Reconciliation Mufti Day at a posh schools this week will be remembered for many years after a lunchtime pizza treat turned into a nightmare for organisers.
For celebs, lobbying is another popularity game
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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.
Bryan Brown and Ian Thorpe went head to head in Canberra.
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In a city where popularity is everything, cinematic icon
Bryan Brown once again returned continuing to spruik the need to protect our local film and television industries.
While Brown had a clear run last month, this time he found himself up against a rival celebrity lobbyist – five time Olympic gold medallist
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The rarefied and entitled boys-only private school network has created massive imbalances and injustice in the halls of power, public policy and broader society.
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Christian Porter as a Hale School student.
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Francis Greenslade was never really part of the privileged class that runs our country. But he came close enough to get a good look at it, warts and all. Greenslade – an actor, teacher, writer, translator, musician – is probably best known through his work on the ABC’s satirical television show
Mad as Hell. But in his youth, he had another claim to fame, as a champion debater.
Queensland will review its sex education protocols in schools after learning of a sexual abuse epidemic among teenagers.
Chanel Contos, a 22-year-old Kambala School alumni in Sydney, drew attention to the crisis after creating a petition demanding more thorough lessons on consent in classrooms.
What started as a Sydney-based petition highlighting a damaging culture among elite private schools soon spread nationwide.
Some 5,000 victims have shared harrowing testimonies of being sexually abused as teenagers - with some not realising until years later that they were victims.
The 22-year-old Kambala School alumni received up to 5,000 responses from women sharing harrowing stories of sexual abuse while attending some of Sydney s most elite private schools
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