There were mutterings about the slow pace of his slides. They were synched, the scientists were told, to the reading speed of Cabinet ministers. Group of 8 chair and University of Sydney vice-chancellor Gavin Brown has mystified some with his answers to online questions following his recent Press club outing. Stott Despoja is on the panel for the Senate inquiry into higher education, and has impressed observers by appearing more interested in pinning down facts behind the claims being made to the committee than in scoring political points. Mawlawi Mohammad Yunus Sidiqi, principal of the capital's biggest school, Amani High, says wearing turbans is a tradition of the Great Prophet Mohammad, and part of Afghan culture.
Any colour is acceptable except red, which apparently is the colour of the devil's clothes.
The money will be spent through the Institute for Educational Developemnt of the Aga Khan University. Very prominently, actually. Of course the book, about an amateur network of stockmarket investors, has been selling well and been reviewed in the media. But being boss doesn't seem to hurt. Meanwhile Robinson is doing a masters at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, which has surely endeared her to Co-Op board members Di Yerbury and Brian Spencer, Macquarie University's VC and registrar respectively.