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Date: 3rd February 2009
Venue: Deloitte Offices
Guest SpeakerBarry O'Farrell MP
NSW Liberal Leader Determined to make a contribution, Barry worked as a public policy advisor at both the State and Federal levels in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He also served as NSW State Director of the Liberal Party in the mid 1990s. Barry was elected to NSW Parliament in 1995 and now represents the electorate of
Ku-ring-gai. In his inaugural speech to Parliament, Barry said: “I am proud of the fact that my Party is the only political party not beholden to sectional interests. We do not kowtow to business, labour or rural interests. Instead, we represent each equally... This whole-of-community representation is what allows us to make decisions based on what is right, not on what is demanded of us.”
After holding key posts, such as Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Transport Minister, Barry was elected unopposed by his Liberal colleagues as NSW Liberal Leader in April 2007. Since becoming NSW Liberal Leader, Barry has championed several key issues on behalf of the people of NSW and forced Labor’s hand on: - improving child protection services;
- protecting whistleblowers and other accountability measures;
- ensuring the public interest was served in any electricity asset sale, and;
- confronting Labor’s financial mess, such as NSW’s $42 billion debt - or $6,000 per person.
Barry has also led significant reform of the NSW Division of the Liberal Party to ensure it is united and effective, and prepared for government.
www.barryofarrell.com.au John Mangos
Senior Anchorman with Sky News AustraliaPopular television newsman, John Mangos, has been a familiar face on Australian television screens for almost thirty years. He is currently a senior anchorman with SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA, a post he’s held since the 24-hour news channel was launched in 1996. He is also a weekly regular on Australia’s leading breakfast program, the Seven Network’s Sunrise. And he’s a regular afternoon host on top rating Sydney talkback radio station 2UE. A widely respected newscaster, John spent 14 years with National Nine News where he worked in the Federal Parliamentary press gallery and as the NSW state political correspondent before he became the network’s United States correspondent based in Los Angeles. John returned from the United States at the request of the “King of Australian television”, Graham Kennedy, to co-host the top rating nightly Coast to Coast news program. John went on to make documentaries for the Nine Network as well as hosting the Our World series on Sunday nights. At that time he was a guest host of Nine’s Today show and the Midday show. He then moved to Network Ten to present the Eyewitness news, but a year later was lured back to his old stomping ground at Nine for the irresistible chance to be an international roving reporter for the Midday show. John’s long and distinguished career was rewarded when the Seven Network offered him his own chat show, “At Home with John Mangos”, which aired nationally for two years. This wasn’t enough for John who is known in television circles for his boundless energy and enthusiasm. John became a breakfast announcer on Sydney radio station 2KY, launched the new cable station, Greek Australian Television on OptusVision, and hosted a twice-weekly current affairs program, Straight Talk. John lives in Sydney and runs his own media consultancy, Megisti Media.
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