrad Julius Coleby is an Australian actor and photographer, whose roles have included Scott Zinenko on the medical drama All Saints, for which he was nominated for a Logie Award, counsellor Adam Wilde in headLand, Roman Harris in Home and Away, and Dylan Mulholland in Sea Patrol. In 2017, he began playing Matthew Goddard in A Place To Call Home, and he joined the cast of Neighbours in the recurring role of Vance Abernethy in 2019.
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Ryan Johnson
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Ryan Johnson is an Australian actor.
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Alexandra Mary Hirschi
- Occupations
- presentervlogger
- Biography
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Alexandra Mary Hirschi, known online as Supercar Blondie, is an Australian social media celebrity, presenter, and vlogger based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is best known for her automotive videos, which she posts on a regular basis on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Her Facebook page has hit 50 million followers, her Instagram over 12.8 million followers, and she has over 15 million subscribers on YouTube. According to Socialbakers, her Facebook page was globally the fastest growing auto page in 2018.
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Lee Carseldine
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- reality television participantcricketer
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Lee Andrew Carseldine is a retired professional Australian cricketer, entrepreneur and media personality.
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Stuart Robert
- Occupations
- politiciansoldier
- Biography
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Stuart Rowland Robert is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business from 2021 to 2022, following his appointment as Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2019. He was also appointed Acting Minister for Education and Youth in December 2021 and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fadden upon winning the seat at the 2007 federal election, until his resignation in May 2023.
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Anna McGahan
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- film actoracademicfilm directoractor
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Anna McGahan is an Australian actress and playwright. She is best known for playing the roles of Nellie Cameron on the television series, Underbelly: Razor (2011), Lucy in House Husbands (2012–2014), and Rose Anderson in The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2015–2018).
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Rob Katter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Carl Ignatius Katter is an Australian politician. He serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Traeger, having previously represented Mount Isa from 2012 to 2017. He is the leader of Katter's Australian Party, having taken over from his father Bob Katter in February 2020.
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Leila McKinnon
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
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Leila McKinnon is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is a reporter and fill-in presenter for Nine News and A Current Affair. She has previously been co-host of Weekend Today. In 2022, she co-hosted the sixth season of Australian Ninja Warrior.
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Melina Vidler
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Melina Vidler is an Australian actress, known for her role as Shay Turner in 800 Words, for which she won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer in 2016.
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Karen Andrews
- Occupations
- mechanical engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Karen Lesley Andrews is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison government as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology from 2018 to 2021 and as Minister for Home Affairs from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and has represented the Queensland seat of McPherson since the 2010 federal election. Andrews sits as a Liberal and previously served as an assistant minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments. Before entering politics she was a mechanical engineer and industrial relations consultant.
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Alvin Cheng
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alvin Cheng Kam-mun, also known as "Brother Four Eyes" (Chinese: 四眼哥哥), is a Hong Kong political activist, a member of Civic Passion, and founder of student activist organization Student Front. In 2014, he led a rally in support of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement during the G20 Brisbane summit.
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Terri Butler
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Terri Megan Butler is an Australian public servant and former politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives from 2014 to 2022, representing the seat of Griffith for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She worked as an industrial lawyer prior to entering parliament and in 2024 was appointed as a deputy president of the Fair Work Commission.
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Peter Beattie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Douglas Beattie AC is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007.
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Peter Greste
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Peter Greste is a dual citizen Latvian Australian academic, memoirist and writer. Formerly a journalist and foreign correspondent, he worked for Reuters, CNN, the BBC, and Al Jazeera English; predominantly in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
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Kerry O'Brien
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Kerry Michael O'Brien is an Australian journalist based in Byron Bay. He is the former editor and host of The 7.30 Report and Four Corners on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He has been awarded six Walkley Awards during his career.
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Laura Geitz
- Occupations
- netballer
- Biography
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Laura Geitz is an Australian former netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as captain. In domestic netball, Geitz plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship. She previously captained the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.
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Yvette D'Ath
- Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She served as the Labor member for Redcliffe in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2014 until her retirement in 2024. D'Ath served as Attorney-General and Minister for the Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence from 2023 to 2024. Prior to this she held an extensive list of various ministerial and other governmental positions, including Minister for Justice and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 until her defeat at the 2013 Australian federal election.
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Tracey Spicer
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Tracey Leigh Spicer AM is an Australian newsreader, Walkley Award-winning journalist and social justice advocate. She is known for her association with Network Ten as a newsreader in the 1990s and 2000s when she co-hosted Ten Eyewitness News in Brisbane, Queensland. She later went on to work with Sky News Australia as a reporter and presenter from 2007 to 2015. In May 2017 Spicer released her autobiography, The Good Girl Stripped Bare. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia "For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist and television presenter, and as an ambassador for social welfare and charitable groups".
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Sami Lukis
- Occupations
- television personality
- Biography
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Sami Lukis is an Australian television and radio personality.
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Steven Ciobo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steven Michele Ciobo is a retired Australian politician who represented the Division of Moncrieff in the House of Representatives from the 2001 federal election until his retirement at the 2019 election. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. On 1 March 2019 Ciobo announced his decision to retire from politics at the 2019 federal election.
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Keith Pitt
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Keith John Pitt is an Australian former politician. He is a member of the National Party and represented the Division of Hinkler in Queensland between the 2013 federal election and January 2025. He was a member of cabinet in the Morrison government as Minister for Resources and Water and also served as an assistant minister in the Turnbull government. He was an electrical engineer and businessman before entering politics.
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Wayne Blair
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- stage actorfilm directorfilm producertelevision actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Wayne Blair is an Australian writer, actor, and director. He was on both sides of the camera in Redfern Now, and directed the feature film The Sapphires. He played a prominent role in the 2021–2024 drama series Total Control.
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Andrew Wallace
- Occupations
- master builderpoliticianbarristercarpenter
- Biography
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Andrew Bruce Wallace is an Australian politician who served as the 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2021 to April 2022. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Division of Fisher. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in parliament.
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Dinesh Palipana
- Occupations
- lawyerphysician
- Biography
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Dinesh Palipana OAM is an Australian doctor, lawyer, scientist and disability advocate. He is the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, Australia. He is the second person with quadriplegia to graduate as a doctor in Australia and the first with spinal cord injury.
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Shannon Fentiman
- Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shannon Maree Fentiman is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Fentiman has previously served as the Minister for Women and Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services.
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Michael Noonan
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Michael Joseph Noonan, AO is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of Navy from 6 July 2018 to 6 July 2022. He previously served as Commander Border Protection Command from 2013 to 2015 and Deputy Chief of Navy from 2016 to 2018.
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Tim Nicholls
- Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Timothy James Nicholls is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. He served as the Treasurer of Queensland and the Minister for Trade of that state between March/April 2012 and 14 February 2015. He is the member for Clayfield in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He was originally a member of the Liberal Party including a stint as its deputy leader, but joined the Liberal National Party in 2008 when the Liberal Party and the National Party merged in Queensland.
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James McGrath
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- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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James Anthony McGrath is an Australian politician and Senator for Queensland since 2014. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Following his re-election in 2022, McGrath was appointed as Shadow Assistant Minister for Finance and Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition.
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Sam Atwell
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Samuel Atwell is an Australian actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Kane Phillips in Home and Away, and is also known for roles in headLand, as Craig Palmer, and Secret Life of Boys, as David Boxwell. He has worked extensively as a crew member on Home and Away, and Irish soap opera Fair City.
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Jarrod Bleijie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jarrod Pieter Bleijie is an Australian politician serving as the Deputy Premier of Queensland since 28 October 2024. A member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) in the Queensland parliament, Bleijie was elected as the member for Kawana at the 2009 state election, and is the third member since the seat's inception at the 2001 state election. He served as Attorney-General of Queensland from 2012 until 2015 and was appointed Deputy Premier of Queensland in 2024.
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Jarrad Butler
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jarrad Butler is an Australian professional rugby union player. He primarily plays as a flanker but also plays at number 8. Butler currently plays for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro14. Before joining Connacht, Butler played in Super Rugby, first for the Reds and then for the Brumbies. While playing for the Brumbies, Butler also played for National Rugby Championship the Canberra Vikings, where he served as captain.
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Graham Perrett
- Occupations
- politiciannovelistsolicitorteacher
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Graham Douglas Perrett is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Queensland seat of Moreton for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He worked as a schoolteacher, solicitor, and political staffer before entering parliament.
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Bryce Hegarty
- Occupations
- rugby league playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Bryce Hegarty is an Australian rugby union player who plays either as a fly-half or fullback. He currently plays for Western Force in Super Rugby. He previously played for the Queensland Reds, the Melbourne Rebels and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby, Toyota Industries Shuttles in Japan, and Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.
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David Fawcett
- Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- politicianhelicopter pilotconsultantmilitary officer
- Biography
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David Julian Fawcett is an Australian Liberal Party politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2011. Fawcett served in the Morrison government as Assistant Minister for Defence from 2018 to 2019.
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Philip Freier
- Occupations
- archbishop
- Biography
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Philip Leslie Freier is an Australian Anglican bishop. He has been the 13th Archbishop of Melbourne since 16 December 2006. He served as Primate of Australia from 28 June 2014 until 31 March 2020. Previously, he served as Bishop of the Northern Territory between 1999 and 2006.
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Rob Pyne
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert John Pyne is an Australian politician who currently serves as a member of Cairns Regional Council, representing Division 5. He was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2015 until 2017, representing the electorate of Cairns.
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Joe Ludwig
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph William Ludwig is an Australian barrister and retired politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig served in a range of portfolios in the first Rudd and the second Gillard ministries until his resignation from Cabinet as the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, in 2013.
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Brian Fitzgerald
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Brian Fitzgerald is an Australian legal academic and barrister. He is an intellectual property and information technology/internet lawyer who has pioneered the teaching of internet/cyber law in Australia. Fitzgerald was a specialist research professor at the Queensland University of Technology until February 2012, when he became the inaugural executive dean of law at the Australian Catholic University's Faculty of Law and Business.
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Teresa Gambaro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Teresa Gambaro is an Australian former politician. She served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007 and 2010 to 2016, representing the Liberal Party. She was a parliamentary secretary in the Howard government from 2004 to 2007.
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Brittany Lauga
- Occupations
- urban plannerpolitician
- Biography
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Brittany Louise Lauga is an Australian former politician and town planner. She was the Labor member for Keppel in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2024.
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Andrew Stoner
- Occupations
- politicianmember of legislative assembly
- Biography
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Andrew John Stoner AM, an Australian former politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Oxley from 1999 state election to 2015.
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Libby Munro
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Libby Munro is an Australian actress.
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Bernie Ripoll
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bernard Fernand Ripoll is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016, representing the Division of Oxley, Queensland. In 2013, Ripoll was made Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Shadow Minister for Sport, on 15 September 2015 he resigned from the Shadow Cabinet position.
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Kirstin Ferguson
- Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- business executiveair force officerlawyer
- Biography
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Kirstin Irene Ferguson is an Australian author, columnist and expert in leadership and culture. She is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world. She is also the creator of the #CelebratingWomen campaign. She is a former Royal Australian Air Force officer.
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Mark Furner
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Lionel Furner is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014, representing the state of Queensland. Since the 2015 Queensland state election, he has represented Ferny Grove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Sophie Smith
- Occupations
- water polo player
- Biography
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Sophie Smith is an Australian water polo player. Her position of choice is centre back/drive. She has played for the Victorian Tigers and the Queensland Breakers in the National Water Polo League. She has represented Australia in water polo on the junior and senior level, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2005 FINA Junior World Championships and at the 2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup.
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Ben Fajzullin
- Occupations
- voice-oversports commentator
- Biography
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Benjamin Dayton Fajzullin is a journalist, documentary maker, news anchor, reporter, producer, panel moderator and voice-over artist. He previously presented the national news show World News Australia on SBS television from Sydney. He is based in Berlin, where he is one of the main presenters on DW.
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Hugh McMeniman
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Hugh McMeniman is an Australian retired professional rugby union footballer. He represented Australia in 22 tests and played for the Queensland Reds and Western Force in Super Rugby as well as for Kubota Spears and Honda Heat in Japan. His favoured position was blindside flanker but he also played as a lock.
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Leanne Linard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Leanne Maree Linard is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor Party member for Nudgee in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. On 12 November 2020, Linard was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the third Palaszczuk government as Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs. Her responsibilities as Minister included adoption, child protection services, youth justice, the redress scheme for Queensland survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and multicultural affairs.
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Leesa Vlahos
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical adviserhealth administrator
- Biography
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Leesa Anne Vlahos, née Chesser is a former Australian politician. She represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Taylor for the Labor Party from the 2010 election until her retirement in 2018.
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Roslyn Atkinson
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Roslyn Gay Atkinson AO is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, who served for 20 years from 1998 until her retirement in 2018. In 2002 she also became the Chairperson of the Queensland Law Reform Commission, and served in that role until her retirement in 2013. As well as being responsible for the Yankee Doodles precedent, Justice Atkinson has also made two notable decisions in her capacity as member of the Queensland Legal Practice Tribunal.
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Carrie Lester
- Occupations
- triathlete
- Biography
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Carrie Lester is an Australian triathlete. She competes in the Ironman Triathlon and finished tenth in the 2016 Ironman World Championship. Lester won the Port Macquarie Ironman 70.3 in 2011 as well as the Ironman events at Cairns in 2012, and at Chattanooga in 2015. She also won the Embrunman event in 2016.
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Steve Minnikin
- Occupations
- retail managerpolitician
- Biography
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Steven James Minnikin is an Australian Liberal National politician who is currently serving as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Chatsworth, having defeated Steve Kilburn at the 2012 state election. He was appointed Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business following the election of the Crisafulli Government on 26 October 2024.
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Coralee O'Rourke
- Occupations
- politicianpreschool teacher
- Biography
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Coralee Jane O'Rourke is a former Australian politician. She was the Labor member for Mundingburra in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2015 until retirement in 2020.
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Michael Caltabiano
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Andrew Caltabiano is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Brisbane City Council from 1996 to 2005, and a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2005 to 2006. He also served briefly as the Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads in the state government of Queensland, Australia until he was sacked by Premier Campbell Newman. Caltabiano was referred to the parliamentarian ethics committee in October 2012, after comments he made two year ago's estimates committee hearing about the employment of Ben Gommers, the son of then arts minister Ros Bates.
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Teddy Lo
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Teddy Lo is a Hong Kong–based artist known for his work with the medium and technology of light, especially LED light. His work explores neo-transcendental ideas in the physical-scientific world.
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Jean Burgess
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- academicjournalist
- Biography
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Jean Burgess FAHA is a Distinguished Professor of Digital Media at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, and in the QUT School of Communication. She is currently Associate Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She was the Deputy Director of the former ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at the Queensland University of Technology. From 2010-2013 Jean was an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (APD), working with Axel Bruns on the ARC Discovery Project 'New Media and Public Communication'. She researches and publishes on issues of cultural participation in new media contexts, with a particular focus on user-created content, online social networks, and co-creative media including digital storytelling.
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Gerrard Gosens
- Occupations
- triathleteParalympic athlete
- Biography
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Gerrard James Gosens OAM is a vision-impaired Australian Paralympic athlete, goalball player, triathlete, adventurer, chocolatier and motivational speaker.
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Brendan Burkett
- Occupations
- engineerresearcher
- Biography
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Brendan John Burkett, OAM is an Australian swimmer who won five medals at four Paralympics and a silver medal at the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games.
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Roma Egan
- Occupations
- ballet danceractor
- Biography
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Roma Jean Egan was a child actress on Australian television, and an Australian ballet dancer and teacher. She was notably a senior soloist for The Australian Ballet, and variously performed for the Queensland Ballet, Basel Ballet, Ballet Victoria and Royal New Zealand Ballet.
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Matty Newton
- Occupations
- guitaristmusiciansongwriter
- Biography
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Matthew "Matty" Newton is an Australian songwriter, bass player, guitarist, keyboardist and producer from Queensland, Australia.
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Neil Roberts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Neil Stuart Roberts is a former Australian politician.
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Marcello Tonelli
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- strategistcoachathletewriterresearcher
- Biography
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Marcello Tonelli is an Italian corporate and social strategist, best known for his work as an author in the field of sustainable development. As a veteran athlete, he set three world records in lifesaving and has been an accomplished international masters swimmer.
