The best lesson my parents taught me and my brother was a simple one: be curious.
Everywhere I go in this unique city, I meet people who are curious and passionate about the decisions that shape our community.
Canberra’s north rewards the curious. I've set out to build trust and engagement in the representative process and the people of Fenner teach me more about what that means every day.
ANDREW LEIGH MP
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR FENNER
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR TREASURY
SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS
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Jan 15, 2022
CHARITIES ARE SICK OF FIGHTING OFF ATTACKS BY MORRISON GOVERNMENT The Guardian, 15 January 2022 One of the key steps in the autocrats’ playbook is to suffocate civil society. From Venezuela to Belarus, elected leaders who have overseen a democratic decline have harassed volunteers, shut down community groups, and curtailed...
Jan 08, 2022
WHAT BOOKS OUR LEADERS SHOULD BE READING... AND WHY The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 2022 Forced into teenage work to support his family, John Curtin made up for his lack of formal education with a lifetime of reading. As a young man, he would stay late at the Melbourne...
Jan 04, 2022
TOO SLOW IN A FAST WORLD Daily Telegraph, 4 January 2022 Sports stars are getting more remarkable every year. In 1950, no-one in history had run a four-minute mile. Now, there are more than a dozen high school students who have managed the feat. In 1950, the bench press world...
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