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LAW INSIGHT: South Australian Chief Justice Chris Kourakis (third from left) recently met with Mount Gambier High School captains Zara Von Stanke and Josh Kain, school principal Peter McLaren and Grant High School house captains Edward New and Chelsea McLean.
MOUNT Gambier high school students have been given insight into South Australia’s judicial system by one its highest-ranking officials.
South Australian Chief Justice Chris Kourakis met with Mount Gambier and Grant high school students last month, detailing his career path “from country to Victoria Square”.
Chief Justice Kourakis offered suggestions to students interested in legal studies, encouraging them to travel and diversify themselves to better understand varying emotions and people.
STAR STEPS IN: Limestone Coast senior constable Jade Hill reached out to Australian comedian Merrick Watts (centre) to help facilitate a recent guest speaker event at Mount Gambier High School, which was attended by hundreds of students including Amber Thompson, Jack O Connor and Joel Griffith. Picture: BRETT KENNEDY
By Brett Kennedy
IT IS easy to typecast Australian comedian Merrick Watts as a likeable larrikin who always radiated confidence but to do so would disregard the significant transformation he underwent in high school.
Before he became known as one half of the hit duo Merrick and Rosso, Watts was a troublesome teenager involved in drug use, graffiti and vandalism as a Melbourne street gang member.