In 2008, documentary filmmakers Bob Connolly (Rats in the Ranks) and Sophie Raymond approached Sydney’s MLC School to document in film the work of Karen Carey and her Music Department as they led the girls over fifteen months to the, now traditional, Biennial Opera House performance in 2009. Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond went on [...]
In 2008, documentary filmmakers Bob Connolly (Rats in the Ranks) and Sophie Raymond approached Sydney’s MLC School to document in film the work of Karen Carey and her Music Department as they led the girls over fifteen months to the, now traditional, Biennial Opera House performance in 2009. Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond went on [...]
In 2008, documentary filmmakers Bob Connolly (Rats in the Ranks) and Sophie Raymond approached Sydney’s MLC School to document in film the work of Karen Carey and her Music Department as they led the girls over fifteen months to the, now traditional, Biennial Opera House performance in 2009. Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond went on [...]
Andrew Low is the CEO of Redbridge Grant Samuel and has just published the Global Sydney report which lays out a strategy for Sydney to restore its place as the most liveable and competitive city in Australia and to step up to a leading position as a globally competitive hub for services, tourism, education and [...]
Jacquelynne Willcox is a Senior Vice President and Head of Public Affairs at Weber Shandwick – a leading public relations agency in Sydney. Jacquelynne is busy selling Sydney and can see what the problems are, from the business perspective. Andrew Low is the CEO of Redbridge Grant Samuel and has just published the Global Sydney [...]
Professor Murry Salby holds the Climate Chair at Macquarie University and has had a lengthy career as a world-recognised researcher and academic in the field of Atmospheric Physics. He has held positions at leading research institutions, including the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, Princeton University, and the University of Colorado, with invited professorships at [...]
Paul Terracini teaches in the Department of Studies in religion at the University of Sydney. His PhD studies involved him in research on the role played by Bishop John Moyes and other clerics in the campaign to prevent the Australian Government from proscribing the Communist Party of Australia in 1950/51. Dr Terracini has also had [...]
The Hon Christopher Pyne is the Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training andManager of Opposition Business in the House. After decades of focus on material resources,computers, libraries, class sizes, acreage and the like, experts have come to the conclusion that themost valuable and significant resource in a child’s education is the quality of the [...]
Linda Burney is the Member for Canterbury, a member of the Wiradjuri nation and the first Aboriginal Australian elected to the NSW Parliament. After the 2011 NSW election, Linda Burney was elected Deputy Leader of the Opposition, and became Shadow Minister for Planning Infrastructure and Heritage, Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation, Shadow Minister for [...]
Noel Beddoe worked as a high school principal for 20 years and has been involved in Aboriginal education for most of his adult life, becoming the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal Education Reference Group. He is the author of a number of works and his most recent, The Yalda Crossing, takes a little-known episode in [...]
