Lexi Sekuless has been gracing screens and theatres at home and abroad since graduating with a Bachelor of Acting from the Royal School of Speech and Drama in 2013.
Karen Coe is a born and bred Canberran. She doesn’t bake, loves Formula 1, and still listens to old school RnB/Hip Hop. She is a former part-time pinup and current online shopping addict.
Louise Taffa started playing “the world’s game” as a Cooma Tiger at age five, in an effort to emulate her cool older brother. Football has been part of her life ever since....
Laurie Blackall, Neighbourhood Watch ACT President
Long-time Canberra resident, Laurence “Laurie” Blackall, has finished his first full year as President of Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) ACT. Laurie was first involved in NHW in 1989...
After a lifetime in the public service and a life-changing two-year stint in the remote community of Maningrida as a Remote Development Manager with AFLNT, Damian Tuck has returned to Canberra and...
Young Canberra Citizen of the Year 2020
Rose Clifford wasn’t Canberra born and raised but is proud to call the national capital home after relocating here at the start of her high school...
Helen Machalias moved to Canberra in early 2018 to join YWCA Canberra as Executive Director, Communication, Advocacy and Engagement. This role allows her to pursue her passion for women’s leadership and violence...
Dr Steph McLennan is an Antarctic geoscientist at Geoscience Australia. Her research focuses on the impacts of people on fragile ice-free landscapes in Antarctica.
Dr Emma Campbell is the CEO of the ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS), taking up the role in January this year. Emma has a dynamic and diverse work portfolio and a...
Alicia Payne was elected to the redistributed Federal seat of Canberra at the 2019 Federal election. She grew up in Canberra and now lives in O’Connor.
Named the 2020 ACT Woman of the Year earlier this year, Cindy Reese Mitchell is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Mill House Ventures. Having migrated to Australia in 2003, Cindy...
Lifeline Canberra CEO Carrie Leeson is the first person I’m sharing a hot drink – and some intimate conversation – with to kick off my new series, Canberrans in Cars Getting Coffee....
Felicity Volk’s second novel, Desire Lines, set largely in Canberra, has just been published. A long-term Canberra resident, Felicity arrived in 1989 to join the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. After...
Director of The Mill Architecture + Design, Shannon Battisson is the new ACT President of the Australian Institute of Architects. With over 14 years of experience, her projects span local Canberra projects,...
A set designer for over 20 years, Julie Skate opted for a change of careers, completing a Masters of Art and Culture Management, Masters of Art History and a post-grad in Indigenous...
Luke Heggie is a comedian from Queensland who lives in Sydney. He tours a lot, and has written and performed a new one-hour show every year since 2012 for the Australian comedy...
Born and raised in Canberra, Sally Coleman is one half of rap duo Coda Conduct and a radio presenter at Triple J. She and fellow Canberran Erica Mallett have recently taken over...
Nicola Carey is part of Australia’s 15-player squad for the ICC T20 World Cup which is being held in Australia from 21 February to 8 March, and includes five games at Manuka...
Kim Cunio
Associate Professor and Head of the School of Music, ANU
Photo Kerrie Brewer
My name is Kim Cunio and I have the joy to be the custodian of our beloved ANU School of...
Bree Element is a natural born storyteller.
Bree writes stories, speaks in stories, thinks in stories, and sees them
everywhere.
To paraphrase Good Will Hunting, when Beethoven or Mozart looked at a piano, it made...
Christine Marr is the CEO of Bookssorted and was named the Canberra Women in Business 2019 Business Woman of the Year. In 2003, Christine’s husband was offered work in Canberra and while...
