75 Notable alumni of
Queensland University of Technology

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The Queensland University of Technology is 712th in the world, 14th in Oceania, and 10th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 75 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.

  1. Brenton Thwaites

    Brenton Thwaites
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    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.

  2. Rick Cosnett

    Rick Cosnett
    Born in
    Zimbabwe Flag Zimbabwe
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    stage actortelevision actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Richard James Cosnett is an 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.

  3. Alexandra Mary Hirschi

    Alexandra Mary Hirschi
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    presenterinternational forum participantvideo blogger
    Biography

    Alexandra Mary "Alex" 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.

  4. Peter Dutton

    Peter Dutton
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
    Graduated with Bachelor of Business
    Occupations
    police officerpolitician
    Biography

    Peter Craig Dutton is an Australian politician who is the current leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022. He previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021. He has been a member of Parliament (MP) for the Queensland seat of Dickson since 2001 and has held ministerial portfolios in the federal governments of Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison.

  5. Karl Stefanovic

    Karl Stefanovic
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    Karl Stefanovic, also spelt Karl Stefanović, is an Australian television presenter and journalist for the Nine Network.

  6. Ken Ham

    Ken Ham
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    evangelistcreationist
    Biography

    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.

  7. Dan Feuerriegel

    Dan Feuerriegel
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    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 Daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives as EJ DiMera.

  8. Cate Campbell

    Cate Campbell
    Born in
    Malawi Flag Malawi
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    swimmer
    Biography

    Cate Natalie Campbell, is a Malawian-born Australian competitive swimmer, and a current multiple world record holder, who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a gold and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the current world record holder in the Long Course 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay with Team Australia and the short course 100 m freestyle. Campbell was one of the flagbearers for Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics alongside basketball player Patty Mills.

  9. Kate Miller-Heidke

    Kate Miller-Heidke
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actoropera singersongwriter
    Biography

    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.

  10. Deborah Mailman

    Deborah Mailman
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actorfilm actoractorvoice actor
    Biography

    Deborah Jane Mailman 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 is currently portraying the lead role of Alexandra "Alex" Irving on the Australian political drama series Total Control.

  11. Gigi Edgley

    Gigi Edgley
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    singeractor
    Biography

    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.

  12. Leigh Sales

    Leigh Sales
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    Leigh Peta Sales is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

  13. Zoe Naylor

    Zoe Naylor
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    film directormodelfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Zoe Naylor is an Australian actress, journalist and television presenter.

  14. Marion Grasby

    Marion Grasby
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    television producerchef
    Biography

    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.

  15. Gyton Grantley

    Gyton Grantley
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    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.

  16. Conrad Coleby

    Conrad Coleby
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    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.

  17. Ryan Johnson

    Ryan Johnson
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Ryan Johnson is an Australian actor.

  18. Lee Carseldine

    Lee Carseldine
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    cricketerreality television participant
    Biography

    Lee Andrew Carseldine is a retired professional Australian cricketer.

  19. Stuart Robert

    Stuart Robert
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    soldierpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  20. Anna McGahan

    Anna McGahan
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actoracademic
    Biography

    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).

  21. Melina Vidler

    Melina Vidler
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    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.

  22. Leila McKinnon

    Leila McKinnon
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    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.

  23. Alvin Cheng

    Alvin Cheng
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  24. Terri Butler

    Terri Butler
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Terri Megan Butler is an Australian former politician and a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Butler formerly represented the Division of Griffith in the House of Representatives from the 2014 by-election to the 2022 federal election. She worked as an industrial lawyer prior to entering parliament.

  25. Karen Andrews

    Karen Andrews
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politicianmechanical engineer
    Biography

    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.

  26. Rob Katter

    Rob Katter
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  27. Peter Beattie

    Peter Beattie
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Peter Douglas Beattie 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.

  28. Peter Greste

    Peter Greste
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    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.

  29. Kerry O'Brien

    Kerry O'Brien
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    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.

  30. Laura Geitz

    Laura Geitz
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    netballer
    Biography

    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.

  31. Tracey Spicer

    Tracey Spicer
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Tracey Leigh Spicer 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".

  32. Yvette D'Ath

    Yvette D'Ath
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath has served as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence 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 to 2013.

  33. Steven Ciobo

    Steven Ciobo
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    international forum participantpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  34. Sami Lukis

    Sami Lukis
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    television personality
    Biography

    Sami Lukis is an Australian television and radio personality.

  35. Keith Pitt

    Keith Pitt
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politicianfarmer
    Biography

    Keith John Pitt is an Australian politician. He is a member of the National Party and has represented the Division of Hinkler in Queensland since the 2013 federal election. 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.

  36. Dinesh Palipana

    Dinesh Palipana
    Born in
    Sri Lanka Flag Sri Lanka
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    physicianlawyer
    Biography

    Dinesh Palipana 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.

  37. Michael Noonan

    Michael Noonan
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    Vice Admiral Michael Joseph Noonan, 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.

  38. Andrew Wallace

    Andrew Wallace
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    carpenterbarristerpoliticianmaster builder
    Biography

    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.

  39. Wayne Blair

    Wayne Blair
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Wayne Blair is an Australian writer, actor and director. He was on both sides of the camera in Redfern Now. He is also the director of the feature film The Sapphires.

  40. James McGrath

    James McGrath
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politiciansolicitor
    Biography

    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.

  41. Tim Nicholls

    Tim Nicholls
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  42. Sam Atwell

    Sam Atwell
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    television actoractor
    Biography

    Samuel Atwell is an Australian actor, producer, writer and director.

  43. Shannon Fentiman

    Shannon Fentiman
    Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Shannon Maree Fentiman is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015 and has served as the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services since 2023.

  44. Jarrad Butler

    Jarrad Butler
    Born in
    New Zealand Flag New Zealand
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    rugby union player
    Biography

    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 and captains 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.

  45. Jarrod Bleijie

    Jarrod Bleijie
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jarrod Pieter Bleijie is an Australian politician 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.

  46. Graham Perrett

    Graham Perrett
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    solicitornovelistpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    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.

  47. Bryce Hegarty

    Bryce Hegarty
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1992-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    rugby union playerrugby league player
    Biography

    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.

  48. David Fawcett

    David Fawcett
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
    Graduated with Master of Business Administration
    Occupations
    helicopter pilotpoliticianmilitary officerconsultant
    Biography

    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.

  49. Philip Freier

    Philip Freier
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    archbishop
    Biography

    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.

  50. Joe Ludwig

    Joe Ludwig
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  51. Brian Fitzgerald

    Brian Fitzgerald
    Occupations
    lawyer
    Biography

    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.

  52. Rob Pyne

    Rob Pyne
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Robert John Pyne is an Australian politician, currently serving as a Cairns Region councillor as a member of the Socialist Alliance. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from January 2015 until November 2017, representing the electorate of Cairns. Pyne was elected for the Australian Labor Party, but resigned to sit as an independent in March 2016; he then lost his seat to a Labor candidate at the 2017 election. Pyne was formerly a two-term councillor for the Cairns Regional Council. Pyne is the first quadriplegic member of any parliament of Australia.

  53. Teresa Gambaro

    Teresa Gambaro
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  54. Andrew Stoner

    Andrew Stoner
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    member of a legislative assemblypolitician
    Biography

    Andrew John Stoner, an Australian former politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Oxley from 1999 state election to 2015.

  55. Libby Munro

    Libby Munro
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Libby Munro is an Australian actress.

  56. Bernie Ripoll

    Bernie Ripoll
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  57. Kirstin Ferguson

    Kirstin Ferguson
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Enrolled in the Queensland University of Technology
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    air force officerbusiness executivelawyer
    Biography

    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.

  58. Mark Furner

    Mark Furner
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  59. Brittany Lauga

    Brittany Lauga
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    politicianurban planner
    Biography

    Brittany Louise Lauga is an Australian politician and town planner. She has been the Labor member for Keppel in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

  60. Ben Fajzullin

    Ben Fajzullin
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    international forum participant
    Biography

    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.

  61. Sophie Smith

    Sophie Smith
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    water polo player
    Biography

    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.

  62. Leesa Vlahos

    Leesa Vlahos
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    political adviserpoliticianhealth administrator
    Biography

    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.

  63. Hugh McMeniman

    Hugh McMeniman
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    rugby union player
    Biography

    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.

  64. Carrie Lester

    Carrie Lester
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    triathlete
    Biography

    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.

  65. Roslyn Atkinson

    Roslyn Atkinson
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Roslyn Gay Atkinson 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.

  66. Leanne Linard

    Leanne Linard
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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 include adoption, child protection services, youth justice, the redress scheme for Queensland survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and multicultural affairs.

  67. Coralee O'Rourke

    Coralee O'Rourke
    Occupations
    preschool teacherpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  68. Steve Minnikin

    Steve Minnikin
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politicianretail manager
    Biography

    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.

  69. Teddy Lo

    Teddy Lo
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    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.

  70. Roma Egan

    Roma Egan
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    actorballet dancer
    Biography

    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.

  71. Brendan Burkett

    Brendan Burkett
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    researcherengineer
    Biography

    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.

  72. Gerrard Gosens

    Gerrard Gosens
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    Paralympic athletics (track & field) competitortriathlete
    Biography

    Gerrard James Gosens is a vision-impaired Australian Paralympic athlete, goalball player, triathlete, adventurer, chocolatier and motivational speaker.

  73. Matty Newton

    Matty Newton
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    musicianguitaristsongwriter
    Biography

    Matthew "Matty" Newton is an Australian songwriter, bass player, guitarist, keyboardist and producer from Queensland, Australia.

  74. Neil Roberts

    Neil Roberts
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Neil Stuart Roberts is a former Australian politician.

  75. Marcello Tonelli

    Marcello Tonelli
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    writerathletecoachstrategistresearcher
    Biography

    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.