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Phillip Adams
Phillip Adams
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Billed as the "godfather of the Australian film industry", Phillip Adams was elected one of Australia's 100 National Living Treasures in the inaugural ... more

Duncan Armstrong
Duncan Armstrong
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Duncan Armstrong became a household name in Australia when he claimed one of only 3 Olympic Gold medals Australia won at the Seoul Games in 1988. Dunc ... more

Ron Barassi
Ron Barassi
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Over a period of a quarter of a century, Ron has appeared in Grand Finals as a player, vice captain, captain and coach, two out of every three years. ... more

Paul Barry
Paul Barry
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Paul Barry is an award-winning journalist and a best-selling author with a formidable reputation for uncovering scandal, investigating crime, exposing ... more

Kevin Bartlett
Kevin Bartlett
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

As one of this country's most legendary sportsmen, Kevin Bartlett is also one of Melbourne's most respected and experienced broadcasters. Having comme ... more

Jordan Belfort
Jordan Belfort
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Travels from:: USA

In the 1990s, Jordan Belfort built one of the most dynamic and successful sales-organisations in Wall Street history. To this day, his proprietary sal ... more

James Bellini
James Bellini
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Travels from:: UK

James describes himself as 'an historian of the future' with a close interest in key strategic challenges facing current and future management up to H ... more

Mark Beretta
Mark Beretta
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Mark Beretta is doing what he loves most - talking about sport. Mark presents the breaking sport stories of the day, as sport presenter for Seven's 6p ... more

Beyond Corporate Mastery
Beyond Corporate Mastery
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Presented by James Morrison & Professor Jim Bright Beyond Corporate Mastery is Improvisation and Innovation for Successful Enterprises Introducing a ... more

Ngahihi Bidois
Ngahihi Bidois
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Travels from:: New Zealand

Ngahihi o te ra Bidois is an International Speaker who has been described as a Modern day Warrior. He has many years of speaking and leadership experi ... more

Tony Bilson
Tony Bilson
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Tony Bilson, the 'Godfather of Australian Cuisine', has dedicated his life to the pursuit of excellence in gastronomy. He has been recognised as one o ... more

Glen Boss
Glen Boss
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Glen explores his career which spanned from suffering a broken neck 5 years ago, facing the prospect of never walking again and developing the focus t ... more

Richard Branson
Richard Branson
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Travels from:: UK

The face, spirit, and entrepreneurial mastermind behind Virgin, one of the world's most dynamic brands, Richard Branson is known for his unique vision ... more

Billy Brownless
Billy Brownless
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Loveable larrikin Billy Brownless has been entertaining sports fans since he first pulled on the blue hoops of Geelong. Billy Brownless pursues an act ... more

Cathy Burke
Cathy Burke
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Cathy Burke is a leader at the cutting edge of a social and economic transformation taking place on our planet. She has been the CEO for The Hunger P ... more

Sam Cawthorn
Sam Cawthorn
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Sam Cawthorn Young Australian of the year for Tasmanina 2009 will take you on a journey... discover Sam for yourself as a speaker for your event in ... more

Comic Roasts
Comic Roasts
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

It's flavour of the year. It's unique. It's original. One-off satirical musical comedy for your event. These guys would be great help MC the evening. ... more

Tim Costello
Tim Costello
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Tim Costello is one of Australia's leading voices on social justice issues. Tim Costello's taken a prominent role in national debates on issues such a ... more

David Cummings
David Cummings
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

David Cummings specialises in hoaxes. How does it work? David appears as an Englishman, because Australians especially hate being patronised by poms. ... more

Jon Dee
Jon Dee
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Jon Dee is one of Australia's most influential figures on environmental issues. Internationally, Jon Dee is best known as the founder of Planet Ark, ' ... more

Anh Do
Anh Do
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Anh Do is one of Australia's most popular and well- loved comedians. He's done over 1500 comedy performances throughout Australia and Overseas. Anh's ... more

Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
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Travels from:: South Australia

Alexander Downer has earned respect all around the World as a man committed to making the World a better place and has enhanced Australia's position i ... more

Mark Ella
Mark Ella
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

The name Ella is synonymous with Rugby Union. Mark Ella played for Sydney, New South Wales and represented Australia 25 times, and Captained 10 sides ... more

Will Elrick
Will Elrick
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Will has climbed, trekked and travelled to some of the highest and isolated rugged places in the world, with only the use of one leg and his crutches. ... more

Allan Fels
Allan Fels
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Professor Allan Fels is an Australian economist, lawyer and public servant. He was most widely known in his role as chairman of the Australian Competi ... more

Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Peter FitzSimons is a well respected columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and London Daily Telegraph, television presenter on Fox Sports, speaks fo ... more

Frank Furness
Frank Furness
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Travels from:: UK

Frank Furness is a sought after motivational speaker. His lively, enthusiastic and humorous style together with his sales and management ideas has ins ... more

Tim Gard
Tim Gard
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Travels from:: USA

Tim Gard is a drop-dead funny, laugh-out-loud humorist, who teaches audiences to look at life through the lens of what he calls a Comic Vision. A lead ... more

Yossi Ghinsberg
Yossi Ghinsberg
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Author of Jungle and Laws of the Jungle, Yossi Ghinsberg is one of the most compelling speakers of his generation. His messages are inspirational and ... more

Libbi Gorr
Libbi Gorr
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Libbi Gorr is one of Australia's most loved comic performers. Her unique speaking and creative skills have built an amazing career spanning radio, tel ... more

Jeff Green
Jeff Green
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Award-winning British comedian Jeff Green has become a well known face and voice on Australian TV and radio since arriving for his first Melbourne Int ... more

Peter Hadfield
Peter Hadfield
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Peter Hadfield is a person, like many high achieving Australians, whose achievements have remained largely unnoticed. He has been described as "Austra ... more

Ray Hadley
Ray Hadley
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Ray Hadley has been named Australia's best Radio Sports Broadcaster for 5 of the past 10 years. The radio industry awards are known as the "Rawards" a ... more

Wil Hagon
Wil Hagon
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Freelance motoring journalist, broadcaster and author. Motor racing commentator, in Australia and England for 32 years. Worked for all free-to-air TV ... more

Chris Handy
Chris Handy
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

The affable Chris Handy belies the reputation that he developed on the rugby field. As a barrel-chested prop forward 'Buddha' Handy created mayhem on ... more

Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Wendy Harmer is Australia's best known comedienne. Wendy was the host of the ABC TV series The Big Gig, co-starred in the critically acclaimed World S ... more

Ian Healy
Ian Healy
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Ian Healy was a permanent fixture in the Australian Cricket Team from 1988 to 1999, missing just one Test - because of a broken thumb, and amassing fi ... more

David Helfgott
David Helfgott
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

It seems that David Helfgott was born to be a musician.
In his teens he won the state final of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's In ... more

Iain Hewitson
Iain Hewitson
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Bursting onto the television screen in 1992 as the chef of the Ten Network's Healthy, Wealthy & Wise, Iain Hewitson has since taken viewers through fo ... more

Peter Hillary
Peter Hillary
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Travels from:: New Zealand

On the 29th May 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary made the historic first ascent of Mt Everest. To commemorate his father's achievement, Peter Hillary recently ... more

Jim Hopkins
Jim Hopkins
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Travels from:: New Zealand

Once described as a legend in his own larynx Jim refused to be perturbed by the apocalypse; or, for that matter, the fact that the hole in the ozone l ... more

Tim Horan
Tim Horan
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Tim's electrifying pace, solid defence, experience and his uncanny ability to read the game justifies his tag as one of the greatest centres and Walla ... more

Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

The swimmer nicknamed "Skippy" is known to be quite a character and is well liked by the public and his peers. His talent, good looks and personalit ... more

Paul Jennings
Paul Jennings
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Give it a name ... give it a face ... and Paul will be your John Hewson ... Paul Keating ... John Howard ... George Bush ... Ronald Regan ... Maggie T ... more

Alan Jones
Alan Jones
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

The son of Stan Jones, a famous hard living Australian racing star from the immediate post-war era, Alan was fired with a passion for motor racing fro ... more

James and Justin Kayakers

2008 National Geographic Young Adventurers of the Year... James Castrission and Justin Jones reached the sand at New Plymouth on NZ’s north is ... more

Peter Kaye
Peter Kaye
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Peter Kaye is one of Australia's most talented and popular performers at leading corporate functions throughout Australia with his unique comedy imper ... more

Laurie Lawrence
Laurie Lawrence
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Lawrence's impact on the business community has been quite spectacular. He has proven to be uniquely capable of clearly drawing the parallels between ... more

Rob Lilwall
Rob Lilwall
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Travels from:: Asia

In 2004, Rob Lilwall resigned from his job as a geography teacher and decided to do something far more relaxing... cycle from Russia's Far East back t ... more

Catherine Lim
Catherine Lim
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Travels from:: Asia

Catherine Lim is a writer in Singapore. She has published nine collections of short stories, seven novels and a book of poems. Two of her short story ... more

Lucky Seven Swing
Lucky Seven Swing
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Travels from:: South Australia

LUCKY SEVEN is Adelaide's hottest seven piece 50's swing band. These seven misfits combine cool jazz licks with a raw rockabilly style rhythm, which ... more

Sheree Marris
Sheree Marris
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Victorian-based Aquatic Scientist Sheree Marris is one of Australia's youngest environment ambassadors who is committed to educating the community abo ... more

Nigel Marsh
Nigel Marsh
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Nigel's first book "Fat, Forty and Fired" was described by influential business magazine BRW as "one of the best books of 2005". Translated into a num ... more

Jason McCartney
Jason McCartney
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

The hero and face of the Bali Bombings, and a person who epitomises the Australian Fighting Spirit. His story is one of humanity overcoming adversity. ... more

Danny McMaster
Danny McMaster
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

A seasoned world traveller, Danny, one of the world's best impressionists, is now back in his native Australia performing after working the length and ... more

Jeff McMullen
Jeff McMullen
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

An ABC foreign correspondent for almost two decades, a prize winning Four Corners documentary maker, the longest serving Sixty Minutes reporter, and n ... more

Mirror Ball Express
Mirror Ball Express
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Finally, a fresh twist on corporate entertainment! Mirrorball Express is a sonic and visual Disco & Dance spectacular that is guaranteed to fill your ... more

W Mitchell
W Mitchell
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Travels from:: USA

Challenge. We all face challenges of varying degrees every day, whether its professional or personal, large or small, immediate or over time. And chan ... more

James Morrison
James Morrison
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

James has been recognised as one of the most accomplished multi-instrumentalists alive in the world today. Known predominantly as a trumpet player, he ... more

William Mulholland
William Mulholland
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

A lawyer, actor, singer, former professional dancer and member of the original Melbourne cast of "Cats", William cut his teeth in the world of musical ... more

Simon O'Donnell
Simon O'Donnell
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

The sporting career of Simon O'Donnell reads like a schoolboy's dream come true. After excelling in sport at Assumption College in Kilmore, Simon move ... more

Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
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Travels from:: UK

Voted the sexist chef on television, his cooking shows are broadcast in over 50 countries and his cookbooks are bestsellers worldwide. He is the self- ... more

James O'Loghlin
James O'Loghlin
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

James O'Loghlin is one of Australia's leading comedians and media personalities. James' unique background as a commercial and criminal lawyer blended ... more

Joel Ozborn
Joel Ozborn
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Following in the footsteps of Robin Williams and Eddie Izzard, Joel began honing his craft on the streets of Sydney's Circular Quay. Not wanting to re ... more

Clint Paddison
Clint Paddison
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Clint Paddison is one of Australia's finest stand-up comedians. Admired for his fresh and intelligent style of stand up comedy, Clint is a regular at ... more

Chris Patten
Chris Patten
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Travels from:: UK

Lord Patten was appointed Governor of Hong Kong in April 1992, a position he held until 1997, over seeing the return of Hong Kong to China. He was Cha ... more

Wayne Pearce
Wayne Pearce
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Wayne Pearce is a prominent sporting personality who injects interest, humour and hard won success stories into the conference agenda. After seven yea ... more

Pot-Pourri
Pot-Pourri
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Pot-Pourri is 4 stunning singers and a pianist with pizzazz. One of Australia's leading groups they present a varied and exciting repertoire of songs ... more

Rod Quantock
Rod Quantock
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Rod Quantock is a comedian, writer, director and producer with more than twenty years experience working in cabaret, theatre, television, radio, adver ... more

Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
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Travels from:: UK

Ramsay's first years in the kitchen were spent training under culinary luminaries such as Marco Pierre White and Albert Roux in London, after which he ... more

Brett Rutledge
Brett Rutledge
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Brett Rutledge is taking the entertainment scene by storm with his astonishing repertoire of more than 200, on-the-money characterizations of some of ... more

Joel Salom
Joel Salom
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Joel started as a street performer. He spent four years on the road in Australia, Thailand, Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, France and the UK, honi ... more

Anne Sargeant
Anne Sargeant
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Anne's profile just keeps getting higher. She first made a name for herself as Captain of the Australian Netball Team. Almost single-handedly she has ... more

Denise Scott
Denise Scott
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Denise Scott is a favourite with organisers and audiences. She is also an outstanding comedian, writer, performer and presenter. Denise's comedy skil ... more

Mark Skaife
Mark Skaife
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Arguably one of Australia's leading drivers of the 90's and part of the Holden Racing Team, Mark Skaife has an enviable reputation surrounded with suc ... more

Peter Sterling
Peter Sterling
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Peter Sterling has enjoyed one of Australia's most celebrated careers in Rugby League History. As co-host of Channel Nine's The Footy Show, Peter Ste ... more

Richard Stubbs
Richard Stubbs
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Richard Stubbs is most well known as Australia's finest stand-up comedian. His cutting wit and clever delivery makes for rapid-fire entertainment and ... more

David Suzuki
David Suzuki
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Travels from:: Canada

Passionate environmentalist, scientist and media figure, David is a world leader in sustainable ecology and has received consistent international accl ... more

Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

When Australian of the Year for 1999, Mark Taylor retired from international cricket on February 2, 1999, the curtain dropped on an outstanding career ... more

Shelley Taylor-Smith
Shelley Taylor-Smith
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Travels from:: Western Australia

Motivation, Performance and Success expert Shelley Taylor-Smith is one of the World's most renown teachers, best-selling authors and presenters and s ... more

The Leading Men
The Leading Men
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

'The Leading Men' are made up of the biggest names in Australian Music Theatre and are famous for incorporating the great Broadway Showstoppers with a ... more

The Next Step
The Next Step
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

The Next Step is bold, innovative, fresh and guaranteed to impress! This all male group of young performers offer something truly exciting and unique. ... more

The Singing Chefs
The Singing Chefs
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Costumed in Chefs outfits and large European moustaches and armed with an array of kitchen utensils and musical food equipment, The Singing Chefs are ... more

John Tickell
John Tickell
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Dr John Tickell is an extraordinary Australian business success story. He is a medically qualified Doctor who played AFL football with Hawthorn in the ... more

Simon Tupman
Simon Tupman
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Travels from:: Queensland, Australia

Simon Tupman is known internationally for his work with the legal profession. When the occasion calls, he blends his unique legal, corporate and prese ... more

James Valentine
James Valentine
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

James Valentine is a broadcaster and writer with extensive experience in MC - ing and Guest Speaking. James presents Afternoons on 702 ABC Sydney, he ... more

Max Walker
Max Walker
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Travels from:: Victoria, Australia

Max continues to be an exceptional "all rounder". Fast approaching some 4,000 presentations, it is his experience, confidence and ability to deliver t ... more

Doug Walters
Doug Walters
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Doug Walters' popularity as one of Australia's cricketing legends has continued long after his retirement from his first-class cricket career. Today D ... more

Mike Whitney
Mike Whitney
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Mike Whitney is in the fantastic position of making people achieve way beyond they're known abilities. Mike has asked the most feared question in Aust ... more

Sorrel Wilby
Sorrel Wilby
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Award winning adventurer, author photographer, journalist, television presenter, keynote speaker and artist, Sorrel Wilby is a multi-faceted young wom ... more

Tom Williams
Tom Williams
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Travels from:: NSW, Australia

Tom Williams's sawdust-to-stardom tale is the stuff of television legend. Back in 2000 carpenter Williams was listening to the Triple J drive program ... more