100 Notable alumni of
University of New South Wales
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The University of New South Wales is 284th in the world, 4th in Oceania, and 3rd in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of New South Wales sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rebel Wilson
- Occupations
- writercomedianactorstage actortelevision presenter
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Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, Wilson began appearing as Toula in the SBS comedy series Pizza (2003–2007) and later appeared in the sketch comedy show The Wedge (2006–2007). She wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride (2008). Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson appeared in the comedy films Bridesmaids and A Few Best Men, both in 2011.
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Vajiralongkorn
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Studied in 1972-1976
- Occupations
- military officerbusinesspersonwriteraircraft pilotpolitician
- Biography
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Vajiralongkorn is King of Thailand.
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Simon Baker
- Occupations
- television actorfilm directormentalistactorfilm actor
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Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor and director. He is best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series The Mentalist (2008–2015), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nomination.
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Nathalie Kelley
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Nathalie Kelley is a Peruvian-Australian actress, known for her role as Neela in the 2006 action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and for her roles in various television series including Body of Proof (2011–2012), Unreal (2015), The Vampire Diaries (2016–2017), Dynasty (2017–2018) and The Baker and the Beauty (2020).
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Scott Morrison
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott John Morrison is an Australian politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is currently the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales seat of Cook, a position he has held since 2007. On 23 January 2024, he announced that he will resign from politics at the end of February.
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George Miller
- Occupations
- television produceractordirectormanufacturerfilm director
- Biography
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George Miller is an Australian filmmaker, best known for his Mad Max franchise, whose second installment, Mad Max 2, and fourth, Fury Road, have been hailed as two of the greatest action films of all time, with Fury Road winning six Academy Awards. Miller is very diverse in genre and style as he also directed the biographical medical drama Lorenzo's Oil, the dark fantasy The Witches of Eastwick, and the Academy Award-winning animated film Happy Feet, produced the family-friendly fantasy adventure Babe and directed the sequel Babe: Pig in the City.
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Turia Pitt
- Occupations
- engineerautobiographermining engineerathletics competitor
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Turia Pitt is a French Polynesian born athlete, motivational speaker, author and mining engineer.
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Pranav Mohanlal
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Pranav Mohanlal is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. The son of actor Mohanlal, he acted as child in Onnaman (2002) with his father in the lead role, and won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for Punarjani (2003). As an adult, he worked as an assistant director before starring in such films as Aadhi (2018) and Hridayam (2022).
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Usman Khawaja
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Usman Tariq Khawaja is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia and Queensland. Khawaja made his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in 2008 and played his first international match for Australia in January 2011. He has also played county cricket in the United Kingdom and briefly played in both the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League Twenty20 tournaments.
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Gladys Berejiklian
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Graduated with master of commerce
- Occupations
- bankerpolitician
- Biography
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Gladys Berejiklian is an Australian businesswoman and former politician who served as the 45th premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party from 2017 to 2021. Berejiklian currently works as an executive for the telecommunications company Optus.
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Tupou VI of Tonga
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianmonarch
- Biography
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Tupou VI is King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Throne of Tonga, as his brother had no legitimate children. He served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006 and as Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, and resided in Canberra from 2008, until the death of King George Tupou V on 18 March 2012, when he became King of Tonga, with the regnal name Tupou VI.
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Markus Zusak
- Occupations
- novelistchildren's writerwriter
- Biography
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Markus Zusak is an Australian writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels that became international bestsellers. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 2014.
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Peter Garrett
- Occupations
- peace activistpoliticiansingerhuman rights activistenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Peter Robert Garrett is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.
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Marta Dusseldorp
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Marta Dusseldorp is an Australian stage, film and theatre actress. Her television credits include BlackJack, Crownies, Jack Irish and A Place to Call Home.
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Leonardo Nam
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Leonardo Nam is an actor. Born in Argentina to South Korean immigrant parents, he emigrated to Australia as a child before moving to the United States in the 1990s to begin his career as an actor. He made his breakthrough as Roy in The Perfect Score (2004), and gained further recognition for his roles as Morimoto in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Brian McBrian in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008).
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Vimala Raman
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Vimala Raman is an Australian actress and former model who has worked in Indian cinema. She appears in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil language films. Born and brought up in Australia, she made her debut in 2006 with the Tamil film Poi. An established Bharatanatyam dancer and a graduate in B.Sc Information Systems from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Raman had also won the title of Miss India Australia in 2004
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Mike Cannon-Brookes
- Occupations
- computer scientistwriteruniversity teacherbusinessperson
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Michael Cannon-Brookes is an Australian billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and co-CEO of software company Atlassian.
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Emil Dardak
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Emil Elestianto Dardak is an Indonesian politician who is the Vice Governor of East Java. Before becoming Vice Governor, he was the regent of Trenggalek Regency between 2016 and 2019 and was a singer cum actor prior to his political career.
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David Sinclair
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- In 1995 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in molecular genetics
- Occupations
- university teacherbiologistgeneticist
- Biography
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David Andrew Sinclair is an Australian-American biologist and academic known for his research on aging and epigenetics. Sinclair is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and is the co-director of its Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research. He is the president of the non-profit Academy for Health & Lifespan Research.
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Stan Grant
- Occupations
- writeropinion journalistnews presentertelevision journalistjournalist
- Biography
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Stan Grant is an Australian journalist, writer and radio and television presenter, since the 1990s. He has written and spoken on Indigenous issues and his Aboriginal identity. He is a Wiradjuri man.
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Alina Zhang
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Zhang Meng, also known as Alina Zhang, is a Chinese actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is most well known as the winner of the Miss Universe China 2004 and for her role as the Fire Princess in 2016 television hit series Ice Fantasy.
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Nick Littlemore
- Occupations
- composermusicianrecord producersinger
- Biography
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Nicholas George Littlemore is an Australian musician, record producer, singer, songwriter and tour manager. As a musician, he is the frontman of the electronic project Pnau, an ex-member of the art-rock band Teenager and one part of the electro pop-duo Empire of the Sun. As a record producer, he has worked with Elton John, Lover Lover, Groove Armada and Mika. From late 2009, Littlemore had worked with the Cirque Du Soleil as a composer and musical director for the touring arena show Zarkana, which debuted on 29 June 2011. His older brother Sam La More is also a musician and record producer. In 2019, he and Peter Mayes launched the label Lab78.
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Sarah Song
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Sarah Song is a Chinese-Australian television host, actress, professional MC, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Chinese International 2007. Previously Song was crowned Miss Sydney Chinese 2006.
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Robyn Denholm
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Graduated with master of commerce in commerce
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Robyn M. Denholm is an Australian business executive. In November 2018, Denholm succeeded Elon Musk as chair of Tesla, Inc.
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Marise Payne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marise Ann Payne is an Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1997 until 2023, representing the Liberal Party. She held senior ministerial office in Coalition governments between 2013 and 2022, including as Minister for Defence (2015–2018) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2018–2022).
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Mark Taylor
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Mark Anthony Taylor is a former Australian cricketer and current Nine Network commentator.
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Natalie Tran
- Occupations
- YouTubertelevision producerfilm actoractor
- Biography
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Natalie Tran, known online as communitychannel, is an Australian YouTuber, actress, and comedian. She is best known for her comedy videos in which she discusses everyday issues.
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Lucy Turnbull
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Lucinda Mary Turnbull is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served on the Sydney City Council from 1999 to 2004, including as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 – the first woman to hold the position. She has since held positions on a number of urban planning bodies, including as chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission from 2015 to 2020. Her husband Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.
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Richard Farleigh
- Occupations
- chess playerinvestorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Richard Bruce Farleigh is an Australian private investor and reality television personality. He is currently a member of the Business Review Weekly Rich 200 list, a list of the 200 wealthiest Australian individuals. In 2012, he took on the role as Chancellor of London South Bank University. Farleigh featured in series 3 and 4 of BBC's Dragons' Den. He currently resides in London, United Kingdom and previously lived in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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Raj Reddy
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- In 1960 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teacherartificial intelligence researcher
- Biography
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Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy is an Indian-born American computer scientist and a winner of the Turing Award. He is one of the early pioneers of artificial intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for over 50 years. He was the founding director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He was instrumental in helping to create Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in India, to cater to the educational needs of the low-income, gifted, rural youth. He was the founding chairman of International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. He is the first person of Asian origin to receive the Turing Award, in 1994, known as the Nobel Prize of Computer Science, for his work in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Karl Kruszelnicki
- Occupations
- physicianwriterscientist
- Biography
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Karl Sven Woytek Sas Konkovitch Matthew Kruszelnicki, often referred to as "Dr Karl", is an Australian science communicator and populariser, who is known as an author and a science commentator on Australian radio and television.
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Vega Tamotia
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
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Vega Tamotia is an Indian actress and producer, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performances as Saroja in the film of the same name, and Sobikannu in Pasanga. Vega, with the motive of acting in films, earlier had been acting for Broadway Drama Troupe and gained experience in theatre arts.
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Lu Jun Hong
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- faith healereducator
- Biography
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Richard Jun Hong Lu, also known as Lu Tai Zhang (盧台長, lit. Master Lu) by his followers, was a Chinese-born Australian Buddhist faith healer and the founder of the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door religious movement (觀世音菩薩心靈法門). During his lifetime, the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door garnered praise from regular and new Buddhist followers, but also drew controversy among some Buddhist organisations.
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Angela Tanoesoedibjo
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Angela Herliani Tanoesoedibjo is an Indonesian businessperson and politician of Chinese descent who is the Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy since 2019, as the deputy of Sandiaga Uno. As the eldest daughter of MNC Group CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo, she unexpectedly shot to fame being one of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin young ministerial candidates while co-currently the Commissioner of the MNC Group. As the editor in chief of Tanoesoedibjo Media Business Network's High End Magazine and High End Teen, Angela holds this position.
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Bob Carr
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Robert John Carr is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He later entered federal politics as a New South Wales senator, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2013. Following his departure from politics he served as the Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) from 2014 to 2019 at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
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Jeremy Tam
- Occupations
- politicianaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho is a Hong Kong politician, airline pilot, and former Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Party's Kowloon East Branch. He was a former member of the Legislative Council representing Kowloon East, having been elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. Tam resigned along with 14 other remaining pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020, after the central government had unseated four of pro-democracy legislators the same day.
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Sussan Ley
- Occupations
- politicianaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Sussan Penelope Ley is an Australian politician who has been deputy leader of the Liberal Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition since May 2022. She has been member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales seat of Farrer since 2001 and was a cabinet minister in the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments.
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Angus Campbell
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- military officercivil servant
- Biography
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General Angus John Campbell, AO, DSC is a senior officer in the Australian Army, serving as the Chief of the Defence Force since 6 July 2018. He was previously posted as Commander Operation Sovereign Borders from September 2013 until he was appointed Chief of Army in May 2015.
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Glenn Murcutt
- Occupations
- architectuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Glenn Marcus Murcutt is an Australian architect and winner of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal, the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the 2021 Praemium Imperiale. Glenn Murcutt works as a sole practitioner without staff, builds only within Australia and is known to be very selective with his projects. Being the only Australian winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, he is often referred to as Australia's most famous architect.
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Tim Flannery
- Occupations
- naturalistclimate activistbiologistexplorerenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist and public scientist. He was awarded Australian of the Year in 2007 for his work and advocacy on environmental issues. He is the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Fondation Segré Distinguished Visiting Professor.
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Paul Tse
- Occupations
- politiciansolicitor
- Biography
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Paul Tse Wai-chun, JP is a Hong Kong solicitor, who claims himself as the "Superman of Law". He also owns a small travel agency and was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the tourism functional constituency in the 2008 legislative election. He is known for his relationship with celebrity and radio host Pamela Peck. Tse is of Hakka ancestry.
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Costa Georgiadis
- Occupations
- landscape architecttelevision presentereducator
- Biography
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Costa Georgiadis is an Australian author, landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter. Costa is the third host of ABC television series Gardening Australia after Peter Cundall and Stephen Ryan, and previously appeared as 'Costa the Garden Gnome' in the ABC Kids program Get Grubby TV.
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Kerry Chant
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Occupations
- health officerphysicianchief medical officer
- Biography
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Kerry Gai Chant is a public health physician who has been the chief health officer of New South Wales, Australia, since 2008. She gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic providing regular public health advice for New South Wales, a contribution for which she was named the state's Woman of the Year in March 2021.
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Campbell Newman
- Occupations
- politicianengineercivil engineer
- Biography
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Campbell Kevin Thomas Newman is an Australian former politician who served as the 38th Premier of Queensland from 26 March 2012 to 14 February 2015. He served as the member for Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 24 March 2012 and 31 January 2015. He was LNP Leader from 2 April 2011 to 7 February 2015; Newman previously served as the 15th Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 27 March 2004 to 3 April 2011.
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Meutya Hafid
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- 1996-2000 studied manufacturing engineering
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Meutya Viada Hafid is an Indonesian newscaster and politician. Since October 2019, she has been Chair of the First Commission of the People's Representative Council, responsible for matters regarding national defense, foreign affairs, information, communications, and intelligence. She is a member of the Golkar Party.
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Stuart Robert
- Occupations
- soldierpolitician
- 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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Issa Zarepour
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eisa Zarepour is an Iranian conservative politician who has been serving as Minister of Information and Communications Technology since August 25, 2021 in the government of President Ebrahim Raisi.
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Brad Hazzard
- Occupations
- politiciansolicitorteacher
- 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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Gai Waterhouse
- Occupations
- horse trainer
- Biography
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Gabriel Marie "Gai" Waterhouse is an Australian horse trainer and businesswoman. The daughter of Tommy J. Smith, a leading trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, Waterhouse was born and raised in Sydney. After graduating from the University of New South Wales, she worked as an actor for a time, appearing in both Australian and English television series. Having worked under her father for a period of 15 years, Waterhouse was granted an Australian Jockey Club (AJC) licence in 1992, and trained her first Group One (G1) winner later that year.
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Chua Tian Chang
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua, is a Malaysian politician who served as Special Advisor to the Minister of Works from March 2019 to February 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu from March 2008 to May 2018. He is an independent and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) as well as Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions. He was also a member of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM). He served as Vice-President of PKR from the founding of PKR in April 1999 to July 2022 and Information Chief of PKR from April 2004 to March 2008 and Division Chief of Batu of PKR before July 2022.
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Mehreen Faruqi
- Occupations
- politiciancivil engineerenvironmental engineer
- Biography
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Mehreen Saeed Faruqi is a Pakistani-born Australian politician and former engineer who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 15 August 2018, representing the Greens. She was chosen to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Lee Rhiannon, before being elected in her own right in 2019. She had previously served in the New South Wales Legislative Council between June 2013 and August 2018. Since June 2022, Faruqi has served as Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens.
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Philip Lowe
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- In 1985 graduated with Bachelor of Commerce in econometrics and economics
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Philip Lowe is an Australian economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, from September 2016 to September 2023. He was also deputy governor under Glenn Stevens from February 2012 to September 2016.
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Andrew Wilkie
- Occupations
- politicianintelligence officer
- Biography
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Andrew Damien Wilkie is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Clark. Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army.
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Jason Clare
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jason Dean Clare is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
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David Kilcullen
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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David John Kilcullen FRGS is an Australian author, strategist, and counterinsurgency expert who is currently the non-executive chairman of Caerus Associates, a strategy and design consulting firm that he founded. He is a professor at Arizona State University and at University of New South Wales, Canberra.
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Greg Combet
- Occupations
- engineertrade unionistmining engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Gregory Ivan Combet is an Australian labour movement leader. He is a former Labor politician and Cabinet Minister, former Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, former leader of profit-to-member superannuation funds and chair of investment manager IFM Investors. Combet is currently chair of the Australian Government Net Zero Economy Agency which oversights the economic transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and net zero emissions.
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Emile Sherman
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Studied in 1996
- Occupations
- film producer
- Biography
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Emile Sherman is an Australian film and television producer best known for producing the film The King's Speech, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film, and for executive producing television series Top of the Lake, which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won one; nominated for five BAFTAs and won three, and nominated for two Emmy Awards and won one.
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Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is a Fijian politician and a former cabinet minister. He was the Fijian attorney general and the Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, and also served as the minister responsible for climate change under the FijiFirst government. He is the third-highest polling candidate from the Fijian general elections of 2014, 2018 and 2022.
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Craig Thomson
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Craig Robert Thomson is an Australian former trade union official and a former politician implicated in the Health Services Union expenses affair.
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Geoff Lawson
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Geoffrey Francis Lawson, is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer and the former coach of the Pakistan cricket team.
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Mah Bow Tan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mah Bow Tan is a Singaporean former politician who served as Leader of the House between 2007 and 2011, Minister for National Development between 1999 and 2011, Minister for the Environment between 1993 and 1995, and Minister for Communications between 1991 and 1999. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Tampines East ward of Tampines GRC between 1988 and 2015.
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Moses Agboro
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Richard Maxwell "Rick" Burr, AO, DSC, MVO is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army, who served as Chief of Army from 2 July 2018 to 1 July 2022. He was previously Commander 1st Division from 2011 to 2012, Deputy Commanding General – Operations, United States Army Pacific from January 2013 to November 2014, and Deputy Chief of Army from 2015 to 2018.
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Lara Pitt
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Lara Pitt is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist, mainly known for reporting for Fox Sports on their NRL coverage and Monday Night with Matty Johns.
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Hamid Mirzadeh
- Occupations
- faculty memberpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Hamid Mirzadeh is an Iranian politician and academic who was the 3rd president of the Islamic Azad University system.
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Craig Laundy
- Occupations
- politicianhotel manager
- Biography
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Craig Arthur Samuel Laundy is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Reid from 2013 until his retirement in 2019. He served as Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation in the Second Turnbull Ministry, before resigning in August 2018 following the ousting of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister. On 15 March 2019, Laundy announced he would retire from politics at the 2019 federal election.
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Andrew Cheng
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Cheng Kar-foo was a Hong Kong politician and solicitor. He is a former Democratic Party member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories East geographical constituency.
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Andrew Hastie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew William Hastie is an Australian politician, and a former military officer, serving as the Shadow Minister for Defence since 2022. Representing the people of Canning, a semi-urban region on the south coast of Western Australia, he is a senior member of the Liberal Party. He has served in federal government as the Assistant Minister for Defence, from 2020 to 2022. Hastie was Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security from 2017 to 2020, rejoining the committee in 2022. Prior to politics, he was a troop commander in the Special Air Service Regiment.
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Andrew Morton
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineerprogrammer
- Biography
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Andrew Keith Paul Morton is an Australian software engineer, best known as one of the lead developers of the Linux kernel. He is currently a co-maintainer of the Ext3 file system, the journaling layer for block devices (JBD) and Memory Management.
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Maha Sinnathamby
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Maha Sinnathamby AM is an Australian businessman and property developer. He is the entrepreneur behind the Greater Springfield Development in Queensland, the largest master-planned community in Australia.
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Kathryn Campbell
- Occupations
- military officercivil servant
- Biography
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Kathryn Jane Campbell, AO, CSC & Bar is a former Australian public servant and a former senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve.
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Katharine Cullen
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Katharine Cullen is an Australian actress, daughter of actors Max Cullen and Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick.
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Luke Foley
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Luke Aquinas Foley is a former Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from 2015 to 2018. Foley was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 19 June 2010 until his resignation to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn at the 2015 New South Wales election. Foley resigned after it was alleged that he had indecently assaulted an ABC journalist. Foley denies the allegations.
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David Coleman
- Occupations
- business consultantpolitician
- Biography
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David Bernard Coleman is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2013 federal election, holding the New South Wales seat of Banks. Coleman served as the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention from December 2020 until May 2022. He previously served as Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs in the Morrison government from August 2018, although in December 2019 he took indefinite leave for personal reasons. He had earlier served as Assistant Minister for Finance in the Turnbull government from 2017 to 2018.
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Lior
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Lior Attar, better known simply as Lior, is an independent Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. He is best known for his 2005 debut studio album Autumn Flow and for the song "Hoot's Lullaby".
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Duncan J. Watts
- Occupations
- researcherphysicistsociologist
- Biography
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Duncan James Watts is a sociologist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in New York City, and is known for his work on small-world networks.
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Alex Greenwich
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexander Hart Greenwich is an Australian politician. He is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Sydney since the 2012 Sydney by-election. He ran as an independent and was backed by his predecessor, independent Clover Moore. He is also the Co-Chair of Australian Marriage Equality and was one of the key leaders of the successful Yes campaign for the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey in 2017 and abortion legalisation within New South Wales in 2019.
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Rodney Adler
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- 1978-1980 graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- 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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Tom Tate
- Occupations
- civil engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Richard Tate is a Laotian-born Australian businessman, property investor and politician who is the current mayor of the City of Gold Coast. He was first elected on 28 April 2012 and re-elected on both 19 March 2016 and 28 March 2020 with more than two thirds of the preferential vote.
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Mehdi Ghazanfari
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Mehdi Ghazanfari is an Iranian politician and the current chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran since October 2021. He was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013 and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.
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Foo Mee Har
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Foo Mee Har is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician and businesswoman. She is a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP). Foo has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayer Rajah division from 2011 to 2020. Since 2020, she represents the Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh division, a result of the merger between the Jurong West portion of Hong Kah North SMC and West Coast GRC's Ayer Rajah ward.
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Ken Henry
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- economistbusiness executivecivil servant
- Biography
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Kenneth Ross Henry is an Australian economist and public servant who served as the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury from 2001 to 2011.
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Lee Rhiannon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lee Rhiannon is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales between July 2011 and August 2018. She was elected at the 2010 federal election, representing the Australian Greens. Prior to her election to the Federal Parliament, Rhiannon was a Greens NSW member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1999 and 2010.
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Janette Howard
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Janette Howard is the wife of John Howard, who was the Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007 and the second-longest-serving Australian Prime Minister.
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Mike Kelly
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianlawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Colonel Michael Joseph Kelly, 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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Saul Griffith
- Occupations
- entrepreneurinventorengineer
- Biography
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Saul Griffith is an Australian-American inventor and renewable electricity advocate. He is the founder or co-founder of multiple companies, including Otherlab (where he is currently CEO), Makani Power, and Instructables.
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Helen Haines
- Occupations
- politicianresearcher
- Biography
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Helen Mary Haines is an Australian politician who has served as the independent MP for the Victorian seat of Indi since the 2019 federal election.
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Todd Greenberg
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Todd Greenberg is an Australian sports administrator who served as chief executive officer of the NRL between March 2016 and April 2020. In January 2021 he was appointed as chief executive officer of the Australian Cricketers' Association.
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Matt Thistlethwaite
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Matthew James Thistlethwaite is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2013, representing the electorate of Kingsford Smith. He was formerly a member of the Australian Senate from 2011 to 2013. Since 1 June 2022, Thistlethwaite has served as Assistant Minister for Defence, Veterans' Affairs and the Republic in the ministry of Anthony Albanese.
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Shi Zhengrong
- Occupations
- businesspersonentrepreneur
- Biography
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Shi Zhengrong is a Chinese-Australian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and, up to March 2013, chairman and chief executive officer of Suntech Power.
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Sharan Burrow
- Occupations
- trade unionistinternational forum participantteacher
- Biography
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Sharan Leslie Burrow was the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) (2010-2022) and a former president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) (2000–2010). She was the first woman to become General Secretary of the ITUC since its foundation in 2006, and was the second woman to become President of the ACTU.
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Liu Thai Ker
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- architecturban planner
- Biography
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Liu Thai Ker is an architect and a former master planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. Liu is Chairman of the Centre for Liveable Cities.
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George Szekeres
- Enrolled in the University of New South Wales
- In 1963 graduated with professor
- Occupations
- university teachermathematician
- Biography
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George Szekeres AM FAA was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.
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Sarah Mitchell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sarah Ann Mitchell, an Australian politician, is the former Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning in the second Berejiklian ministry and in the Perrottet ministry. She has been a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.
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Larissa Behrendt
- Occupations
- juristnovelistwriteruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Larissa Yasmin Behrendt is an Australian legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. As of 2022 she is a professor of law and director of research and academic programs at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney, and holds the inaugural Chair in Indigenous Research at UTS.
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Duncan Lewis
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- diplomatsoldiercivil servant
- Biography
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Major General Duncan Edward Lewis AO, DSC, CSC is an Australian military officer, diplomat and intelligence chief. From 2014 to 2019, he was the Director-General of Security of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). Prior to that appointment, he held the post of Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He is a retired Australian Army officer, and formerly Special Operations Commander Australia (2002–2004), National Security Adviser, and Secretary of the Department of Defence.
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Elizabeth Broderick
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Elizabeth Broderick is an Australian lawyer, who was the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner for over eight years from 2007 to 2015 and has been a United Nations special rapporteur for Discrimination against Women and Girls since 2017. She is a former partner and head of legal technology at Ashurst Australia, a global commercial law firm.
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Anita Heiss
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Anita Marianne Heiss is an Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator. She is an advocate for Indigenous Australian literature and literacy, through her writing for adults and children and her membership of boards and committees.
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Makame Mbarawa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Professor Makame Mbarawa is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a nominated Member of Parliament. He is currently the Minister of Transport in Tanzania.
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Penny Sharpe
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Penelope Gail Sharpe is an Australian politician. She has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2005, representing the Labor Party. Since March 2023, Sharpe is the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council and the Vice-President of the Executive Council since Labor's election victory in March 2023, having previously served as leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council between 2021 and 2023.
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Mark Arbib
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Mark Victor Arbib is an Australian former Labor Party politician and trade unionist, who was an Australian Senator for New South Wales from 2008 to 2012.
