MODERATOR
Fran Kelly hosts ABC Radio National’s agenda-setting Breakfast program. A respected current affairs journalist and political correspondent, Fran has her roots in music, singing for several bands in the 1970s, notably all-girl new wave band, Toxic Shoc. She later moved to radio full time, first with triple j and then on ABC Radio’s flagship current affairs programs AM and PM. Fran spent 10 years in the Canberra press gallery, including two years as political editor for ABC TV’s 7.30 Report. Following a stint as the ABC’s Europe correspondent, she returned home in 2005 to host Breakfast.
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SPEAKERS
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka became South Africa’s first female Deputy President in 2005. She began her career as a teacher before moving into development, working inside and outside South Africa during the apartheid years. She has been Youth Director for the World YWCA, and director of TEAM, a non-government development organisation in Cape Town. Ms.Mlambo-Ngcuka entered government as a deputy minister, then served six years as Minister for Minerals and Energy before becoming Deputy President. She resigned in September 2008 following President Thabo Mbeki’s resignation.
Julia Newton-Howes is CEO of CARE Australia. Prior to this she was a senior executive with AusAID, responsible for negotiating Australia’s contributions to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. She also managed Australia’s relations with the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the OECD Development Assistance Committee, non-government organisations, and Australia’s aid to Africa. Julia’s extensive career has included roles in Vietnam and as an adviser at the World Bank.
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ARTISTS
Ego Lemos, respected as one of East Timor’s leading musicians, is involved in a renewal of indigenous music and language in the world’s newest nation. His music has also taken him on successful tours to the UK (supported by Oxfam), Japan, India, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Ego is also head of Permatil, East Timor’s main permaculture organisation, working to reintroduce traditional agricultural techniques to support long-term independence and sustainable development.
Dimi Mint Abba, the ‘Diva of the Desert’, gave European audiences a first taste of music from the crossroads of African and Arabic culture with her 1990 album Moorish Music from Mauritania. A superstar in her native Mauritania, Dimi is widely regarded as its best-loved female griot - combined musical historian, biographer, social commentator, poet, soothsayer, and storyteller. Powerful, haunting vocals have won her wide critical acclaim.
Fran Kelly - Outro