Scott Ryan was elected as a Senator for Victoria at the 2007 federal election and re-elected in 2013 and 2016. He served in the Abbott ministry as parliamentary secretary for education, and in the Turnbull ministries as minister for vocational education, special minister of state, and minister assisting the prime minister for Cabinet. In 2017 he was elected the twenty-fifth President of the Senate, the youngest person to ever hold the position. Prior to entering parliament, Scott was a consultant in the health and insurance sectors and in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as working as a speechwriter and political adviser, a tutor in politics, and serving as a research fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours from the University of Melbourne. Scott was born in Brisbane in 1973 and raised and educated in Melbourne, where he lives with his wife Helen and two sons.
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Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)
Ashfield Library - Civic Centre
Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSW
Saskia Beudel was in her late fifties when she decided to take on a serious alpine cycling challenge. Peaking is her account of those 111 days. The training, the history...
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Climate & Cartography: Tim Flannery & Sarah Hamylton with Claire O’Rourke
Thirroul District Community Centre
352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul, NSW
Tim Flannery’s A Brief History of Climate Folly looks at the history of the ways humans have been trying—or claiming—to influence the weather for millennia and asks if we can...
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Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival: Lachlan Strahan in Conversation
Empire Cinemas
327 Bong Bong St, Bowral, NSW
Lachlan Strahan is a former diplomat and historian. In his latest book, The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan explores the Australian way of diplomacy and what Australia can do today to forge...
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An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)
Books@Stones
360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLD
Join us at Books@Stones on Monday 3 August, 6:30pm for an in-conversation event with Lelia Green and Susan Danby discussing The Digital Child. Adults spend an average of 44 hours...
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The Digital Child: Lelia Green at Gleebooks
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales
Adults spend an average of 44 hours on screens every week. How do we set up our kids for a healthy digital future? Digital media is sometimes blamed for stunting...
$15
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Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)
Ashfield Library - Civic Centre Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSWSaskia Beudel was in her late fifties when she decided to take on a serious alpine cycling challenge. Peaking is her account of those 111 days. The training, the history...
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Climate & Cartography: Tim Flannery & Sarah Hamylton with Claire O’Rourke
Thirroul District Community Centre 352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul, NSWTim Flannery’s A Brief History of Climate Folly looks at the history of the ways humans have been trying—or claiming—to influence the weather for millennia and asks if we can...
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Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival: Lachlan Strahan in Conversation
Empire Cinemas 327 Bong Bong St, Bowral, NSWLachlan Strahan is a former diplomat and historian. In his latest book, The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan explores the Australian way of diplomacy and what Australia can do today to forge...
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An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)
Books@Stones 360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLDJoin us at Books@Stones on Monday 3 August, 6:30pm for an in-conversation event with Lelia Green and Susan Danby discussing The Digital Child. Adults spend an average of 44 hours...
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The Digital Child: Lelia Green at Gleebooks
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South WalesAdults spend an average of 44 hours on screens every week. How do we set up our kids for a healthy digital future? Digital media is sometimes blamed for stunting...
$15
