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Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh is a Member of the Australian House of Representatives. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University in Canberra. He holds a Harvard PhD and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. Andrew is the author or co-author of ten prior books, on topics including innovation, inequality, community, globalisation and existential risk.

On the sporting front, Andrew is a keen triathlete and ultramarathoner. A supporter of the Indigenous Marathon Foundation, he has run all six world marathon majors and completed an ironman triathlon (3.8-kilometre swim, 180-kilometre cycle, 42.2-kilometre run). His best marathon time is two hours and forty-two minutes, which is the fastest time ever run by a serving Australian politician.

Andrew is the father of three sons—Sebastian, Theodore and Zachary—and lives with his wife Gweneth in Canberra.

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Book Launch – What the Trees See (Melbourne)

Hill of Content Bookshop Level 2, 86 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Hill of Content Bookshop and Monash University Publishing are delighted to invite you to the launch of: What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia...

Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)

Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra

Isabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...