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BRITTANY BROBEN, 17, DIVERShe was Australia's youngestcompetitor at the London Olympics butthe then 16-year-old schoolgirl fromMarymount College on the Gold Coastshowed some of her more experiencedteammates what performing underpressure was all about. When Broben

stood on the edge of the 10-metreplatform before her final dive, herlegs were shaking so much shethought she might fall. Knowingshe needed to nail a backward 2.5somersault 1.5 twister to win a medal,she pulled off the dive of her life andscored 81.80 to take second place.Critics of the team say there weresome Australians who lost gold inLondon. Broben won silver. MC

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From fashion to food, science to sport,Queensland's talent pool runs deep. Here's

our 201 2 selection of 50 bright sparks.

Photography David Kelly & Russell Shakespeare

BEN WILLIAMSON, 32, CHEFWilliamson's modern take on MiddleEastern fare is a hit with Queenslanddiners. The Perth native, who mans thepans at Gerard's Bistro in FortitudeValley, fell in love with Middle Easterncookery after spending five years inBahrain crafting menus for Gulf Air'sfirst-class passengers. "The traditionalcuisine has such depth of flavour anda lot of mystery, and is quite beautiful,but not a lot has changed," Williamsonsays. "I wanted to evolve it intosomething starkly modern." A recentcollaboration with tea maven May KingTsang has cemented Williamson'sreputation as a culinary talent towatch, wowing gourmands with a tea-matched degustation. SR

PROFESSOR DOUNEMcDONALD, 53, ACADEMICAs lead writer for the new health andphysical education curriculum to beimplemented across Australia in 2014,the head of the School of HumanMovement Studies at the Universityof Queensland has incorporated intoher own life many of the values sheespouses. "This is a positive approachto health, rather than emphasising thestudy of disease," McDonald says."The key question is, 'What keeps ushealthy and active?' All Australianchildren have the right to learn how tolead healthy, active lives, [and] giventhe breadth of HPE, it can helppromote children's physical, mental,social and emotional wellbeing." SJ





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*AMR BLAIR., 41, FILMMAKER

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b.' Coyle theatre for the film's hometownopening. "All the psophs I grew up withkL Rodcy were ...9.aying, Vh, Wayne,

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PROFESSOR LORRAINEMAZEROLLE, 48, EXPERIMENTALCRIMINOLOGISTMazerolle, based at the Institute forSocial Science Research at theUniversity of Queensland, is the onlyexperimental criminologist to beawarded a five-year AustralianResearch Council Laureate Fellowship.

She is working with Queensland Police,

Education Queensland and ChildSafety Services on a trial with 100Brisbane disadvantaged families toaddress serial truancy, help childrenback into education, reduce crime anddelinquency and support families."These scientifically rigorous fieldtrials are the best way to build soundevidence-based policy, because a lotof policy is not built on scientificevidence," says the mother of two."You can do harm if you implementprograms that don't work." LE

BREN DON, 33, & CRISTY, 32,LEVENSON, GYM OWNERSThe largest fitness club operator inAustralasia, with a projected turnoverof $118 million this financial year, it'slittle wonder the Levensons' businesspicked up the No 1 spot in this year'sBRW Fast Franchises. Last week,Brendon was named Ernst & YoungEmerging Australian Entrepreneurof the Year. The Sunshine Coastcouple, former Australian beachsprint champions, bought their firstsmall gym in 2003. The idea behindJetts was its no-contract, 24/7 model,with members able to go to anygym, anywhere. "We didn't plan onnaming the business after our sonJett [now 7], but we couldn't thinkof a better name," says Cristy. Thefamily - which also includes sonJesse, 5 - lives at Peregian Beach. SJ

DR ADAM KEREZSY, 44,AQUATIC ECOLOGISTThis scientist's obsession with, anddedication to, a tiny endangered fishin remote Queensland has not only

thrown it a lifeline but also put it onthe world stage. Kerezsy commutesweek-about to Edgbaston Reserve,1177km north-west of Brisbane, toresearch the 3cm-long red-finnedblue-eye, which lives in only four of thereserve's 100 springs fed by the Great

Artesian Basin. Kerezsy's work hasseen the humble little fish included ina respected international list of the 100species most likely to become extinct.Kerezsy hopes to get governmentsupport to begin a captive breedingprogram for the fish next year. MB

ALISTER McDERMOTT , 21,CRICKETERWhen he began taking wickets for theGold Coast's The Southport Schoolhe was invariably referred to as "CraigMcDermott's son". If his careercontinues on its current trajectory,Australia's Test fast bowler of thelate 1980s and early '90s will soonbe known as "Alister McDermott'sfather". Brisbane Heat MVP andleading wicket-taker in the 2011-12national one-day series, McDermottthe younger ended last seasonplaying for Australia in a limited-overseries against Pakistan. MC

ALYSSA AZAR, 16,ADVENTURERIf Azar reaches the summit of MtEverest (8848m) in May 2014, she'llnot only be the youngest Australianto do so but the youngest female,globally. And odds would have to beon the Toowoomba teen making it.Alyssa began hiking around theranges near Toowoomba aged five,joining dad Glenn (who runs anexpedition company) on trainingwalks. At eight she was the youngestperson to walk the Kokoda Track,she ticked off Mt Everest base camp(5364m) aged ten and at 12 climbedMt Kosciuszko (2228m) andAustralia's ten highest peaks. Lastyear, aged 14, Azar conqueredTanzania's Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m),all while doing Year 11 as a home-schooler. And how do you top

knocking off the world's tallestpeak? By climbing the loftiestsummits of each of the sevencontinents, of course. MB

ALEJANDRO CANCINO,28, CHEFDespite working with meat each day,Cancino strives to remain devotedto both his chef profession andpersonal vegan philosophy. TheArgentinean, who won UK YoungChef of the Year in 2008, honed hispared-back molecular gastronomystyle in some of the world's bestkitchens, including Noma inCopenhagen, Denmark, and tookthe helm of Urbane in Brisbane'sCBD in May. He's upfront about hisambitions to eventually open a high-end vegan restaurant in Queensland,and one day hopes to work intelevision to promote environmentalsustainability. For now, Cancino,who lives in inner-north Newsteadwith his wife, relishes having fullcreative control of a kitchen, andsays that his thoughts never strayfar from food. "I finish service,and boom, straightaway I amexperimenting," he says. SR

SAMANTHA GALL,37, TEACHERFor 11 years. Brisbane s Gall hasworked with students expelled fromQueensland schools in a programbridging the Salvation Army's YouthOutreach Service and the city's StJames College. In that time she'sgiven a second chance to about 300troubled kids, about two-thirds ofwhom have graduated from Year12 and many have gone on tosuccessful careers. Gall says thestudents might have had drug and/or alcohol problems, a brush withcrime or suffered extreme bullying,but all want to continue theireducation. "They all see thateducation is their best chance ofturning things around," she says MB I





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MIRIAM GIBSON, 34,SOMMELIERMiriam Gibson sits among the cherryblossom motifs in one of Brisbane'spremier Japanese restaurants, Sake,talking about its namesake. It's a longway from where the former actressbegan her career with direct wineretailer Cellarmasters, which wouldhire young actors to spruik its wares.

When she travelled to London,at 24, Gibson again hooked up withCellarmasters. That led to a diploma

from the Wine and Spirit EducationTrust and soon after she landed aposition at Zuma, a smart Japaneserestaurant in London. Zuma's sakeexpert, Sayaka Watanabe, took theyoung sommelier under her wing andafter closing each night they'd pour aglass of wine and a glass of sake andtrade knowledge. Gibson was so takenwith the tipple made from fermentedrice that she travelled to New York tobecome a Certified Sake Professional

through the Sake Education Council.Gibson is aware that some badly

made sake has left many drinkerswith the misapprehension that it islittle better than "firewater", and sincereturning to Australia two years agoshe's been on a mission to changethat perception.

Her experience and practisedpalate could have taken her toSydney or Melbourne where thereare far more sake merchants andfood ies, but she says simply:"I like Brisbane". LEISA SCOTT

JAMIE TEH, 28, & MICHAELCURRAN, 29, SOFTWAREDESIGNERS FOR THE BLINDA friendship forged in primary schoolat a music camp for the blind is thepower behind software that enablesthe visually impaired to accessinternet sites free of charge. JamieTeh's and Michael Curran's NonVisualDesktop Access software has been

downloaded 71,000 times andtranslated into more than 40languages. The program givesaudio to whatever words the cursortouches, allowing blind people tohear what other internet users see. LS

MICHAEL COOK, 44, ARTISTNamed visual artist of the year at the2008 Deadly Awards for indigenousachievement in the arts, sport andcommunity, Cook is now feted for hishighly stylised photographic tableaux,mixing historical and indigenousimagery. He has been lauded this yearwith several critically acclaimed soloshows, including one at the OctoberGallery in London. His work featuresin the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial ofContemporary Art, which opens atBrisbane's Gallery of Modern Arttoday. Next year Cook expects tocomplete a new series of works basedon early voyages to Australia. PB





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VERNON AH KEE, 45, ARTISTThis Innisfail-born indigenous artist'ssearing portraits have earned him aninternational reputation, but he mostvalues the opinions of those closer tohome. "I make work for my family," AhKee says. "If they understand it, I'mhappy. My work is geared towardsmaking blackfellas feel stronger andbetter." This year, Brisbane-based AhKee visited the US for a residency and

exhibition at the University of Virginia in

Charlottesville, Virginia. His travelstook in Canada and the UK and hewas named Visual Artist of the Year

at the 18th annual Deadly Awards. Healso showed new work at an exhibitionat Milani Gallery in Brisbane's inner-east Woolloongabba, and his large,extraordinarily detailed charcoaland crayon portraits featured in theexhibition Transforming Tindale atthe State Library of Queensland.The show explores Aboriginalidentity based on archival

anthropological photos, includingsome featuring Ah Kee's relatives. PB

KATE ELTHAM, 35, BRISBANEWRFERS FESTIVAL DIRECTOR/ CEO

When Kate Eltham took over runningthe Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF)in October, the first thing she didwas book a holiday in Paris. "I knewmy new job was going to be intense,so I wanted to take some time toreflect," Eltham says. "Since I'vereturned to Brisbane I have hit theground running. It's frantic andwonderful." Eltham was handed thereins by former BWF director JaneO'Hara after six years as CEO ofQueensland Writers Centre. Duringher time at QWC she founded if:bookAustralia, an institute exploring bookfutures and digital media, and isthe brains behind the Clarion SouthWriters Workshop, an internationalresidential workshop for speculativefiction writers. Eltham writes shortstories in that genre and is working

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HARRY GRAEPEL,62, HUMANITARIANOn a 2005 visit to a remote villagein Papua New Guinea, Cairns mathsteacher Harry Graepel asked theschool what he could do to help.A year later he received the answer- books. So by 2007 he rustled up74 boxes of them. Since then he'sset up 63 remote village schools withlibraries and expanded his efforts todesks, chairs, furniture and sportsand IT equipment. Graepel has thisyear shipped two 33 cubic-metrecontainers of gear to PNG, withplans for another two - a significantincrease from the 7m3 of gear hesent in 2009. Within five years hehas established collection points inCairns, Townsville and Brisbane andhas a donor in Bunbury, WA. MB

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JAMES LILLIS, 36,FASHION ENTREPRENEURFour years ago, James Lillis couldbarely afford a secondhand sewingmachine. Today, his multimillion-dollarfashion house despatches designertights to the world from inner-Brisbane's

Fortitude Valley. Black Milk, a whollyonline label, is favoured by pop divasBritney Spears, Jessie J and Kesha.But that, says former lay preacher Lillis,

is not the point. "What our [clients]really want to see is each other in BlackMilk - real girls," he says. "I try to havefun. I think of what we design as justplaying dress-ups, really."

Lillis's leggings may be worncasually but are increasingly teamedwith boots at hip nightspots. Hissignature Galaxy range is based ona NASA photograph of stars andspace dust. Other examples resemblehuman flesh and tissue, while ancienthieroglyphs have been photoshoppedto create an Egyptian stone look.

Lillis arrived in Brisbane from hisnative New Zealand 11 years agoand worked as a labourer, packerand in sales. Next, he tried to exploit

the oratory skills he'd acquired asa Church of Christ layman in hishomeland by setting up a corporatetraining and motivation business. "Itwasn't doing too well," he says. "ThenI decided I wanted to do somethingwith my hands. I had no money. I'dnever sewn before, but I went to CashConverters and traded my CD playerfor a sewing machine. I said: 'I'mgoing to make clothes'."

Lillis bought a few metres of thecheapest fabric he could find - nylonlining - and knocked himself upa shirt. Moreover, a love affair with"stretchy fabric" was kindled. "Id tryclothes on friends, and friends offriends. They started saying, 'I lookgreat. I love this'."

One of Lillis's makeshift modelsgave him his first sale. She insisted

on buying a pair of African-printleggings he had re-cut several timesbefore they fitted. The agreed pricewas $50. "That validation really wasa boost for me," he recalls. "I thought:I can do this."

Black Milk's rapid evolution istestament to Lillis's vision. After

developing a blog to test the market,he progressed to an online storeagainst industry advice. A licensingdeal was recently struck with Lucasfilm- founded by writer/director GeorgeLucas - to produce swimwearfeaturing stylised reproductions ofStar Wars characters.

Lillis manufactures his garments inBrisbane and employs 140 cutting,printing, graphic design, sewing,accounting and administrative staff."Our clothes might cost a little bitmore [leggings average $75]," he says.

"But we're so passionate that I don'tlike the idea of people on the otherside of the world making them." MFC

MARIAM ARCILLA, 31, CO-FOUNDER OF RABBIT+COCOONCULTURAL PRECINCTRabbit+cocoon utilises vacant GoldCoast warehouse space which overthe past year Arcilla and her colleagueshave turned into galleries, art anddesign labs, a cafe and music rehearsal

studios. The Singaporean-bornformer arts administrator is hopingthe precinct will become a majorcultural tourism destination. PB

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KATE MORTON, 36, AUTHORWhen she was lauded at a dinner atthe Frankfurt Book Fair in October,the Brisbane author was thrown. "Itwas all a bit surreal," Morton says.The dinner was to celebrate hersuccess - 7.5 million sales of her threeprevious novels The Shifting Fog(published internationally as TheHouse at Riverton) in 2006, TheForgotten Garden (2008) and TheDistant Hours (2010) - and to toastThe Secret Keeper, published lastmonth. Morton's work is read in 38countries and her Gothic novels haverevived a genre and made publisherAllen & Unwin a lot richer. But themother of two says it's not aboutthe money. "I love what I do." PB

SUE BROWN SC, 46, BARRISTER

Medicine was a likely calling forBrown, as her father was a doctorand mother a nurse, but with a bentfor humanities she enrolled in lawat the University of Queensland.A commercial litigation expert, Brownwas a senior associate with MinterEllison before joining the bar in

1998 and last year was one of threebarristers out of 44 applicants to takesilk. With a master's from CambridgeUniversity, Brown is an advocate ofmentoring budding practitioners. LS

PROFESSOR PETER TIMMS,56, MICROBIOLOGISTTimms, an internationally renownedmicrobiologist at the QueenslandUniversity of Technology's Instituteof Health and Biomedical Innovation,leads a team that has developed avaccine against chlamydial disease inkoalas, a breakthrough that shouldhelp stop the faunal emblem's slide tooblivion. "We can do something herethat's really going to work," he says."Not in 20 years, but potentially in twoto three years we can assist koalapopulations that are under extremethreat of collapse. We can turn themaround and make them stable andhealthy. We can save them."

A sexually transmitted disease,chlamydia can render koalas blindand induce a slow, painful death. Upto 60 per cent of the animals in anyindividual colony are infected, withabout one-fifth of all infections havingprogressed to full-blown disease.

Female infertility - a principaloutcome - leaves the alreadypressured populations struggling toregenerate. (As well as the directeffects of habitat destruction,thousands of urbanised koalas arekilled each year from car strikes anddog attacks.) In the worst chlamydia-affected groups, the reproductive rateis less than one. In other words, thereare more koalas dying than being

born. "Disease," says Timms, "is thesingle big impact on koalas that youcan do something about."

The ultimate hurdle is how todeliver the vaccine en masse. Evenexperienced researchers can havetrouble spotting these notoriously shycreatures. Timms says he intends tostart at the wildlife hospitals. "Weknow that in Queensland, there arebetween 2000 and 5000 koalas a yearbrought in," he says. "It's logical tovaccinate at that point before yourelease them back out. And in smallerwild populations - where there are20 to 50 koalas - if you put value onthem, we can make a change. We'vemade a vaccine that works." M FC

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THELMA PLUM, 17, MUSICIANPlum has been singing and writingsongs as long as she can remember,and her hard work is starting to payoff. A graduate of Brisbane's MusicIndustry College, she received theinaugural Opera House Award foroutstanding promise in the arts atthis year's Deadly Awards and alsowon the inaugural Triple J UnearthedNational Indigenous Music Award.She will release her as-yet-untitleddebut EP early next year. LE

MICHAEL & PETER SPIERIG,36, FILM DIRECTORS,PRODUCERS, WRITERSBuoyed by the success of their 2009film Daybreakers, the identical twinshave been flitting between Brisbaneand Hollywood, planning their nextcinematic adventure. Predestinationagain stars Ethan Hawke (who was inDaybreakers along with Willem Dafoe,Sam Neill and Claudia Karvan)."We've spent 2012 raising finance forthe new film and we start shooting inMelbourne in the new year," Michaelsays. "Then we'll come back toBrisbane to do all the editing andeffects." The key to their success isthe talent and rapport shared by theduo, who go by the professional nameSpierig Brothers. They attended highschool in Brisbane, studied at theQueensland College of Art and started

out filming ads in Brisbane. Theirfirst feature was 2003's Undead. PB

MARGARET JAMES, 59,TEACHER & INDIGENOUSLITERACY ADVOCATEJames created the highly successfulHoney Ant Readers program that usesindigenous languages, song, rhymesand games to help improve literacy instandard English. With a master's in

education and having won this year'sOUT Outstanding Alumni Award, James

works with community elders to interestchildren and adults alike in reading.Since the program launch in 2010,

James has released 20 storybooksin six indigenous languages, as wellas complementary games, activitiesand song resources for teachers."Respecting their language and givingit recognition builds self-respect andself-esteem, which in turn builds upconfidence," she says. LE

SCOTT SPARK, 29, MUSICIAN& RADIO PRODUCERThe pianist and composer's firstalbum, 2010's Fall Like You Mean It,won the Grant McLennan MemorialFellowship last year. This year Scotttook leave from his day job as an ABCradio producer and went to LosAngeles to record a second album,Muscle Memory, due out next year.Critical acclaim is growing - he'sbeen described as the "biologically

impossible offspring" of Ben Foldsand Rufus Wainwright. "I write popsongs about outsmarting death,love, wanderlust and life's variety ofscrew-ups." Spark says. PB

SHANNON YEARDLEY, 34,CHARITY WORKERA year ago, Yeardley put a hold onher career as a psychologist to doa floristry course. Through her workshe had often been touched byclients who worked tirelessly as carers.

"I noticed that often the smallest thing- a moment of validation, or of feelingappreciated - had a tremendousimpact," she says. So Yeardley begandelivering bouquets to hospitals,tucking in little notes as an "an act ofappreciation". Now the Flower ProjectFoundation is a charity with almost100 volunteers and is establishing14 community teams across south-

east Queensland. "Despite what wehear about people becoming moreinsular and self-focused, there arepeople out there who are just a joyto be around," Yeardley says. SJ

DOMINIQUE RIZZO, 40, CHEF& TV HOSTThanks to her Sicilian heritage, cooking

was "as natural as breathing" forRizzo, and her passion for freshproduce made her a natural choice tohost Network Ten cooking show YesChef, which premiered this year. "Theshow has an organic feel. There are noscripts; it's just about getting behindthe scenes and chatting with local andregional chefs about produce andtheir food philosophies," says Rizzo,who published her first cookbook,My Taste of Sicily, last year and hostsguided food tours of Sicily, whichshe describes as her "dream job".A darling of daytime TV food showssuch as Ready Steady Cook, Rizzoco-opened Mondo Organics in2000. Catering for everything fromnightshade allergies to lactose andgluten intolerances, the restaurant ininner-city West End immediately filleda niche in the Brisbane market. SR

TRENT GRIMSEY, 24, OPEN

WATER SWIMMERMany believed the record for a one-way swim of the English Channel setby Petar Stoychev in 2007 wouldnever be beaten, but Trent Grimseywasn't one of them. In September themember of the Lawnton Swim Club,on Brisbane's northern outskirts,broke the Bulgarian's record by 2minutes 50 seconds when he walkedashore at Cap Gris Nez 6 hours 55minutes after leaving ShakespeareBeach, Dover. Four years afterquitting pool swimming, when henarrowly missed selection for theBeijing Olympics in the 1500m, theChannel swim capped an amazingyear for Grimsey. He won the FINAOpen Water Grand Prix with threewins, including a record-breakingcrossing from Capri to Naples.The only downer for the world's top-ranked ultra-marathon swimmer wasmissing qualification for the open-water event at London 2012 dueto illness, but he intends to realisehis Olympic dream at Rio 2016. MC





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CLAIRE HOLT, 24, ACTRESS

Every high school has its shiningstar - the most beautiful girl, themost handsome boy who is alsoacademically gifted. Claire Holt wasthat girl at Stuartholme School inBrisbane's inner-west Toowong: ateenage television star who got upbefore dawn to start filming but whoalso bagged an 0P3 score, puttingher in the state's academic elite.

"I wasn't sure what I wanted todo; my dad's a doctor and I thoughtmaybe I would do medicine," shesays via telephone from Atlanta,Georgia, where she is filming TheVampire Diaries. She's lived in LosAngeles since 2009, but playing therole of the vampire Rebekah meansflitting between LA and Atlanta.

Holt is an accidental Americantelevision star. "I decided in my lastyear of high school I wanted a job inmy spare time that wasn't going tointerfere with studying, but a jobthat paid well, so I started doing abit of modelling," she says. "Myagent told me about this televisionshow ... he suggested I try it out

MICHAEL ZAVROS, 38, ARTISTHe seems to have it all - looks, charm,

a happy family life and successfulcareer. Zavros, who has exhibited inMilan, New York and Paris, lives inBrisbane with wife, curator and writerAlison Kubler, daughters Phoebe, 7,Olympia, 5, and son Leo, 1. Phoebe isDeadIMcQueen won the $150,000Doug Moran National Portrait Prizein 2010. This year, he won theinaugural $80,000 Bulgari Art Award.The Prince exhibition is at theRockhampton Art Gallery, February 16to April 7. "With all that happening,perhaps I should feel a lot happierthan I do," Zavros says. PB

to see if I liked it, and I got the job."She played a mermaid in 52episodes of Network Ten's H20: JustAdd Water. "Mum did so many earlymorning drives from Brisbane to theGold Coast [the series was filmed atSea World, Southport] at 4am, and ifit weren't for her I wouldn't have allthis now," she says. "I studied reallyhard and worked really long hours,both studying and on the show."

Holt grew up in the Brisbaneriverside western suburb of Fig TreePocket with her father Geoff (a cardiacsurgeon at the Wesley Hospital ininner-west Auchenflower), mother

Ann (a former nurse), two sistersand a brother. Her older sisterRachael, 26, is a policy adviser inWashington, and the sisters meetregularly. "It's nice to have somefamily in the States," Holt says.

What are her hopes for 2013? "I'dlike to continue working consistently,in roles that challenge me. I'mshooting here until April and haven'tbeen home since last Christmasso I'd love to take a trip home."

SUSAN JOHNSONQUYNH ANH LE, 38, CO-

FOUNDER, NOJA POWERSWITCHG EARQuynh An h Le grew up in Hanoi. In1997 aged 24, she began an MBA atQueensland University of Technology.After graduating she worked fora switchgear manufacturer. In 2002,with three colleagues, she co-foundedswitchgear company NOJA Power."The name NOJA derives from ourChristian names." she says. Now thecompany has an annual turnover ofmore than $40 million, distributing itsproducts in more than 75 countriesand has just won the QueenslandExporter of the Year Award. SJ





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SIMON KALINOWSKI,34, ENTREPRENEUR &PHILANTHROPISTSometimes, if the weight of work andtough decisions is getting him down,Simon Kalinowski will log on to thewebsite of the Hello Sunday Morningmovement he helped create and findinspiration. The HSM ethos is aboutcurbing reliance on alcohol, skippingthe booze for a week, a month or, asHSM recommends, three months.

After struggling at school,Kalinowski had no idea what to dowith his life. A begging letter tonorthern NSW's Southern CrossUniversity saw him accepted intoa business course. While doing amarketing assignment, he was noticed

by the owner of a pharmaceuticaldistribution business who decided itcould "use my energy".

Kalinowski threw himself into thefull-time job and full-time study - andgot burned out. After four years, "Icottoned on to the fact that I couldreally do something with my life."

At 22, he moved to Brisbane andbought a franchise with an ice-creamcompany but also became involved in

the National Youth Roundtable, afederal government initiative aimed

at tapping into the views of youngpeople. Itchy feet led him to look fora business to which he could addvalue. A business broker suggesteda company then called Weighmaster,which provided software thatcaptured the weight of loads at placessuch as local government tips.Kalinowski changed the businessmodel and the name (to MandalayTechnologies), employed newtechnical staff who developed thesoftware to the point where it nowcaptures one-third of Australia'swaste statistics on a daily basis.

As Mandalay continued toimprove, Kalinowski wanted to giveback to the community, and a chatwith a friend, Chris Raine, now CEOof HSM, led to him helping set upthe project. By now, Kalinowski hadbecome a social drinker and didn'twant alcohol to gain control.

"Every person should committhemselves to assisting anddeveloping their community,"Kalinowski says. "I think it'sa responsibility, not an option." LS

GAIL HARWOOD,31, FASHION DESIGNER

She's conquered Europe, been oneof the select few to design for Target

and has dressed Winona Ryder, Ditavon Teese and Mischa Barton. Nowthe OUT graduate is back in Brisbaneto enchant locals with her brand ofbrooding "dark romanticism", GailSorronda. After three years securingretail footholds in Paris and London,and having her designs stocked inDolce & Gabbana's Spiga2 store inMilan, the former model and stylistpredicts "some exciting projects"with "a national reach" are in theoffing for 2013. MB

PROFESSOR ADELE GREENAC, 59, EPIDEMIOLOGISTThe 2013 Queensland Australian ofthe Year has devoted the past 20years to reducing the impact of skincancer - particularly melanoma, whichis diagnosed in 9000 Australianseach year. A senior researcher at theQueensland Institute of MedicalResearch, Green is working on twomain projects - a long-term studylooking for predictors on who willdevelop invasive melanoma, andanother on high skin cancer ratesamong organ transplant recipients."I'd like to bring a new messageof hope for the future," she says. LE





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JOHN SENDEN, 41, GOLFERAs a 20-something golfing nomadsharing cheap motel rooms andbeat-up cars to play on Queensland's"Tropp° Tour", big things were tippedfor John Senden if he could justimprove his putting and self-belief.After working with coach Ian Triggson those areas for more than 20years, it is fair to say Brisbane-bornSenden is at the top of his game.While his singular US PGA victorywas in 2006, he remains one of theworld's most consistent players.With five Top 10 finishes this season,his $1.9 million in prizemoney tookhis US career earnings to more than$15 million. Based in Texas withAustralian wife Jackie and son Jacob,8, he returns home each year to playthe local circuit. MC

PROFESSOR PENNY WEBB,49, CANCER RESEARCHERPenny Webb's long-runninginterest in preventing and treatinggynaecological cancer is bothscientific and personal. The head ofthe Queensland Institute of MedicalResearch's Gynaecological CancersGroup lost a university friend toovarian cancer and has many otherfriends who have also lost lovedones. Webb, originally from the UK,is running a two-year, world-firststudy into the lifestyle factors thatcould improve quality of life andsurvival rates for women withovarian cancer. About 1200 womenfrom across Australia are beingrecruited for the study. LE

JAYSON GILLHAM,26, PIANISTNow based in London, the winner ofthis year's Commonwealth Musician

CRAIG FRANKLIN,51, PROFESSOR IN ZOOLOGYFish, frogs and reptiles might soundlike an esoteric academic pursuit,

but Craig Franklin's work with themis playing a key role in the world'sresearch into climate change. TheUniversity of Queensland academichas proved small increases intemperature and UV radiation canaffect how "cold-blooded" animalsfunction and survive, with theirbody processes acting asbarometers of the effects ofenvironmental change. Franklin'swork in "conservation physiology"has earned him global accolades; hechairs a branch of the internationalSociety of Experimental Biology, has

written more than 190 scientificpapers, and been published by theLondon-based Royal Society. MB

JACQUELINE HARPER,28, TEACHERJacqueline Harper decided earlyto teach. "I had access to a greateducation and I wanted all studentsto have the same opportunities asI did," says the teacher at the 148-student primary St Michael's Schoolon Palm Island, off the coast ofNorth Queensland. After a stint inItaly as a nanny, an aborted attemptat studying architecture and workingas a governess on a remote cattlestation, Harper decided to tryclassroom teaching. "As soon asI saw [the job advertisement] I knewit was for me ... I've been teachingGrade 3 for two years now and havehad so many great experiences."She recently flew to New York forthe marathon, ruined by HurricaneSandy, but still managed to raisealmost $1000 for the Cathy FreemanFoundation, which supportsindigenous education on PalmIsland. "I even had people donatingmoney after the race was cancelled,"she says. Harper was thrilled forher students. "I want all studentsto believe that they can do anythingthey put their minds to." SJ

JOANNE CROTTY,41, MELANOMA CAMPAIGNERWhen Joanne Crotty lost hercarpenter husband Rohan, 43,to melanoma in 2009, she wantedto create some good out of thetragedy. In the following year,the self-appointed awarenesscampaigner from the RedcliffePeninsula, north of Brisbane, set upnot-for-profit Danger Sun Overheadto educate outdoor workers andemployers about sun safety. Sincethen she has reached thousands ofworkers with workshops at 35 sitesin Queensland, NSW and Victoria,and succeeded in having moreemployers initiate full skin checksfor staff. The former hairdresserand mother-of-four wants to expandher education program into schools,and aims next year to includepreliminary skin assessments bydoctors as part of her workshops. MBI

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LACH LAN MARANTA, 20,RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYERIt's Friday night, June 15, 2012:Brisbane Broncos versus NorthQueensland Cowboys at a seething,intimidating Dairy Farmers Stadium,Townsville. The crowd is baying, thepace is frantic and the locals have theirnoses in front as the referee signalsa penalty Brisbane's way. Cowboys'co-captain, Queensland Origin veteranJohnathan Thurston, 29, playing clubgame number 186, holds on to the ballin order to slow the play and give histeam time to organise their defence.Bronco Lachie Maranta. 20 years oldand playing his second match in thebig time, runs over to grab it.

"That's alright, mate," saysThurston pleasantly as he stepsaway. "I'll take this one."

"And I just went, 'Oh okay'," laughsMaranta as he remembers the moment.

The Broncos' Rookie of the Yearfinished the season with seven first-grade games and two tries - anda determination not to take any more

dummies from the likes of Thurston.He knows he still has a lot to learn butgood judges, including Broncos coachAnthony Griffin and the selectorswho handed him an Australian JuniorKangaroo jersey in October, believe he

has the talent to make it in the game.And he certainly has the genes.

Maranta's grandfather Barry(along with Paul Morgan, SteveWilliams and Gary Balkin) formedthe Broncos club in 1988; his father,Brett Plowman, played in theinaugural season, and his motherRobyn, who raised him as a singleparent, worked in the club office.

"I was in the Broncos developmentsquad from the time I was 14," Marantasays. "The club was always a big partof my family's life. It was the decisionI made and I haven't regretted it."

Especially not on Sunday, June10, when he made his first-gradedebut against the Roosters inSydney. His whole family was thereto share the experience. "It wasmassive for all of us, but mostly for

Grandad, I think," says Maranta."After the game I went to whereyou run out and saw him for abouttwo minutes, then he shot into thedressing room to talk to everyone. Hewas in there longer than I was." MC

TOM BUSBY, 31, & JEREMYMAROU, 29, MUSICIANSResponsible for the Best Blues andRoots Song at the AustralianPerforming Right Association awardsthis year with Biding My Time, BusbyMarou have been doing anything but.Rockhampton's favourite sons havehad a busy few years playing sold-out concerts throughout Australiaand mounting their first tour of the US

and Canada. Marou, of Torres StraitIsland heritage, has a freakish abilityto play anything he sets his mind to.Combined with Busby's storytellinglyrics, their blues/folk/pop hybridsound is joyously unique. "Music'sa way of culture for Torres StraitIslanders," says Marou. You won'tfind a Torres Strait Islander man whocan't play a guitar. If you can find one,they're lying and from PNG." SJI





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LOUISE BEZZINA, 31, ARTISTICDIRECTOR, BLEACH* FESTIVALThe inaugural Bleach* festival,"inspired by Gold Coast surf culture",was held in February this year andincluded pop-up galleries, music andsurfboard-shaping demonstrations.It's on again next year as a lead-inevent for the Quiksilver Pro surfingcontest, and director Louise Bezzinais in talks with Opera Australia tostage a beach opera in 2014. TheMackay native has worked at theQueensland Music Festival, BrisbaneFestival and most recently as programmanager at Brisbane's Judith WrightCentre for Contemporary Arts. PB

PETER HEGEDUS, 36,FILMMAKERHungarian-born and Brisbane-educated, Peter Hegedus wants to"change the world a tiny bit by makingfilms". His first tilt came at 21 witha film about his grandfather AndrasHegedus, the prime minister ofHungary who called in Soviet troops toquash the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.Since then he has turned his lens toenvironmental and social issues. Nextyear, he will release a short dramaticfeature on the asylum-seekers issueand a short film to appear in an

exhibition about the Brisbane Riverat the Brisbane Museum MB

CATHERINE TITASEY, 44,AUTHORIn 2006, Catherine Titasey beganwriting a 100,000-word murder-mystery. After 76 drafts andcounting, her manuscript, Island ofthe Unexpected based on herexperience of living on ThursdayIsland took out the emergingauthor category at September'sinaugural Queensland LiteraryAwards. As her prize, University ofQueensland Press will publish thework next year.

How the Sydney-born daughterof an industrial chemist wound upon an island off the tip of Cape Yorkis not as puzzling as it might appear.Titasey arrived in 1994 and securedwork at a local hotel to save moneyfor a planned overseas trip. She'dfigured on staying a few weeks. Butthe place rekindled memories of herchildhood in Papua New Guinea.It felt, she says, like coming home.

"When I was eight," she says, "wewent to Lae and lived on the campusof the PNG University of Technology,where Dad got a job lecturing. I had

such an interesting, free childhood,

and it was a wonderfully rich littlecommunity with expatriate staffand their children from a range ofcountries. Thursday Island is thesame, amazing environment."

After earning her degree at theUniversity of Queensland, Titaseyworked for three years in Cairns butbecame disenchanted with the law.Soon after moving to ThursdayIsland, she discovered her writing gift.Island of the Unexpected is abouta burnt-out policewoman who comesto Thursday Island ostensibly fora break, but receives a missingperson's report on her first day. "Thelocals say the disappearance isbecause of Torres Strait Islandsorcery," Titasey says, "and thepolice officer has her rationalthinking challenged by culture."

Titasey has not totally abandonedher former career, working on and offin criminal and civil cases, communityjustice programs and for a local legalservice. But writing is now her mainpursuit. "Every person has somethingspecial about them," she says. "Andfor me, I hope that's my writing. I just

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LIAM GILL, 20, RUGBY UNIONHe began the season aiming to cementa starting spot with the QueenslandReds and ended it a Test playertouring Europe with the Wallabies.Brisbane's Liam Gill has been a youngman in a hurry ever since starring inthe St Joseph's College, GregoryTerrace 1st XV. Australian Schoolboyscaptain in 2009, he was playing forthe Australian Sevens team a yearlater. Last year he was called backfrom the Under-20s WorldChampionships in Italy to make hisrun-on debut for the Reds. Just 14months later he was playing for theWallabies against the All Blacks, andis now regarded as one of the bestopen-side flankers in the game. MC

CHRIS EIGELAND, 22,PHILANTHROPISTWhile speaking at a 2010 youthsummit in London, Brisbane lawstudent Chris Eigeland met Haitiandelegates who spoke about difficulties

obtaining education resources in thewake of the 2010 earthquake. Together

with US delegate Erin Schrode,Eigeland founded The Schoolbag a

charity providing pupils with enoughmaterials for a year. The Schoolbaghas since supplied more than 30,000

students in Haiti and extended itswork to Africa and East Timor, whereit employs manufacturers and twolocal staff and will soon expand itsscope to improvements in schools'infrastructure. Eigeland is presidentof the Griffith University VolunteeringOrganisation and in 2011 receiveda Prime Minister's Australia AsiaAward scholarship. MB

KRISTY WRIGHT, 36,FORENSIC BIOLOGISTKristy Wright has spent years workingin criminal and disaster victimidentification, including in Phuket

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ANTHONY IKIN, 31, DANCER,AEROBICS CHAMPIONWhen lkin taught himself to backflip,aged four, his canny parents Alanand Carmel saw his potential andenrolled him in gymnastics classes.All three lkin boys - former footballerBen, 35, musician Sean, 34, andAnthony - are variously talented.Winner of the gold medal in this year'sWorld Aerobics Championships inThe Netherlands, Anthony has sinceretired from competing to focus ondance. A finalist in the first TV seriesof So You Think You Can DanceAustralia in 2008, he has "carved outa life of all the things I love". Currentlyin Japan spruiking his new dancefitness video, lkin Shake It, he citesthe money and opportunities thathave come his way as "products ofsticking to my passion and nevergiving up on what I believe in." Heowns the lkin Dance fitness anddance studio on the Gold Coast andhas taught Jessica Mauboy, KateMiller-Heidke and Tina Arena. SJ





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Christmas for this self-funded volunteer willbe spent in Ethiopia,working to improve thegynaecological healthand social acceptanceof women injuredduring childbirth. Shewill be back home foronly a few weeksbefore returning toAfrica to performsimilar work on boarda hospital ship offthe coast of Guinea.

what happened toLeisa Scott checks in on best and brightest from years past ... and a couple who belong on another list entirely.

STEPHANIE GILMORE,

When Qweekend firsthighlighted the ever-smiling "Happy"Gilmore, she'd won herfirst world women'ssurfing championship.She now has five worldtitles. Her most recent2012 title is evenmore impressive afterrebounding froman unprovoked 2010attack that cost her arecord fifth consecutiveworld title in 2011.

All FRAZER. SD,lanrSI "rile,

In conjunction withthe late Dr Jian Zhou,Frazer developeda vaccine for humanpapillomavirus (HPV),now approved in morethan 100 countries. Heheads the TranslationalResearch Institute,which brings togetherfour leading state-based facilities andis aimed at improvingand acceleratingmedical research.

MARNIE GC1SS, S.r

Launching her ownbrand, FS by FrockShopand being Australia'sfirst internet fashionretailer to sign withAmazon.com's forayinto e-boutiques, arerecent career highlightsfor the fashion e-tailer.It's been a heady ridefor Goss since launchingwww.frockshop.comout of her parents'garage in Brisbane'ssouth six years ago.

dishonour rollEDDY GROVES, 46,

FAILED CHILDCAREENTREPRENEURThe fortunes of theformer ABC Learningchief began theirspectacular nosedivein 2008. Althoughcriminal charges weredropped this year,ASIC is continuingto investigate thecompany's collapse.

CLJVE PALMER,Lila re eq.

He's lost about 30 kilosand had his estimatedworth downgraded byover $1 billion to $3.85billion in this year'sBRW Rich List, yetPalmer remains one ofthe largest players onthe Queensland stage.Having recently torn uphis membership of theLNP he helped makefinancially strong,Palmer is never farfrom the news.

JP011 LI- I LVL I Wm2, FAILEDINTERNET MOGULThe one-time GoldCoast whizkid becamea US governmentinformant after beingarrested in Las Vegasin 2010 on charges ofmoney launderingarising out of his onlinegambling empire.





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