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Notable People

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Many alumni are politically active. Four alumni, Justine Elliot, Gary Hardgrave, Julie Owens (studied at Queensland Conservatorium of Music), Ross Vasta, serve in the Federal Parliament; Elliot is also the Parliamentary Secretary for Trade. Alumnus Brett Mason serves in the Australian Senate for Queensland. Five alumni, Aidan McLindon, Phil Reeves, Peta-Kaye Croft, Judy Spence and Andrew Fraser, serve in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland; Fraser was also the 35th deputy premier and 58th treasurer of Queensland. The current Opposition Leader Brisbane City Council, Shayne Sutton, is also alumni.

Prominent journalists include Liz Cantor, who is a Seven News personality and winner of the fifth season of The Mole. Kieran Ricketts is a reporter for the ABC's news/comedy program Hungry Beast. Karen Tso is also a television journalist alumni. In the arts realm, Lucy Decoutere (actress in the Trailer Park Boys), Jeong Ryeo-won, (singer, actress) and Robert Warren (musician) headline the list. Writer David Vernon, as well as photographer Adam Ferguson, are both alumni, as are models Amanda Ware, and Paulina Porizkova (study abroad 1982). In 2011, filmmaker Peter Hegedus was awarded the Griffith University Alumni Recognition Award for his achievements in documentary filmmaking.

Griffith athletes have starred in professional sports and Olympics. Gold Medal Olympians include speed skater Steven Bradbury, cyclist Sara Carrigan, and swimmer Libby Lenton. Other Griffith alumni include artist and political activist Van Thanh Rudd, preacher and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, educationist James Smith Page, engineer and entrepreneur Rajnesh Singh, and birth activist Barbara Vernon.

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