David Gonski has been called ’The Chairman Of Everything’ - Coca-Cola, Hoyts, Film Australia, NIDA, The Australian Stock Exchange, The Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Grammar, Investec, Morgan Stanley, the Future Fund, University of New South Wales, ANZ bank, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales are just some of the organisations to have benefitted from his stewardship. Freehills youngest ever partner, executor of Kerry Packer’s Will, author of the government eponymous education Gonski Report and committed philanthropist he has made a remarkable contribution to Australia over the course of his storied career.

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Paige Kennedy is an alternative pop artist who’s breakthrough single ‘Lingerie Model’ saw their online following explode and garnered rave reviews for their entire magnificent body of work.

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Joe Hildebrand is one of Australia’s best known journalists and media presenters.

Creator and host of the News Show ’The Real Story with Joe Hildebrand’ he is also the author of a memoir entitled ‘An Average Joe: My horribly Abnormal life

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Kerri Sackville is a prolific writer who, on top of her columns in the Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life and Melbourne Age, has published five bestselling books. Her response to the Five Of My Life challenge was deeply personal, thought provoking and, ultimately, uplifting.

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As CEO of Heaps Normal Andy Miller has helped transform an entire industry: and changed Australian drinking culture.

A fascinating , thoughtful character - his belief that those who want to change the world need to throw a better party than those who are destroying it is an inspiration for anyone determined to make a positive difference

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Sarah Bailey is an impressive triple threat: successfully managing to combine writing a series of bestselling crime thrillers with running an award winning advertising agency - at the same time as having a baby in her 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Insightful and charming it was a pleasure hearing her response to the Five Of My Life challenge.

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The glowing global accolades Heather Mitchell received for her performance as Ruth Bader Ginsburg came as no surprise to her fans, as Heather has been delighting audiences on screen, stage and paper across 4 decades.

It was wonderful to have her turn her irresistible intellect, personality and warmth to the Five Of My Life challenge.

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From The Vault: As the media landscape becomes relentlessly ever more simplistic, shouty and siloed I wanted to re-release this thoughtful and moving episode with one of the country’s longest serving , and most respected, newspaper editors.

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Jonathan Seidler is the bestselling author of ‘It’s a shame about Ray’ and ‘All the beautiful things you love’. His writing regularly features in The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian. Also a creative director and music critic his columns in Esquire on, among other things, mental health and fatherhood have become required reading for a generation of young men.

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As a lifelong passionate advocate for , and expert in, the rural sector Mary O’Brien couldn’t stand by and accept the shockingly high rates of depression and suicide amongst men in rural areas. Her charity 'Are You Bogged Mate?’ leads the way in providing tailored help to country blokes that saves countless lives and families.

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