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Opposition parties: rival celebrities double booked in bid to woo Parliament
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Suddenly, it seems like Byron Bay has gone to Canberra, as celebrities from the world of stage, screen and sport converge on Parliament House in rival lobbying efforts.
In a city where popularity is everything, cinematic icon
Bryan Brown, again returned to Parliament House on Tuesday, continuing to spruik the need to protect local film and television industries.
Actors Bryan Brown, Justine Clarke, Simon Baker and Marta Dusseldorp at Parliament House on Tuesday.
The Bonny and Brandy showdown
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Famed Liberal Party haunt, the Cantonese restaurant Bamboo House on Little Bourke Street, looked devoid of party MPs on Tuesday in the aftermath of the failed Liberal spill motion against leader
Michael OâBrien.
âEveryone has put their head down in their bunker,â said one MP, describing how âbad bloodâ infecting the party was âtaxingâ on MPs.
Some sniffed at the bona fides of the challenger, Gembrook MP
Brad Battin, describing him as ânot a long-term party memberâ. Saucer of milk, if you please!
Her mother Lyndsay Brown describes an overwhelming sense of relief when Olivia finally confided in her. I was very, very worried about her - she was incredibly depressed and anxious, she says. The notion of Olivia being trans had not been on her radar but it absolutely rang true . It was a shock and a surprise but I never doubted it and the more medics we went to see the more it was confirmed, Brown says. Further confirmation came from the remarkable shift in Olivia s happiness when she started living as a girl - changing her name and her pronouns and going shopping with her mother for women s clothing.
Four years ago, Olivia Stewart realised the reason she'd always felt different from boys her own age was because she was a girl. But working up the courage to speak about it would take another nine months.