Brennon Dowrick …spectacular gymnastics....
Olympian Brennon Dowrick is one of Australia’s most successful gymnasts and one of our country’s most innovative, entertaining and effective motivational speakers.
While compet...
You were the star of the conference! Congratulations on the best performances I have seen. There is no question as to weather or not you spent the extra fifteen minutes honing you...
Bakers' Delight
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Jason Dunstall …a genuine superstar....
One of the games greatest full forwards, Jason Dunstall's fast leading and strong marking made him virtually unbeatable in one-on-one situations. At the beginning of his career he ...
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Rodney Eade …the power of the elite coach....
In the highly competitive world of professional football, Rodney Eade has carved out a reputation for achieving the best as both a player and a coach.
As a Hawthorn player he wa...
As a 50 year old veteran in real estate we sometimes think we know it all. Even though we run a fairly successful business I felt something was missing. When you spoke at the Ray W...
Ray White Real Estate
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Bronwyn Eagles …outstanding hammer-thrower....
Bronwyn started competing in Little Athletics and drifted into the throwing events. She was a competitive shot putter, but started to really excel in the hammer. Over the next few ...
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John Eales … Australia's most capped forward....
Few Rugby Union players have had as celebrated a career as former Wallaby captain John Eales, who wore the Golden Guernsey over 80 times and scored 445 points for his country (a to...
John made our function a complete success - nothing but positive comments. He is an incredible person and I consider myself very fortunate to have met him and spent time with him....
Holy Spirit College - Mackay
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Don Elgin …phenomenal pentathlete....
The boy from the bush taking on the world. Entertaining, motivational and an all round larrikin. Represented Australia for 10 years, a triple Paralympic medalist from Athens 2004.
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Don gives you the feeling that you can do it – get off your bum and get stuck in.
Deakin University
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Mark Ella …outstanding sportsman....
Mark Ella commenced his representative rugby career when he was selected to play in the 1977 Australian Rugby Schoolboy team, which toured undefeated to England, Ireland, Wales, Ho...
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Liz Ellis …one of Australia's most successful netballers....
Sportsperson, Speaker, Sports and General Broadcaster
Liz is one of Australia's most successful Netballers ever. Until her retirement at the end of last year, she was captain of...
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Cadel Evans …world-class cyclist....
Cadel Lee Evans received his first bicycle at the age of two and rode it every day until he was seven, facilitating an obsession with bikes that would see him become a World Champi...
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Pat Farmer ...ultra-marathon champion....
On a hot day in December, 1996, ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer shuffled into the dusty outback town of Birdsville after running across the Simpson Desert in record time and raisi...
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Nick Farr-Jones …leadership in sport and business....
Nick Farr-Jones is best known for his captaincy that led the Wallabies, Australia's Rugby Union team to become world champions in 1991. His exceptional leadership and masterful pla...
Nick Farr-Jones spoke very well and captured everyone's attention. The use of humour was taken well and I recommend more of this in the future. He was very well spoken in terms of motivation also.
Australian Defence Force Academy
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Owen Finegan ...when Finegan plays well, the Wallabies play well....
Owen Finegan’s dry wit is matched only by his rugged good looks hence the nickname “Melon”.
Although a niggler and supreme practical joker with the Brumbies and Wallabies, Fin...
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Jane Flemming …Australia's golden girl....
Golden girl Jane Flemming won two gold medals and two silver medals for Australia at the Commonwealth Games.
One of the leading heptathletes in the world during the 1980's, Jan...
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Debbie Flintoff-King …prime athlete....
Debbie Flintoff-King ran the second fastest time in history and became the Olympic record holder in the 400m Hurdles when she won Gold for Australia in 1988, bringing her world ran...
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Craig Foster … former socceroo and media personality....
Craig Foster is one of Australia's most well known and well respected footballing identities. He achieved on-field success in both England and Australia before moving into the medi...
It was again a pleasure to have you with us in Hobart for our gala diner. Supurb insight, intense passion for the game and encyclopedic knowledge. It was amazing to see how you cou...
Areva
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Linley Frame …breast-stroke champion....
Linley Frame is one of Australia's greatest breastroke champions.
Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year in 1991 and a member of the Australian Institute of Sport Hal...
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Cathy Freeman …Australia’s golden hero....
Cathy Freeman, is one of Australia's most admired and respected athletes. She is an Australian superstar and an Australian icon.
Cathy has not been an overnight success. She has...
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Wayne Gardner …legendary motorsport ace....
Wayne Gardner was born in Wollongong, New South Wales on October 11, 1959.
He developed an early passion for bikes, competing in his first race on a well loved mini bike in 19...
This is just a quick note to thank you very much for all your assistance during the launch of the Nissan 350Z at Darlington Park. Everyone at Nissan was really happy with the launc...
Glenn Ridge
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Adam Gilchrist …revolutionary Australian wicket-keeper....
Record-breaking Australian Test and One Day Series wicketkeeper and opening batsman, Adam Gilchrist was the wicket keeper for the Australian One Day Cricket Squad since 1997 befor...
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Tim Gossage …sports commentator, director and MC....
Tim Gossage is TEN's Perth Director of Sport and co-host of TEN’s local footy show, "The Western Front". Tim also forms an integral part of TEN’s AFL commentary team. Part of the T...
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Phil Gould …communication, dedication and respect....
As ARL coach, Phil Gould led the Canterbury Bulldogs to the 1988 Premiership at age 30 he was the youngest coach in the games history to do so. Phil quickly made his mark as a tact...
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David Gower …outstanding cricketer and communicator....
From his striking Test debut in 1978 against Pakistan at Edgbaston, hitting his first delivery in Test Cricket for an elegant four, to his untimely retirement, David Gower was one ...
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Elka Graham …international swimmer and versatile media personality....
One of Australia's most talented freestyle swimmers, Elka burst onto the International swimming scene at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she won a silver medal as a heat swimmer in ...
... Elka was inspirational and spoke in a very confident and relaxed way.
Bus & Coach Association (NSW)
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Bruce Green …success in a competitive environment....
Bruce Green, twice Victorian PGA Champion and winner of more than 40 Pro-Ams, has been Head Professional of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club for 23 years.
Bruce is also a Corporat...
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Danny Green …golden boy of Australian boxing....
The 'Green Machine' is the likeable larrikin who grew up in The West's beach side suburb of Doubleview. With mum Maria, Dad Mal, brother Brendan and sister's Sharni and Narelle lif...
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Nick Green …member of the oarsome foursome....
Nick Green's international rowing career got off to a flying start in late 1989 when he teamed up with experienced rowers James Tomkins, Mike McKay, and later Andrew Cooper to race...
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Tatiana Grigorieva …champion Olympic pole vaulter....
As a former national level 400m hurdler in Russia, Tatiana took up pole vaulting when she migrated to Australia in 1997. Her greatest sporting achievements to date have been winnin...
Tatiana’s presentation was not only inspirational but also thought provoking for the women in attendance. She commented that the world of sport and business is very much alike in w...
Marlene Elliott, SA Marketing Manager, KPMG
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Grant Hackett …the world's greatest 1500m swimmer....
The man affectionately known as "The Machine" has won the hearts of many around the world with his courageous swims and extraordinary talent.
One that will live in the minds of...
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Peter Hadfield …a great Aussie all-rounder....
Peter Hadfield has been described as “Australia’s greatest all-rounder”. He represented Australia at two Olympic Games, won a Commonwealth Games Silver Medal behind World Record ho...
I want to thank you sincerely for delivering one of the best presentations that our Advisors have had the pleasure of being involved in.
AON Financial Advisor Services
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Tommy Hafey … AFL coaching legend....
A football legend, Tommy Hafey has coached 4 AFL teams - Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and the Sydney Swans. He is one of only six coaches to have coached over 500 VFL/AFL games. ...
The response from the audience was overwhelmingly positive. Great job Tommy!
Callscan Australia
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Amber Halliday ...world champion rower....
Amber Halliday has been rowing at the international level since 1998. Since then she has won three world championship gold medals and three silver medals.
Amber came 4th at the...
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Chris 'Buddha' Handy ...popular after-dinner speaker....
As a barrel-chested prop forward 'Buddha' Handy played some 54 games for Queensland and was one of the select band of Wallabies to have lifted the Bledisloe Cup on two occasions. T...
Skilfully introduced some industry specific information he only picked up minutes prior to the event.
Readymix Holdings
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Rick Hansen … determination....
Rick Hansen epitomises “determination”. In the summer of 1973, Rick was a free-spirited, athletic fifteen year old who had a life altering automobile crash that left him a parapleg...
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Bo Hanson …rowing for gold....
Bo Hanson is a member of the UTS Coxless Four, together with Ben Dodwell and twins Geoff and James Stewart. Ranked 2nd in the world, their combined experience includes Olympic Game...
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Brooke Hanson …Australian swimming sensation....
Recently retired Olympic gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson made her debut for the Australian Swimming Team in 1994.
Representing Australia over 20 times at major internati...
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Daniel Harford …genuine media and football talent....
This skilful midfielder is an important element of the Hawthorn team’s centre square set up during the last 1990's playing 153 games for the Hawks and another 9 for Carlton before ...
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Andy Harper …insights into the world game....
Andy Harper has impressive credentials - is a former Australian national league football (soccer) player, author and now high profile media commentator. He currently presents on F...
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Bill Harrigan …Australia's finest sporting official....
Whilst most people have an opinion on Bill Harrigan, acknowledged as Australia's finest sporting official, very few people really know him.
Although now retired Bill was and is ...
Bill Harrigan exceeded our expectations as a captivating and engaging speaker at the A. B. Paterson College Corporate Breakfast in May this year. At such an early hour, Bill wasted...
A. B. Paterson College
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Brett Hawke … Australian sprint swimming sensation....
Australia's fastest man, Brett Hawke, continued his reign as Australia’s premier sprinter at the 2005 Telstra Trials with convincing victories in both the 50m freestyle and 50m but...
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Ian Healy …Australia's greatest gloveman....
When Ian Healy retired as Australian Test wicketkeeper in 1999 it was with 5 world records, including the record for the most dismissals by a keeper in Test history with his final ...
He was great and on brief. A good integration of his cricket career and the topic we asked him to thread through - technology.
Xphyr Event Management
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Peter Helliar ...one of Australia's favourite comedians....
When Australians want a comedian that looks like Phillip Seymour-Hoffman they turn to Peter Helliar.
Pete first came to the nation’s attention in 1999 as a cast member of Rove, ...
Peter Helliar makes the difficult business of being funny look dead easy.
Adelaide Advertiser
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Trevor Hendy ...the greatest Ironman in the world....
Queensland's Trevor Hendy is unchallenged as the greatest Ironman in the world. The pride of Australian Surf Lifesaving, Hendy has a list of achievements that would make most sport...
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Clinton Hill …upcoming Australian sprinter....
In 2004 Clinton took the 400m national title for the third year running, a feat achieved only once before in the history of Australian track and field.
International competition...
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Simon Hill …elite football commentator....
English-born Simon Hill joined SBS Sport after more than a decade working in both radio and television in the United Kingdom.
After graduating from the University of Portsmouth...
Simon did a flawless job of introducing the players and conducting quality interviews which were picked up across all media outlets and entertained the crowd. We have used Simon nu...
Football Federation Australia
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James Hird ...set to continue to grow his legend status....
James Hird has been a match-winner on so many occasions it would be ludicrous to try to list them, and has placed him as arguably the league's most valuable player. Playing mainly ...
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Stephen Hodge …Australian cycling champion....
Stephen retired from competitive cycling at the end of 1996, following a long career which began in Canberra, where he also completed a BSc degree at the Australian National Univer...
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Nikki Hudson …Olympic hockey gold-medallist....
Nikki began her playing career when she was only six years old, simply because her whole family werer involved with Hockey. She was born in Rockhampton, and moved to Toowoomba with...
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Kim Hughes …prominent Australian cricketer....
Kim Hughes is a former Australian cricketer and Test and ODI captain who played in 70 Tests and 97 ODIs from 1977 to 1985.
His first-class debut was at the WACA Ground on 2 Nov...
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Rex Hunt …the best of fishing and football....
Rex Hunt was born in Melbourne’s bayside area of Mentone and it was not long before he developed his two great loves in life - fishing and football. When Rex started his senior foo...
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Craig Hutchison …popular sports broadcaster....
Craig Hutchison is a Melbourne-based sports broadcaster with a wealth of experience in the industry. “Hutchy” has covered football commentary and breaking news stories as well as e...
Craig has been an MC and speaker at a number of functions for the Western Bulldogs over the past three years. He has an exceptional knowledge of Australian Rules Football, and the ...
Western Bulldogs Football Club
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Russell Ingall …Australian motor sport hero....
The name “Russell Ingall” is one of the most recognised in Australian sport. One of this country’s true motorsport heroes, Ingall has a reputation of being a fierce competitor on t...
Russell was very easy to deal with, very accommodating and cooperative in making arrangements for his presentation. He provided ample time at the venue for guests to make conversat...
RABQSA International Inc
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Dick Johnson …Australia's most successful Touring Car Driver....
Dick Johnson is Australia's most successful Touring Car Driver of the past decade. He is a three time winner of Bathurst and five time victor of the Australian Touring Car Champion...
Highly recommended. Dick was well received by our conference delegates. His after dinner speech was very entertaining. We had many existing fans in the audience, but Dick also made...
Krone
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Michael Johnson … the world's greaest ever 200m/400m sprinter....
The best 200/400 meter sprinter in the history of the sport of track & field. Johnson’s progressions through the ranks of track and field were swift and stunning! A dual event worl...
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Dean Jones ...former cricketing great....
An exciting, aggressive and flamboyant right handed Victorian batsman, Dean Jones came to dominate the one-day version of the game in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Jones was b...
I don’t need to write a lot. I am NOT a cricketing guru nor do I follow it so I had no preconceptions. Dean talked a bit about cricket and lot about Partnership, teamwork and trus...
BT/Westpac
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Dean Karnazes ...ultramarathon man....
Speaker, Bestselling Author, Athlete, Entrepreneur...
Dean Karnazes was named by TIME magazine as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2006. The January...
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Phil Kearns …leading Wallaby....
Phil Kearns is, without a doubt, one of Rugby’s most famous and respected sons.
Phil’s comeback to the Wallaby side after an 18 month battle to overcome Achilles and knee in...
Phil Kearns was the guest speaker at the Carbine Club of WA Rugby Luncheon held in Perth on the eve of the Wallabies vs Fiji Test Match played on the 9th June 2007. The Luncheon wa...
Carbine Club of Western Australia
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Peter Keenan ..the court jester of Australian sport....
Peter 'Crackers' Keenan is the popular court jester of Australian sport. Throughout his Australian Rules Football career he was known as a larrikan, both on and off the field, and ...
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Sam Kekovich …flamboyant AFL personality....
“You know it makes sense, I’m Sam Kekovich”. This is not only the title of his top selling book, but has also become the catchcry of the flamboyant AFL personality, Slammin’ Sam K...
Sam was definitely the highlight of our conference.
Institute of Chartered Accountants
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Ann-Maree Kerry … talent and diversity...
Ann-Maree Kerry is one of the pioneers of Australian cable TV.
When the “on air” light switched on for the first time on January 26, 1995 she was a member of the four person panel...
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David Kirk …CEO of Fairfax Group and World Cup winning rugby player....
Chief Executive Officer
Fairfax Media Limited
David Kirk was appointed CEO of Fairfax Media Limited, Australasia's largest media company, in October 2005.
Fairfax Media pu...
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Michael Klim ...a major star of Australian swimming....
Michael Klim entered the international spotlight after a stunning performance at the FINA 1998 World Swimming Championships.
There he won 7 medals from 7 starts, four of them wer...
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John Konrads …one of the all time great swimmers....
John Konrads represents a unique mix of sporting legend and senior business executive.
He astounded the sporting world when at the age of 15 he broke all world freestyle recor...
Your presentation was great and you fell into the role of Mater of Ceremonies perfectly
Australian Business Annual Dinner
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Daniel Kowalski …champion swimmer....
When the United Nations asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a world sporting personality to speak to their General Assembly on behalf of Australian and World athlet...
Daniel was an excellent speaker with the right amount of humour. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed his talk about his experience particularly in view of the fact that we were right in th...
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Justin Langer …former Australian Test cricketer....
Until the announcement of his retirement from test cricket in 2007 Justin Langer was one of Australia’s great top-order batsmen. Originally playing at number 3 he moved to opener ...
Justin was very good.
AMP
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Stephen Larkham ...one of the modern day heroes of Australian Rugby....
Steve Larkham is arguably the greatest Test flyhalf in the history of the game. Steve continues to redefine the flyhalf role and his reputation as a game breaker continues to grow ...
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Laurie Lawrence …the super motivator....
There would be few, who do not know of Laurie Lawrence or his spirited personality, his sense of humour or his zest for life. For those who know him well there would be no disputin...
Laurie had everybody hanging on every word he said. He is a true profesisonal, a great team player, and a very down to earth likeable person.
AGL Energy Sales and Marketing
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Bill Lawry …a brilliant cricketer....
Bill Lawry is acclaimed as one of Australia's most successful opening batsman. Nicknamed "The Phantom", Bill topped the aggregates and averages on his maiden tour with 420 runs at ...
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Darren Lehmann … superbly talented cricketer....
A superbly talented player, the stockily-built Darren Lehmann is a free-scoring left-handed batsman, and an underestimated left-arm orthodox spin bowler. As an out-and-out strokepl...
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Libby Lenton …upcoming star of the Australian Swimming Team....
Libby is one of the newest and brightest stars on the Australian Swimming Team.
She is currently a member of the Australian Women's Olympic swim team, an Athens gold medalist, ...
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Karni Liddell …courage, determination and achievement....
Karni Liddell has already established herself as one of Australia's most successful and well-respected Paralympic swimmers of our time.
Karni's journey to success began a lot di...
Great positive feedback from attendees
Austar Entertainment Pty Ltd
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Dennis Lillee …Australia's fastest bowler...
Dennis Lillee, considered by many to have been "the complete bowler", was the heart of Australia's attack for more than a decade. Through a combination of ability, showmanship and ...
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Jason Little …World Cup rugby champion....
Jason Little will be remembered as one of the finest rugby backs Australian rugby has produced. He made his Test debut in 1989 and played his 75th and final Test for Australia when...
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Brent Livermore …Australian Olympic hockey gold medallist....
Brent Livermore is the most experienced member of the Kookaburras team and a part of the squad's leadership group.
A versatile midfielder who combines excellent elimination ski...
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Graham Lowe …Rugby League coaching great....
An inspirational rugby league coach, Graham Lowe gained an enormous amount of respect from both those who played under him and those who looked on. He is the only coach of rugby le...
Graham Lowe is a straight shooter who's achieved much success in sports and business, before overcoming considerable health problems. Our audience warmed to his often humorous stor...
EMA
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Ian Luff ...highly acclaimed motoring expert....
Ian Luff is a highly acclaimed motoring expert, race driver, journalist. TV commentator and professional public speaker. Ian has been involved in post licence driver education and ...
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Alastair Lynch … all-time AFL great....
Alastair Lynch will be remembered as one of the all-time greats of AFL football after a career which spanned 17 years and 306 games at the highest level. He was a former captain an...
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Warren Macdonald …a wake up call for those feeling beaten....
Warren Macdonald became trapped beneath a one tonne slab of rock while climbing Queensland's Hinchcliffe Island. Two days later he was...
Once I got going I couldn't put it down! It had me quite moved, in tears in fact at a couple of places…needs to be widely read by everyone, not just climbers.
Doug Scott
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John Maclean … an inspiration in sport and the community....
If there was ever a man to understand and inspire children who use wheelchairs in Australia it’s John Maclean. At age 22, John was tragically hit by a truck in his hometown of Penr...
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Rod Macqueen … legendary former coach of the Wallabies....
Rod Macqueen moves effortlessly through the worlds of sport and business. He is recognised and respected for his unusual yet effective mix of skills. A lateral thinker and innovato...
Rod, at the end of the workshop we asked the team what they would take away from the conference. Nearly all feedback had some element of your talk in it. All were very motivated by...
Telstra
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Katie Mactier …rising Australian cyclist....
A former triathlete, Katie Mactier has had a major impact on female track and road cycling since taking up the sport in 1998.
Despite breaking her collarbone in her first race, ...
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Ashley Mallett … Australia's greatest off-spinner....
Ashley Mallett is a name synonymous with cricket in Australia. He is Australia's most successful spinner after Richie Benaud and before Shane Warne, playing Test cricket, from 196...
I highly commend to you Ashley Mallett as an excellent guest speaker. I have now seen him at three different events.
I was most impressed by his ability to engage and connect wi...
SA Writers' Centre Inc
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Christi Malthouse ...highly respected AFL reporter....
The Malthouse name is one of football’s most famous, and Christi is continuing the tradition as a highly respected reporter and boundary rider of Channel Ten's AFL coverage.
Chr...
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Mick Malthouse ...legendary AFL player and coach....
Mick Malthouse is one of the most influential figures in Australian Rules football. A premiership player, a two time premiership coach, and the current coach of the Collingwood Fo...
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Russell Mark …Sydney Olympics shooting gold medal....
Russell Mark won a Gold Medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games when he set an Olympic Record of 189 from 200 in the Men's Double Trap competition.
Russell is the only athlete i...
[Russell] was passionate and humorous and really involved you in his story. He was very professional.
Nubrik Pty Ltd
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Susie Maroney ..the first person to swim from Cuba to the USA....
In 1997 Australian champion marathon swimmer Susie Maroney made world headlines again with her record-breaking swim of the Florida Straits - becoming the first person to swim from ...
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Rod Marsh … iron gloves....
Marsh was dubbed "Iron Gloves" after making an inauspicious Test debut against England in 1970/71. Before long those critics were left eating their words and the Australian's haul ...
Rod Marsh’s speech was well-suited to the audience of 400 pax oil industry executives. It was funny, well tuned and gave an insight into the conditions under which our top crickete...
APPEA
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Kirstie Marshall …world-class skier....
Australia's first world champion skier, Kirstie Marshall, has been Australian Skier of the Year six times, and won seventeen different World Cup gold medals.
In 1998, Australi...
Considering this was her first time as MC, she was magnificent.
Australian Kidney Foundation, VIC
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Leigh Matthews …life as a player and a coach....
Leigh Matthews' career as both footballer and coach has been crowned with success. During his 16 years as a player with the Hawthorn Football Club he captained the team, led it to ...
Leigh was excellent, and made our event very memorable.
Powercor Australia
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Jason McCartney ... an inspirational story. ...
Jason McCartney became the hero of the horrific Bali Bombings; the embodiment of the Australian ‘never say die’ attitude.
Despite suffering second degree burns to over 50% of h...
Excellent. Jason exceeded our expectations. He touched the audience through his genuine, honest and moving presentation. Jason told his story as if he was amongst friends and family.
HBA
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John McEnroe … seven times grand slam singles champion....
John McEnroe embodies the American spirit. For two decades, he set an unparalleled standard of excellence both on and off the court. His pursuit of perfection and intensity to win ...
Having John McEnroe personally attend our marquee was a huge hit with our clients, a unique experience which they will take away with them.
Danielle Smith, Merrill Lynch
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