Dr Marianne Jauncey is the Director of the ground breaking Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Sydney. Her work providing people who inject drugs with non judgemental life saving support has its critics but the results are unarguably remarkable.
Marianne’s determination to treat everyone, irrespective of their circumstances, with the same level of dignity and respect is truly inspiring - affording lessons for us all far beyond the drug and alcohol fields.
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#187 Kylie Moore-Gilbert
In 2018 Australian University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert travelled to a routine conference in Iran. What followed is the stuff of nightmares.
Detained on entirely fabricated charges of espionage she was tried, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Her life was never to be the same again…
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#186 Gary Bell
Gary Bell grew up in a slum the son of a penniless miner and sweet factory worker.Â
His early adulthood as an uneducated convicted fraudster, violent football hooligan and homeless drifter didn’t augur well for the highly successful and respected King's Counsel barrister he since became.
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#185 Dianne McGrath
Dianne McGrath trained, and was selected for, a one way trip to Mars.
She also has completed a 40,000 nautical mile round the world yacht race.
So it is fair to say she is both curious and adventurous - but how did she cope with the Five Of My Life challenge?
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#184 Sean Maloney
Sean Maloney is the voice of rugby. For years he has commentated on the game at every level - Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship, World Cups and Lions Tours. You name it, he’s called it. Passionate, knowledgeable, warm and kind - it was a joy to learn about the man behind the mic.
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In the Five Of My Life challenge, author Nigel Marsh chats to people from all walks of life, about the 5 choices - a Film, Book, Song, Place and Possession - that enable them to tell the stories of their lives.
Contact Nigel and discover his books at nigelmarsh.com
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