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CONTENTS GU COLLEGIATE 4
Christmas in July Lunches
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Coming Monthly Luncheons
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Resident Members' Christmas in July Party
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Coming College Tables
FEATURES 8
Start-up success comes naturally with SIEMonster Founder and professional hackers Chris and Dez Rock
REVIEWS 10 11
May Women’s Forum How much is too much? Annual General Meeting The 106th Annual General Meeting of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne
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AGM Dinner Address by Ms Anne Robinson AM
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June Monthly Luncheon Ms Caitriona Fay and Ms Chantelle Georgy, Perpetual Limited
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College Table Professor Danny Butt
GRADUATE HOUSE NEWS 20
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TPMinds Australia Conference 2018 The Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone, Chairperson of Council
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Barbara Funder Lounge Honouring the legacy of the college's founding mother
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2018 StarRez Asia-Pacific Student Accommodation Association (APSAA) Conference Together Towards Tomorrow
SEEN AT GRADUATE HOUSE 26
Mr Mart Snoek and Ms Linda Liethaus
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Dr David Wilson and Guests
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Faculty of Architecture Reunion
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Mr Patrick Chu and Ms Xi (Maggie) Wang
RESIDENT MEMBERS NEWS 27
Ms Juanjuan Wu presents at the Australia Asian Association AGM
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Ms Chanchal Chandramouli at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Congress, Vienna
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS 30
OTHER SECTIONS 29
Discovering Melbourne
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Innovation Hemp pioneer innovates new decorticator machine
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Extracurricular Superfoods - What’s all the hype?
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Feedback
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Diamond Jubilee Campaign Contribution Form
Smoking Ceremony for Parkville Station The Australia-India Business Council learns from Mahatma Gandhi GU Ramadan Iftar Banquet and Celebration
May 2018 Listings
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GU COLLEGIATE Italian Conversation Dinner
Bridge Nights
Come along to dine while learning to speak Italian with an experienced teacher.
Join in a game or learn to play the card game Bridge. Enjoy biscuits, tea and coffee.
Members $17 non-members $25
Members $2 non-members $5
6:00pm Tuesday, 3 and Tuesday, 17th July
7:20pm for 7:30pm start Wednesday, 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th July
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English Conversation Corner
Special Morning Breakfast
Women's Forum
Practise your English conversational skills in a relaxed and casual environment.
Non-resident Members are welcome to join Resident Members for a hearty breakfast at Graduate House.
The topic for July is Living with Loneliness
Free for Resident Members
Forum is free. Lunch is at Member and non-member prices.
Free for Resident Members non-resident Members $20
7:30pm Monday, 9th and Monday, 23rd July
7:30am to 8:30am Tuesday, 10th July
Christmas in July
10:00am for 10:30am start Wednesday, 18th July
Resident Members' Christmas In July Party
Join us every Wednesday in July for a Christmas-themed lunch.
Traditional Christmas Dinner and Karaoke.
Members $12 non-members $20 Loyalty card holders $15
Free for Resident Members non-resident Members $25 general public $35
12:00noon to 2:00pm Wednesday, 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th July
6:30pm till late Friday, 27th July
BOOK NOW via our website, by phone (03) 9347 3428, by email to admingh@graduatehouse.com.au or at Reception.
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CHRISTMAS IN JULY Join us every Wednesday in July for a Christmas-themed lunch
Menu Cold seafood platter and salad Roast turkey breast with seasonal stuffing Roast beef with rosemary gravy Roast vegetables Vegetarian Dish Dessert Plum pudding, Pavlova, Seasonal fruits
For group bookings please call (03) 9347 3428 or email us on admingh@graduatehouse.com.au ABN 55610 664 963 | IARN A0023234B
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Members $12 non-Members $20 Loyalty card $15
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Coming Monthly Luncheons Graduate House
To help you plan ahead, here are our Monthly Luncheon guest speakers from August to November 2018. Please note that there is no Monthly Luncheon in July.
220 Leicester Street, Carlton 3053 12.00noon arrival for 12:30pm start
1st August
5th September
Professor Alan Pert Director, Melbourne School of Design
Mr David Lea Principal, Politician and Poet
3rd October
14th November
Dr Ted Crawford AM Specialist Orthodontist
Dr Ross McMullen Historian and Biographer
BOOKINGS
COST
Telephone: (03) 9347 3428 Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Website: www.graduatehouse.com.au
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10 Resident Members 30 Non-Resident Members $ 35 Concession $ 40 General Public $
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RESIDENT MEMBERS’ CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY
Christmas Dinner and Karaoke Friday, 27th July 2018, 6:30PM till late FREE for Resident Members RSVP by phone (03) 9347 3428 or email admingh@graduatehouse.com.au before Wednesday, 25th July 2018 ABN 55610 664 963 | IARN A0023234B
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Non Resident Members $25 general public $35
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Coming College Tables 12:00NOON arrival for 12:30PM start
17th August
Associate Professor John Lack
History
Associate Professor John Lack will reflect on the experience of writing the book, No Lost Battallion about his father’s experience with the 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF during World War II. Tom Griffiths tells us in The Art of Time Travel (2016), “Historians seek to make a difference by telling true stories.” But does the phenomenon of ‘collective memory’ invalidate oral history as a tool for entering the past and telling stories truly?
21st September
Mr Matthew Absalom
Language
Mr Matthew Absalom is a university teacher and researcher, professional linguist, Italian language coach, translator and published author. His current appointment is in the Italian Studies program at The University of Melbourne.
19th October
Ms Janette Connolly
Mental Health
Ms Janette Connolly is a passionate leader in the not-for-profit sector. She advocates for the needs of children who are living with illness, disadvantage and disability through her role as Chief Executive Officer of Variety - the Children’s Charity.
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Start-up success comes naturally to SIEMonster Founder and professional hacker, Mr Chris and Mrs Dez Rock Start-up success is infamously hard to achieve and no-one knows this better than SIEMonster founder and professional hacker, Chris Rock. Establishing tech start-up business SIEMonster with his business partner and wife, Dez Rock, about two years ago, he remembers that the business idea emerged in a very casual manner.
and old school marketing. Instead, Dez has built us a lean, mean, fighting machine using advanced guerilla marketing and using a worldwide remote workforce in countries like the Ukraine, Russia and Asia, which are a third of the costs of staff in Silicon Valley.”
SIEMonster has been in commercial business for two years, and in this time has become a world player SIEMonster came from a in the field. Chris considers customer’s request to build this astonishing, since a commercial Security the business has done it Information and Event with virtually no funding, Management (SIEM) Mr Chris Rock with his business partner and wife, Mrs Dez Rock no office and limited product to minimise resources. Chris says that their annual licensing fee. The Graduate Union, this advanced thinking From this suggestion, SIEMonster Dr Ken V Loughnan AO. in business is Dez’s specialty and was born. Since then, the business being an entrepreneur, her business Chris is the first to recognise that the has built several SIEM products, style has given SIEMonster an edge. couple have come a long way from for Managed Security Service SIEMonster has grown so much that when they first met and shared a Providers (MSSPs) and for Security the couple, now a family with four flat 20 years ago. Chris remembers Professionals. children, will live both in the United fondly that Dr Loughnan was With over 20 years’ experience in States and in Gisborne. best man at their wedding. “Ken’s professional hacking, Chris Rock’s contribution and influence was early “When we started the business, 75% own experience was ideal for on in Dez’s career. With inputs from of our customers were from North building such a product, and the Dez’s thinking, Ken assisted with America and 8% from Australia. That idea has expanded to other similar her business acumen early on, but US percentage is only increasing products. it is Dez who has gone to Business every year we are in business, so it School, Law School and her unique Beginning as a home-based, startmakes sense to relocate to the US.” way of looking at things that has led up in Gisborne, the business has Chris is also aware of the SIEM grown and been selected by Austrade to the success of the business.” landscape that the business works in to attend a prestigious business Chris attributes much of the success and is the first to acknowledge that incubator program in San Francisco of SIEMonster to Dez. “Without the business has quickly saturated this year. Dez, I would have opened up a the market. The SIEM market is bricks and mortar office, wasted This humble start-up also has strong more than 10 years old, with the Graduate House links, with Dez Rock any company revenue on appearing SIEMonster business arriving late to as an old school business with an being mentored by the President of market. official office building, receptionists
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One of the business’ strongest strategies has been to offer a fully functioning free edition without commercial support, and this has led to significant market pick-up. Two years after launching the business, it has continued to grow, Chris says.
communicate what you do. We have seen some companies where it has taken us maybe four to five meetings to work out exactly what they do, when a simple phrase would have covered it. You don’t want to lose their interest.”
“SIEMonster is now listed in online articles for the top SIEM products and comparisons. Now that companies have accepted us as a player on the market, we are offering commercial support.”
Selected for this year’s business incubator program, the AusTrade Landing Pad in San Francisco, the business is one of only 10 technology start-ups selected per round. The rounds occur four times a year and offer start-ups a full immersive experience of the Silicon Valley environment. The program helps start-ups receive the latest cuttingedge information to survive and thrive in a competitive environment.
Experiencing a whole new world in start-up strategies, Chris says that there are many lessons from the sector that are valuable. “Automate support, make the product as simple as possible, so you can take the business to the next level. Get your pitch down perfectly - a 30-second pitch, a 1-minute pitch, a 3-minute pitch and a 5-minute pitch. Don’t lose the audience, whether it is a client, a VC or a mentor, because you can’t
SIEMonster has also expanded its product range to develop a new line of micro SIEM services, which allow companies of all sizes to see the logs on all their devices. Developed for the small to medium-sized business
SIEMonster is now operational in most countries
category, like doctor and lawyer practices and the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the company has now created a small, low-cost appliance that monitors these devices and sends an alert to the user’s phone when there has been an attack on a network. Known as the 'Redback', the platform has been labelled one of the hottest products in cyber security this year. With SIEMonster experiencing ongoing continued growth, and a diversification of its products, it appears that the sky is the limit for Chris and Dez. Planning to establish an office in New York by the end of this year and a secondary office in Australia, there is no doubt that the company will continue to grow. vvv
Chris and Dez Rock and their four children
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Women’s Forum Wednesday, 16th May 2018 How much is too much?
1. Waking up in the morning, we wonder how much longer we can lie there in bed. Will there be enough time to accomplish all those plans we've already made and still be able to accommodate all the extra things that will certainly turn up in the course of the day? 2. Charities are a constant wake-up call. Every day the post brings us another bundle of requests for help, and we can't allow our own resources to be taxed too far. It is possible to ascertain the honesty of various charities by approaching the Charities Commission who must see new ones rising every day. We must still judge their efficiencies for ourselves, and then may disagree with their decisions, especially with regard to the environment - all that paper etc! 3. More thought should be given to charities. Perhaps a better use of the Community Chest ideas. Designated Direct Debit donations may be less wasteful.
4. Our moral judgments of people vary, and are being tested by the apparent growth of mental illness in the community. The latter are becoming more noticeable perhaps because of the lessening stigma attached and the stresses of modern life. This is quite complicated and will perhaps require more small charity. Stress in all our lives has to be treated seriously and inventively. 5. The environment needs much more consideration. Houses are not all designed for this climate and the disposal of so much plastic is not yet being dealt with. 6. Enumerating all these problems sounds rather depressing, but not so - all present were working with these matters in their own lives, cheerfully looking for solutions. vvv
The next Women’s Forum Wednesday, 18th July 2018 Living with Loneliness The forum is free Lunch is at Member and non-member prices
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Annual General Meeting (AGM) 31st May 2018 The 106th AGM of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne The Graduate Union's CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, commenced the evening with an Acknowledgement of Country, acknowledging the Wurundjeri people, the traditional custodians of the land upon which the meeting was held, and by paying respect to the Elders past and present of the Kulin Nations and to other Indigenous Australians present. In the pre-annual General Meeting preceedings, Dr Bennett announced the recipients of awards. The 2018 Graduate House Research Scholarship was awarded to Resident Member, Mr Shuntaro Iizuka (PhD Candidate, Public Administration and Management in Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne), for his research entitled How do
contemporary government agencies work?: An analysis of survey data. Shuntaro gave a presentation of his research, explaining that he would use the Graduate House Research Scholarship funds to travel to Japan to undertake followup interviews with chief executive officers of government agencies, and to present his results at the 2018 Biennial World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association, the 2019 Annual Conference of International Research Society for Public Management and the 2019 Annual Congress of International Institute of Administrative Sciences. In congratulating Mr Iizuka, the President presented him with an inscribed trophy and a certificate scroll.
“Many thanks to The Graduate Union for their generous support to my research,” Shuntaro said. The Chairperson of Council, Cr Rhys Watson, announced the recipient of the 2018 Margaret Watson Travelling Fellowship and the 2018 Robert Heaton Research Support Award as Resident Member, Ms Juanjuan Wu (PhD Candidate, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne). These awards support travel expenses to further the research by a talented Resident Member in the arts. Juanjuan gave a presentation of her research, explaining that she would use the Graduate House Research Scholarship funds to travel to Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh to undertake library-based field research, and to present her research at the Borders and Crossings: International and Multidisciplinary Conference on Travel Writing in September 2018 in Pula, Croatia. In closing, Juanjuan was very positive about Graduate House. She said, "my principal PhD supervisor, Professor Deirdre Coleman, recommended that I join Graduate House in May last year. Now she sees that I am transformed by my experience here. Graduate House is not only a place where I live, but a place where I learn and thrive, and a community where I find friendship, a sense of belonging, support and happiness. Thank you all for making Graduate House such a great place for me to stay during my study here.”
Dr Ken V Loughnan AO with Mr Shuntaro Iizuka
From left, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, Ms Juanjuan Wu and Cr Rhys Watson
The President of The Graduate Union, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, then presented Graduate House Bursaries to support the coursework studies of the following Resident Members:
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scarcely less worthy of approbation for the part they had taken in the establishment of it.” The President expressed the currency of this view today in applauding the important and continued contributions from all in the Association’s membership.
From left: Cr Rhys Watson, Ms Mehak Masood, Ms Mahroo Arshad, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, Ms Daniela Yaneva, Mr Shuntaro Iizuka, Ms Juanjuan Wu and Ms Daisy Feller
Ms Mahroo Arshad (Master of Development Studies, The University of Melbourne); Ms Daisy Feller (Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing, The University of Melbourne); Ms Mehak Masood (Master of Environment, The University of Melbourne); Ms Sherilyn Tan (Doctor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (in absentia) and Ms Daniela Yaneva (Juris Doctor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne). The President then officially opened the 106th AGM and introduced Council members in attendance - Cr Rhys Watson (Chairperson, Council and of the Fundraising and Benefactions subcommittee), Cr Mary R Kelleher (Chairperson of the Buildings and Facilities subcommittee), Cr David Cowie (Chairperson of the Finance and Audit subcommittee), Cr Kingsley Davis OAM (Chairperson of the Governance and Nominations subcommittee), Cr Keith Ryall (Chairperson of the Membership and Marketing subcommittee), Cr Vincent Mirabelli, Cr The Hon Justice Gaetano (Tony) Pagone and Cr Leo Santalucia.
The President welcomed the Association's Auditor, Mr Sam Claringbold and his team, and the Returning Officer, Mr Ron Ritchie. Dr Loughnan began his address by noting his finding, while researching his family history in the 1850s and 1860s, of the 1862 newspaper articles in The Age and The Argus, about the first annual dinner of graduates of The University of Melbourne. This dinner was held at the Menzies Hotel (then located in La Trobe Street) and was attended by about 50 guests. Quoting from one of the 1862 articles, the President read: “The entertainment provided was of the most liberal character and the whole arrangement of the proceedings was excellent.” The President noted words that he would use today in the article’s commentary on the tremendous contribution to The University of Sir Redmond Barry (inaugural Chancellor of The University of Melbourne) and Dr Anthony Brownless (ViceChancellor): “Whilst these people may have occupied the most prominent place in the view of the public, there were others who had contributed scarcely less to the success of the institution and were
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Reading from the article that, “It was just wonderful to get together a group of such eminent people along with the students to celebrate the results of their annual examination in 1862 and ... he trusted that this meeting was only the precursor of many more such meetings”. Aware of the historical similarity, the President added “as here today”. The President noted that other graduate clubs operating at the time of the establishment of the Association in 1911 had not survived and grown as had The Graduate Union. A 1901 photograph taken from the then Engineering tower to the north of the GU terraces in Leicester Street was shown. The President noted that the sea could be seen along the horizon, and expressed his optimism that the sea might be seen again from the top of the planned new building. The President showed a photograph, circa 1958, of the terraces – challenging Members to identify the make of the car parked in front – followed by a 2016 photograph taken from the same perspective as in 1901, to illustrate the substantial growth of accommodation facilities comprising Graduate House today. This expansion includes Leicester Street and the Barry Street apartments acquired in 2016. The President spoke of the tremendous demand for postgraduate student accommodation, giving the example of the higher number of postgraduate than undergraduate students at The University of Melbourne. He noted that Graduate House is the only college of its type in Melbourne, and the desire to continue its growth into the future. Showcasing the architectural design of Stage One
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He thanked all Members for their contributions and for receiving his report. The Chairperson of Council, Cr Rhys Watson, approached the podium for the Chairperson’s Report. Cr Watson noted 2017 as marking the Diamond Jubilee – 60 years since the realisation of a vision of a self-governing residential college for graduates set up by graduates. He pointed to the very basis of the Association as one of being egalitarian and inclusive, free, secular and democratic.
Cr Rhys Watson delivering his Chairperson's address
of the Master Plan, the President pointed Members to the ‘world of tomorrow’ – a world of far better accommodation for postgraduate students, as well as of improved and more meeting places, dining rooms and opportunities to hold functions for non-resident Members. The President noted that 2017 was a very ‘solid’ year with a sustainable balance sheet, a surplus, sound management and governance by Council and its subcommittees, and effective, efficient processes. Pointing to the warm, friendly and homely environment of Graduate House, the President spoke of the many opportunities for participation by Members and visitors to Graduate House, and to the continuous capital improvements to the facility. Extending acknowledgement, thanks, and congratulations to the executive and to the dedicated staff in all units, the President referred to the sensational banquet and service provided at the GU inaugural Ramadan Iftar Banquet held on Saturday, 26th May at Graduate House. He extended gratitude to the Association's auditor, Mr Sam Claringbold, for the comprehensive
Returning Officer Mr Ron Ritchie announcing the Council election results
2017 audit, to the Members who had contributed to the Diamond Jubilee Campaign, and to Members, Ms Natalie Gray for her tremendous contribution to the planning of the application and construction for Stage 1, and Mr Paul Barnett, for his assistance in structuring the campaign. The President also mentioned visits over 2017 to Graduate House by Honorary Members in high office. "Delegations from the different countries of Resident Member origin, and the delegations' expressions of interest in having more postgraduates from their regions take up residence here, are very rewarding,"he said. The President stressed the importance of continuing to build a strong relationship with The University of Melbourne, and applauded the tremendous work of the Chancellor, Mr Allan Myers AC, QC, who has a very clear understanding of the important role that the Association plays. In concluding, the President summarised 2017 as a successful, productive and vibrant year that has put the Association on the road to a great future with a wonderful new building and quality facilities.
Pointing to 2022 as the 60-year anniversary of the opening of the first terrace house as a college, Cr Watson mentioned the welcoming of seven postgraduate student residents in 1962. Since then, the solid progress seen from that time to the current day position of many more students and modern rooms and facilities has continued the progress with the strategic and master plans, and the meeting of the growing needs of each new generation of graduates. He acknowledged that the 13 apartments at 50 Barry Street had been integrated successfully into the operations of the college and had been a popular choice for seeking both independence and engagement in college life. Cr Watson referred to the college as being built on the endowments and generosity of Members and friends of the college. He recognised the importance of this continued support now and into the future from Members and to the establishment of the Diamond Jubilee Campaign, which will build on the vision of the college founders, and so meet the increasing need for quality, collegiate postgraduate accommodation. Referencing intellectual capital, Cr Watson mentioned the Association’s focus on meeting the needs of graduates throughout their careers and life journeys. The Association has built strong strategic links
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With respect to the Association's 2017 activities, Dr Bennett reported: • approximately 130 GU Collegiate events were held, with approximately 2,000 attendees and excellent speakers/convenors from many different disciplines, walks of life and countries; • 22,798 delegates attending 1,025 events and functions convened by 238 groups, predominantly in the not-for-profit sector;
A show of hands at the 106th Annual General Meeting
with institutions such as Rotary International, Variety: The Children’s Charity, the United Board, Oaktree and the Kelvin Club; as well as the recent launch of the GU Crowdfunding site to assist Members in raising funds for research purposes. Cr Watson reported the financial results of 2017. These included the building of the equity position and of increased surpluses to provide for the future of the college, to manage the borrowings and to provide for unexpected business shocks. Referring to a conversation four years ago, Cr Watson recalled the two-part advice from an older Life Member - the first being to not anticipate time off for good behaviour and the second being that there is no extension of time. Cr Watson expressed his honour in having served the Members over the last four years as Chairperson and having worked with Members in building on the successful legacy established by the founders, increasing the focus on strategy, strengthening the financial position, establishing a ‘culture of philanthropy’, expanding and improving the quality of the facilities, building strategic alliances and
increasing the membership base. In concluding, Cr Watson extended gratitude to the President for his support over his term, to the hardworking Council and subcommittee members, to the dedicated, highquality and professional staff members and to all Members of the Association. He highlighted the importance of collaboration, working together and building on the strengths of our Members to grow in esteem in the eyes of future Members. Dr Kerry Bennett then gave the Chief Executive Officer/Head of College report. Dr Bennett thanked the President and the Chairperson of Council, and informed Members that 2017 had been another good year with sound progress on each of the key priorities of the second year of the second strategic plan (2016-18), these priorities being: innovative influential membership; benefaction; planned and achieved major projects; wellmanaged finances and mitigated risk; and effective responsive stewardship. The intent over 2018 is to develop the third three-year strategic plan (201921) for launch early in 2019 along similar priorities.
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• continued high college occupancy, averaging 92%, and more than 700 Residents from many different regions of the world, as well as increasing demand with over 38,000 postgraduates enrolled at The University of Melbourne and RMIT University; • the increased focus on advancement systems and practices, with the constituting of the Fundraising and Benefactions working party as a subcommittee of Council; • the direction of the 2017 Annual Appeal donations to the funding of new carpet and the reupholstering of the tub chairs in the Phillip Law Members Lounge, and the design of the 2018 Annual Appeal to the building of reserves for the support of two Resident Members to attend the annual National Student Leadership Forum in Canberra; • the launch of, and progress with, the Diamond Jubilee Campaign, as well as with the planning application for the redevelopment behind the terraces following a comprehensive redesign of the façade plans; • the launch of the Fund Lifelong Learning Crowdfunding site with a focus on education, professional development, research and social good; • the establishment of the Barbara Funder Lounge in the old reception foyer at 222 Leicester
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Street, made possible through Miss Funder's generous bequest; and • many meetings to steel the organisation against disruption from the construction activities associated with the new Parkville Station and the ‘reimagined’ University Square. In concluding her report, Dr Bennett thanked the Members, the President, the Council and its subcommittees and her hard-working and dedicated colleagues on staff. Cr David Cowie, Chairperson of the Finance and Audit subcommittee, was invited to the podium to submit the financial report for the year ended 31st December 2017. The key results were: • Revenue had increased by 5% since 2016 and had been generated primarily from accommodation ($2.0M, 56.8%) and catering ($1.3M, 38%), with increases from 2016 of $104K (with the addition of the Barry Street apartments) and $47K, respectively, and other revenue sources including membership subscriptions, interest and property rentals. • Donations and bequests had increased from $52K in 2016 to $297K in 2017, due to the generosity of Members as well as to the large bequest from the estate of the late Miss Barbara Funder. • Key expenses continued to include those for salaries and wages ($1.7M, increasing from 2016 by $61K) and catering ($0.6M, slightly lower than that in 2016 due to stringent management of costs). • Interest payments had increased year on year due to the increased borrowings to fund the acquisition of the Barry Street apartments in 2016. • The surplus in 2017 of $425,441
was $293K more than the surplus in 2016. • Cash and cash equivalents in 2017 of $431,555 were $254K more than in 2016. • Borrowings were very similar to those of 2016 both in terms of the banks supporting the Association and the size of the loans. The face values of the loans were $6.5M with the National Australia Bank for the Leicester Street facility, and of $1.92M with Bank Australia for the Barry Street apartments. • Total equity (assets minus liabilities) had increased by $415,065 from 2016 to $21,564,887 in 2017. The Returning Officer of The Graduate Union, Mr Ron Ritchie was invited to the podium to speak about the results of the 2018 Council elections. He reported that five valid candidates were nominated (one nomination withdrawn), 233 envelopes were received containing 218 valid ballot papers and 15 invalid ballot papers. Mr Ritchie declared the following candidates elected for a term up to the 2021 AGM: • Ms Mary R Kelleher; • Mr David Cowie; and • Mr Kingsley Davis OAM. Dr Loughnan announced a new award in appreciation of the dedicated, exemplary and professional services to the Association and said that he was very proud to present the inaugural President's Excellence Award. “It’s always great to recognise somebody who’s done something really special for The Graduate Union to make us a better place, to make the existence for our Residents better, to make sure that we can plan for the future. We have one person who has made an outstanding contribution to The Graduate Union, and I’m very pleased to announce that we have now a President’s Excellence Award, and that award is going to Mr. Daniel Clark, who is our Operations
Dr Ken V Loughnan AO presenting the inaugural President's Excellence Award to Mr Daniel Clark, GU Operations Manager,
Manager.” An Honorary Life Membership Award was presented to Dr Graham Mitchell AO (in absentia). Reading excerpts from the citation to be published in the December 2017 edition of The Melbourne Graduate, Dr Loughnan noted that Dr Mitchell: • had been one of the first residents in the 1960s at Graduate House during his doctoral research study period, occupying the terrace room planned in the redevelopment to be the CEO’s office; • is the Joint Chief Scientist for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; • serves as a Principal of Foursight Associates Pty Ltd; • had contributed generously of his time and expertise to the Diamond Jubilee Campaign, including the provision of a testimonial of his stay at Graduate House in writing and through one of the promotional videos; • held expertise that extended over a wide range of science and technology and detailed
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• was the author of more than 350 publications; • had received numerous awards for scientific achievements and, in 1993, had been appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia for services to science; and • had been an advisor on innovation to the Victorian, Commonwealth, Tasmanian and Northern Territory Governments.
Dr Ken V Loughnan AO with Dr David Wilson
knowledge of the academiaindustry interface; • had worked in many overseas countries and been involved with tropical disease programs of the World Health Organisation for many years;
Dr David Wilson and Dr Irma MooiReci (in absentia) were appointed as Honorary College Fellows. Speaking to excerpts from the citation to be published in the next edition of The Melbourne Graduate, Dr Loughnan noted that Dr David Wilson: • is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Engineering and Infrastructure at The University of Melbourne; • was previously Director of Transport in Victoria; • provides consultancy advice in logistics and transport to Australia Post, Australian Air
Express, Kmart, Bunge Metals and Engineering, Ratio Planners in Australia and globally; and • is a frequent visitor to Graduate House, introducing various international and national guests to the Association’s membership experience. Dr Irma Mooi-Reci: • is Director of the Master of Social Policy at the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne and visiting Professor at Nuffield College, Oxford University; • contributed to college life significantly during her residency over 2016 and 2017; and • researches employment instability and its implications for individual careers, wage opportunities and public policy. Before the close of the AGM, a question and answer session was held and the date of the 2019 AGM was announced as 30th May 2019. vvv
Annual General Meeting dinner Guest Speaker: Ms Anne Robinson AM, Founder and Principal of Prolegis Lawyers Ann Robinson describes herself as an ‘accidental lawyer’, not ‘accident-prone’, but someone who never intended to study law or become a lawyer. She spoke to the guests at the AGM dinner following the AGM about her ‘graduate pathway’ and its many interesting twists and turns. Anne grew up in a theological college in the grounds of The University of Sydney, in the inner-city suburb of Newtown, one of the oldest suburbs of Sydney. This was before it became trendy, not full, as it is today, of bohemian bars, theatres, restaurants and live music. It was filled then with the first waves of post-WWII Greek, Lebanese and Italian migrants and significant numbers of Indigenous people. “It was an exiting place. It was fantastic, I didn’t know anything better anywhere,” she said. She attended North Newtown Demonstration School which was had students from very diverse backgrounds. “It was very grounding. I didn’t realise that until later.”
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Anne's father was a clergyman and an Ancient Greek scholar. The family lived in an area full of ‘tramps’ (homeless people, often addicted to alcohol or methylated spirits), who would often sleep on the family front porch, looking for food hand-outs in the morning. “This was pretty grounding and confronting but I didn’t think it was confronting. I thought it was just fine. This was normal. This was my childhood.” During WWII, her father was pulled out of university to work for the Signals Directorate as a 'codebreaker', but as a signatory to the Official Secrets Act, he was not allowed to tell his family about his work. Anne’s mother and grandmother were both graduates, which Anne said was “really unusual” in those days. Her mother lived in the Northern Territory for six months in 1948 during the time that the National Geographic Survey Team was there. Anne found out about this “by accident” while visiting the opening of an art gallery with her mother which featured the National Geographic photos from that time. Her mother recognised several of the people in the photographs. “What on earth are you talking about?” asked Anne, before her mother explained that she was there at that time. “To me, this was a profoundly influencing experience to grow up with… that’s what you can do with education.” After completing school, Anne lived in London for a year “before they invented gap years". She returned, to Melbourne, “busting to study” history, philosophy and politics at Macquarie University. In her second year, Macquarie University started a Law School, and she did law as a non-degree subject as part of her Arts degree. She loved studying Law, so changed her course, ending up with first class Honours in International Law, but still didn’t want to practice Law. After graduating, a friend convinced her to try out working in a law firm
for nine months, and she “loved it”, before going to the College of Law. She then joined Stephen Jacques & Stephen, now known as King & Wood Mallesons. Jump forward 18 years, and Anne now has three children. In 1998, she returned to law practice. In 2000, she joined the Board of World Vision Australia where she served for 12 years, seven years as Chair. Upon her return to Sydney from a World Vision field trip to Chile and Peru, she formed Prolegis Lawyers in 2001, mainly doing work for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Motivated to “make the world a better place”, Prolegis Lawyers has a team of 19 (and growing) in Sydney and Melbourne. Some of its work includes small start-up companies to much bigger ventures such as restructuring the Paul Ramsay Foundation (with Australia’s biggest philanthropic gift) and working with Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and his wife, who were the first Australians to sign The Giving Pledge. This, Anne explained, is “a commitment by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to giving back”. One of Anne's inspirations is little-known American writer and theologian, Frederick Beuchner (born 1926), who wrote: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Another of her inspirations is William Wilberforce (1759-1833), the English member of Parliment and social reformer who was very influential in the abolition of the slave trade and, eventually, slavery itself in the British Empire. His story is featured in the 2006 film, Amazing Grace. Wilburforce was actively involved in 69 known philanthropic activities (including fighting on behalf of chimney sweeps, single mothers, Sunday schools, orphans, juvenile delinquents), was one of the founders of the RSPCA and
gave away a quarter of his wealth every year. Anne is the Chair of the Bible Society of Australia, Australia’s oldest living charity celebrating its 201st birthday this year. Its focus is on literacy and (currently) on completing translations of the Kriol Bible, an English-based Creole language spoken in the Northern Territory and, after 40 years of work, the Pitjantjatjara Bible. Finally, Anne talked about a group of inspirational young people whom she called "modern day Wilberforces with a twist" – whom she met from World Vision Zambia while she was in Zambia doing voluntary work and was accustomed to seeing poverty, having grown up in Newtown among the ‘tramps’: she knew about the “smell of poverty” in third world countries. What she wasn’t used to was “the sound of people wailing as they were burying their family members with that scourge, the AIDS pandemic”. The young people from World Vision Zambia invited Anne to go out with them to see what they did at night with a project they called 'Corridors of Hope'. This is a program for female sex workers, mostly orphans, as young as 11 years of age, to help them with their health issues (most of the girls and women were HIV-positive), nutrition, and to find alternative employment. Anne was inspired by these young World Vision Zambia people: “They had education. They had a ticket out of there, and yet they were doing this because they believed it was the right thing to do and they were committed to doing it. They were committed to their communities. It was just absolutely extraordinary. It was a message of hope, possibilities of change, with cheerfulness and a clear sense of intent. I reckon they were like modern-day Wilberforces and that’s what really inspires me. My education gave me a chance to do this stuff, and here I am.” vvv
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June Monthly Luncheon Wednesday, 6th June 2018 Ms Caitriona Fay and Ms Chantelle Georgy from Perpetual Limited No misgivings: how to ensure your giving goes as planned June’s Monthly Luncheon discussed the normally dry topic of Estate Planning and Philanthropy, and asked – what are the key learnings people need to know? Here we summarise the address made by Chantelle Georgy, National Manager of Estate Planning and Caitriona Fay, National Manager of Philanthropy and Non-Profit Services Perpetual Limited, who both presented on the topic ‘No Misgivings: how to ensure your giving goes as planned’. Most people consider estate planning a morbid or depressing topic, but Chantelle Georgy is keen to challenge this thinking. National Manager of Estate Planning at Perpetual Limited, and a specialist on the topic, she says that taking a more creative and forward-thinking approach to estate planning is helpful, as it is a broader topic than most people think. Guiding the audience through four main areas in estate planning, namely: the Will, Power of Attorney, superannuation funds and philanthropy, Chantelle said that people can benefit by having a broader view of the topic and appreciating the potential impact planning in these areas that they can have later in life. Discussing each of these four areas, Chantelle outlined how each has its own legal ramifications. The Will has traditionally been viewed as the document that holds all the assets, but today this has changed with large amounts of wealth also held in superannuation funds. The public should be aware that the Will only
Guest speakers, Ms Catriona Fay (left) and Ms Chantelle Georgy from Perpetual Limited
includes things owned in your own personal name.
medical-treatment decision-maker and personal matters.
When beginning to formulate a Will, she asked the audience to consider questions on the overall goals and aims of their Will, centrally - what are your estate assets? Who will you appoint as executor? These questions are essential to planning your Will, and to consider the role each family member will play in your Will.
The next key area was superannuation. Independent of the Will, superannuation is a nonestate asset, and requires people to prepare a death benefit nomination to name the beneficiary for a person's superannuation. Chantelle emphasised that death benefit nominations lapse every three years.
Power of Attorney was the next key area. Power of Attorney effectively authorises for one or more people to act for you in the event that you are incapacitated. In Victoria, there are three Powers of Attorney: financial,
Finally, Chantelle discussed philanthropy, outlining ways that people can give to charities in their Wills, and this was further expanded by Caitriona Fay.
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Key to establishing the integrity of the Will was establishing the mental capacity of the individual making it, Chantelle said. This is a prerequisite to complete legitimately any Will and any estate planning documents. Highlighting that the legal definition of ‘mental capacity’ is different from the medical test or definition, Chantelle gave the example of someone who had severe mental incapacity, but who could still be momentarily mentally capable of creating a Will. She tailored the paperwork so effectively, that even though the case went to court, the evidence gathered for it proved legally robust enough to be successfully defended in the Supreme Court. Establishing mental capacity in the Will is particularly important when there is a chance of someone contesting the Will, Chantelle said. The eligible people who can contest a Will are a spouse or domestic partner, a former spouse or domestic partner, children, step-children and a carer in a registered caring relationship. She also added that Victoria has some additional provisions, which enable eligible people to contest a Will should they be left without adequate provision from a deceased estate. Such an action is called ‘Testators Family Maintenance Claim’ or ‘TFM Claim’. This ‘TFM Claim’ has specific conditions, which individuals should be aware of. In concluding her presentation, Chantelle provided some tips for organising estate planning. For estate planning to go according to plan, it is important that the initial groundwork is done, particularly when meeting the Will’s validity requirements. People were also advised to document all loans done in the estate, and if need be, to prepare a Binding Financial Agreement, to make the process easier. Chantelle advised that if possible, people should communicate their intentions to their family
and have them complete an acknowledgement letter as part of their Will. In addition, Wills need to be reviewed every 3-5 years to be sure they remain accurate. Legal advice, and consulting a lawyer, are essential and are highly recommended. In contrast to Chantelle’s presentation, Caitriona Fay, the National Manager of Philanthropy and Non-Profit Services at Perpetual Trust, discussed none of the legal ramifications of estate planning but instead gave a sense of the philanthropic opportunities around today. Discussing the long history of her company within the sector, which dates to 1886, Chantelle's talk gave an overview of some of the exciting and varied success stories her company has been able to facilitate in Australia’. With a history of more than 130 years, Perpetual Limited is a specialist in not-for-profit engagement programs and today manages more than $2.6 billion in philanthropic funds and over $75 million annually in grants. The company is committed to IMPACT philanthropy, taking a strategic approach to philanthropy and to providing sustained support for the Not-For-Profit (NFP) sector, so ensuring that individuals and families, and their advisers, all work together to maximise the potential of their giving. Taking a broader look at estate planning, Caitriona said that at the moment we are historically at the ‘"largest intergenerational wealth transfer in Australia’s history". Women are predicted to inherit 70% of intergenerational wealth, and that by 2020, 40% of today’s leaders will have reached retirement age. All these figures point to the need to have stronger succession planning, especially when in one study (published by Forbes) it was reported that 70% of intergenerational wealth
transfers fail because no preparation for the successors had been undertaken. Caitriona outlined some ‘unsung’ hidden history of philanthropy in Australia. Demonstrating how Australia had come to benefit from the generous, ‘big thinking’ vision of its early investors, she gave examples of where early investments in the oilfields of the Middle East or to medical discoveries, had led to money being reinvested and thus facilitating more growth and new investment. These early investments have seeded and nurtured such ventures as literary awards, including the Miles Franklin and Patrick White Awards, which have seen generations of writers inspired and supported. In 2018, the Patrick White Award, for example, will be awarded for the 45th time. Highlighting the fact that bequests and donations are presently the growing force behind much of the income for charities and the NFP sector, Caitriona said that estate planning can give people the chance to plan actively the kind of legacy or contribution they would like to leave to an organisation or even to wider society. Discussing estate planning as an opportunity where people can leave a legacy, manage concerns about intergenerational wealth transfers and leave a sustainable gift with a lasting impact, Caitriona said that there are many opportunities for people to feel empowered regarding estate planning. Keen to see more people reassess their legacy potential, particularly since only 7.4% of Australian leaving a Will include a charitable bequest, there is great scope for people’s savings to make a lasting difference to other people’s lives and even, the wider world. vvv
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College Table Friday, 18th May 2018 Professor Danny Butt Artistic research: practices of knowledge Professor Danny Butt is Associate Director (Research), Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne. College table participant Ian McCahon provides this summary of his discussion at the May College Table. Professor Butt shared perspectives from his book, Artistic Research in the Future Academy, published by Intellect/University of Chicago Press in 2017. Opening his talk with the Question, ‘what is the university today?’, he discussed the topic sensitively, examining Western European and religious history and taking an inclusive view incorporating the Indigenous and major non-European perspectives that followed. Addressing the scope and cost of university training, he included the historical note that professors at The University of Edinburgh in the 18th century were not paid, and in late 19th century, Eastern United States postgraduate students travelled to Germany for further studies. After the First World War, students travelled to the United Kingdom.
Discussing the ever-growing focus on undergraduate student teaching, the impact of multiculturalism on teaching, the difficulties faced by students from other cultures and their interactions with faculty and colleagues, Professor Butt looked at the changing nature of student issues in today’s world. The presentation distanced itself from the exegesis model, theories of the construction of knowledge and the importance of autonomy in learning. It examined the public value of learning and the difference between knowledge and belief. Professor Butt presented his view that there is a need for greater integration of language and visual connection, giving the example of Kermit the Frog, and the incorporation of art research understandings into the traditional orientation of modern universities. In summary, the thesis identifies the culturally specific missionary character about the secular universalism of scientific knowledge.
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talk on critical discourse analysis, art in the context of business and accounting via Sumerian cuneiform account records, Chinese poetry in the context of theology and even punk rock pedagogy, which ebbed and flowed to encourage individual interests. Professor Butt's talk also addressed three key Maori concepts: Whanaungtanga – the philosophy of family; Manaakitanga – hospitality and fostering the strengths of another person; and Katiakitanga – the guardianship of land and responsibility. Presenting a fascinating talk, unique in depth and breadth of topic, Professor Danny Butt’s book is a dynamic read. vvv
He also discussed concepts from his book and breathed new life into the
TPMinds Australia Conference Presentation by The Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone The new Chairperson of Council of The Graduate Union and recently retired Federal Court Judge, The Hon Gaetano (Tony) Pagone was a speaker at The TPMinds Australia 2018 Conference in Sydney on 30th May 2018. His presentation was titled, ‘View from the Bench’, with the questions, ‘How do Australian Courts approach transfer pricing cases?' and 'How do the Courts approach tax cases generally?' https://finance.knect365.com/tp-minds-australia/speakers/the-hon-tonypagone 20 / www.graduatehouse.com.au / ABN 55610 664 963 / IARN A0023234B
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Smoking Ceremony for Parkville Station Monday, 21st May 2018 Wurundjeri Elder, Aunty Di Kerr, presided at a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony at University Square opposite Graduate House, on Monday, 21st May. The Wurundjeri people are the traditional custodians of this land. Aunty Di has made a life-long contribution to her community in the areas of health, welfare, education and land rites. Held at the construction site, in front of the Alan Gilbert Building along Barry Street, the moving ceremony marked the official commencement of major works on the Metro Tunnel Project at Parkville Station. Attending the ceremony from The Graduate Union was CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett and Operations Manager, Mr Daniel Clark.
Aunty Di Kerr (top left)
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The Australia-India Business Council learns from Gandhi The Graduate Union's CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, attended a recent Australia-India Business Council gathering at the Immigration Museum to advance the objectives of the Victoria India Strategy. Mr Harish Rao, Global Head Business Development of Sundaram Business Services, addressed guests on Indian activist and leader, Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) and his message for business. The presentation was perfectly situated at the Immigration Museum where the current exhibition, Mahatma Gandhi: An Immigrant, is showing.
Dr Bennett said that many valuable insights were gained from the exhibition, and recommends it to all our members, particularly international students. Mahatma Gandhi: An Immigrant exhibition will be on until 15th July 2018 at the Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne. For more information: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ immigrationmuseum/whats-on/ mahatma-gandhi-an-immigrant/. vvv Mr Harish Rao delivering his speech at the Immigration Museum www.graduatehouse.com.au / ABN 55610 664 963 / IARN A0023234B / 21
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Ramadan Iftar Banquet and Celebration Saturday, 26th May 2018 A celebration of multicultural diversity Graduate House hosted its inaugural Ramadan Iftar Banquet and celebration on Saturday, 26th May. CEO/Head of College, Dr Kerry Bennett, was thrilled to host the banquet. “We are excited to host this event, the first of many, which is so conducive towards fostering a sense of respect and harmony. Graduate House is a place that nurtures goodwill and understanding within both our local and the wider community.” A warm welcome and acknowledgement was extended to the President of The Graduate Union, Dr Ken V Loughnan AO, Chairperson of Council, Mr Rhys Watson and Council Members Ms Molina Asthana, Mr Kingsley Davis OAM, Ms Mary R Kelleher, The Hon Tony Pagone and his wife, Mrs Margaret Pagone, and Mr Leo Santalucia. A warm welcome was extended also to distinguished guests, who included City of Melbourne Councillors Mr Philip Le Liu and Ms Jackie Watts; Consul-General Mr Juan Carlos Gafo Acevedo from the ConsulateGeneral of Spain, Melbourne; Mr Zaenal Arifin, Consul for Economic Affairs, the Consulate-General of the Republic of Indonesia, Melbourne
Ms Haya Daghlas
and his guest, Mr Rubby Alburhan; Consul-General Mr Chris Holtby OBE of the British ConsulateGeneral, Melbourne; ConsulGeneral Mr Kazuyoshi Matsunaga of the Consulate-General of Japan, Melbourne and his wife, Mrs Yoko Matsunaga; Ms Uyen Nguyen from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Melbourne, and her husband, Mr Terence Wong; Consul-General Mr Westmoreland Palon of the Consulate-General of Malaysia, Melbourne; Dr Lois Peeler AM, Executive Director of Worawa Aboriginal College; Deputy Consular Chief Mr Migael Penix of the United States of America Consulate-General, Melbourne and his guest, Mr Michael Garlid from Arizona State University The Ramadan Iftar banquet was attended by more than 70 guests. The event was a way of acknowledging the growing percentage of our Resident Members who are of Muslim faith, and to further advance our inclusive and welcoming approach to Members. The organising committee for the banquet included Ms Haya Daghlas, a PhD candidate at the School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne; Mr Ahmet Keskin, the Executive Director of Australian
Mr Ahmet Keskin, Executive Director, The Australian Intercultural Society
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Intercultural Society (AIS); Mr Mubarek Imam a leader in the Eritrean youth community; and staff members of The Graduate Union. Mr Keskin reflected on the role that AIS plays in the community.
From left, Member Paul Barnett, City of Melbourne Councillor Ms Jackie Watts and Mr Andrew Hockley
From left, Mrs Yoko Matsunaga, Mr Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, Ms Julia Page, Cr Molina Asthana, Mr Chris Holtby OBE and Mr Westmoreland Palon
The Ramadan Iftar Banquet was held in the Stella Langford Wing
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“AIS believes we can be an agent for change and goodness and we started our own Iftar. Soon we saw other organisations holding their own and now we have 48 private Iftars, where we not only share food, but common values too.” “The Graduate Union is an example of this unity, for we are your neighbours and friends, and we share the future of Australia with you.” Mr Keskin explained the meaning of Ramadan to the audience, and while acknowledging the concerns everyone has regarding threats to peace and our sense of security and safety, he said that by developing a sense of goodwill in the community, people will work towards a common goal. “We need to find a common cause, so that children can advance forward respectfully and strive to make this country better.”
The Graduate Union is grateful to Ms Haya Daghlas, Mr Ahmet Keskin and Mr Mubarek Imam for their contributions to the inaugural Ramadan Iftar Banquet. Special thanks is extended to Graduate House's co-Head Chef, Ms Basma Tantawy, who prepared the sumptuous entrées of dates, samosa and soup, the main courses of chicken and lamb and the exquisite desserts of Konafa, Baklava and Oum Ali. Thank you also to Guest Services and Functions co-Manager, Ms Marwa Tantawy, for coordinating the finer details of the Banquet, particularly the very beautiful coloured glass Iftar lamps that decorated each of the banquet tables.
Dr Ken V Loughnan AO is presented with the Ramadan gift from Mr Ahmet Keskin
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The hand-made Ramadan dish pictures whirling dervishes which are Sufi Muslims who perform a dance called The Sema
Barbara Funder Lounge
Miss Barbara Anne Funder’s legacy is honoured The former reception area of Graduate House has been refurbished to become the elegant Barbara Funder Lounge. The walls are newly painted, floorboards sanded and polished, the original furniture reupholstered, new velvet curtains hung and framed photographs displayed of Miss Barbara Funder throughout her life.
View of the Barbara Funder Lounge from the main entrance of Graduate House
The Barbara Funder Lounge was made possible by Miss Funder's bequest. Barbara is fondly remembered as 'the mother of Graduate House' and her legacy is being honoured with this lounge area, as well as through the newly named William Berry and Barbara Funder Postgraduate College Trust.
A card table from Miss Barbara Funder's estate
Photographs of Miss Barbara Funder on the walls of the lounge
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2018 StarRez Asia-Pacific Student Accommodation Association (APSAA) Conference 15th – 17th May 2018 Together Towards Tomorrow More than 200 delegates – including Graduate Union staff members, Mr Ken Chau and Ms Sujata Manandhar, attended the 2018 StarRez AsiaPacific Student Accommodation Association (APSAA) Conference, Together Towards Tomorrow, at the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa on the Gold Coast, 15th - 17th May. The conference brought together industry leaders to develop further skills in the ever-growing university student accommodation sector. It also provided the chance for student accommodation vendors to display and promote their products and services. Featuring an exciting range of presenters, 34 concurrent sessions, four facilitated networking sessions, panel discussions and professional development sessions, the conference aim was to explore current student accommodation issues and to look to the future and what it holds in this increasingly complex sector. One of the seven keynote presentations was given by Ms Claire Madden, social researcher, media commentator, TEDx speaker, business consultant and founder and director of the strategy and communications agency, Hello Clarity. Claire gave an eye-opening insight into Generation Z, those born in the years 1995-2009, currently aged 9 to 23, in her keynote presentation, Engaging Gen Z.
“This generation”, she said, “is the most formally educated and globally connected” generation that has ever existed. They are social networkers, “need to be constantly connected” and “need to know what’s going on” for FOMO ('fear of missing out'). In their lives, on average, a Gen Z will live in 15 homes, have 17 different jobs (some of which don’t even exist today) and have five careers. To provide better student accommodation for Gen Z, and for the next generation (Gen α), the student accommodation industry needs to understand better their expectations, needs and behaviours. A panel discussion on 'The Future of Student Accommodation" involved panelists, Mr Ben Apted, Partner and Education Practice Lead, Strategic Project Partners; Mr Conal Newland, Director, Student Accommodation, Savills Student Accommodation; Mr Paul Savitz, Director – Research & Consulting, Knight Frank Australia; and Ms Noral Wild, Regional Director, Head of Social Infrastructure, Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants. Key points from this discussion were: • Most student accommodation development was in the capital cities, particularly Sydney and Melbourne, leading to an undersupply in other cities and forcing students to seek
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accommodation in the private, and sometimes less well regulated, rental market. • There is a structural under-supply of student accommodation in Sydney and Melbourne (e.g., 30,000 students cannot access student-specific accommodation in Sydney). • Student accommodation is preferable to the private rental market, the main reasons being: more support, living with other students, and the difficulties encountered in trying to enter the rental market without a rental history, particularly for international students. Many concurrent sessions were held, giving conference delegates the opportunity to pick and choose those of greatest relevance. Some of the varied sessions and topics were: • How we can help our Residential Assistants to be super heroes, while they try to manage the demands of the role, the changing nature of society and their own personal lives? • Marketing 101: How to get your residents to not only notice your marketing messages but ACT; • Creating a safe, happy and healthy residential community; • Room size versus student experience;
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• RESPECT – A proactive and data based approach to residential community values; • Digital strategies and trends: help your brand pack-a-punch; • We’re learning from Gen Z: let’s give them opportunities to teach us about what ‘good’ looks like; and • Future concepts for student housing. There were several ‘Ignite 20/20 Sessions’, where each presenter had 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present 20 slides about 20 ideas for 20 seconds each. Some of these sessions were:
• Building communities for living and learning; • Supporting cultural change through the review of operational frameworks; and
APSAA for a well-run conference, s well as a special mention for the excellent food provided by the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa (the pancakes at breakfast with mixed berries and ice cream were excellent!).
• Tell it like it is: A look at our res life program and leaders
We suggest watching video highlights of the conference at:
The StarRez APSAA Gala Awards Dinner was held as part of the conference on Tuesday, 15th May and the last day of the conference concluded with the Closing Dinner.
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• Creating your own leaders;
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Seen at Graduate House Mr Mart Snoek and Ms Linda Liethaus Former Resident members Mart Snoek and Linda Liethaus lived at Graduate House from 1980 to 1981. Mart, from The Netherlands, was a visitor from the Department of Agricultural Engineering as technical assistant for a sheep shearing project and Linda, from Germany, was a junior barrister who was reading for law examinations. They recently paid a visit to Graduate House in April, where they have very warm memories of meeting here (and later marrying). Their graduate pathway stories will be published in the December 2018 issue of The Melbourne Graduate.
Dr David Wilson and guests Honorary College Fellow, Dr Wilson, is a frequent visitor to Graduate House and introduces various international and national guests to the Association’s membership experience. Seen here in the dining room, from left, are Dr Sally Wilson, Dr David Wilson, Mr Barry Navy, Professor Naomi Soderstrom, Deputy Head of Department and Professor of Managerial Accounting, and Dr Andrea Lu from the Department of Finance, The University of Melbourne.
Faculty of Architecture reunion GU Life Member and former Council member, Mr David Eyres (standing), recently organised the annual reunion of the 1953 batch of graduates from the Architecture School, The University of Melbourne. The group has a long tradition of gathering each year at Graduate House. We look forward to their next reunion in 2019.
Mr Patrick Chu and Xi Wang Former Resident Members, Patrick Chu and Xi (Maggie) Wang visited Graduate House on 15th May with their son, Alex, to enjoy a stone grill lunch. Patrick and Xi were Residents from 2010 to 2013. They shared fond memories of their stay here and of meeting here at Graduate House and expressed that they are looking forward to assisting in spreading the message about the new redevelopment. Both are now successful in their respective careers in finance in Melbourne. This photo was taken in their favourite part of Graduate House, the external courtyard. 26 / www.graduatehouse.com.au / ABN 55610 664 963 / IARN A0023234B
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Ms Juanjuan Wu speaks at Australian Asian Association AGM 21st May 2018 • Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924), a Scot who promoted a method to teach blind Chinese people to read and write; • Emily Daly (d 1935), an Irish nurse who worked in a hospital in Ningbo; • Mary Gaunt (1861-1942), an indomitable Australian suffragist; • Emily Kemp (1860-1939), an Englishwoman and friend of some early feminists in China; and • Alicia Little aka Mrs Archibald Little (1845-1926), an Englishwoman and founder of the Natural Foot Society (advocating for not binding women's feet). Ms Juanjuan Wu The Australian-Asian Association (AAA) of Victoria Inc held its 62nd Annual General Meeting at Graduate House on Monday, 21st May, with Resident Member, Ms Juanjuan Wu, as the guest speaker. Since 1956, AAA has played an important role building bonds between Australia and Asia. Through the exchange of information and discussion, AAA has supported international students, encouraging Asian language skills and as a welcome support to new settlers from Asia. This AAA event was a great example of how Graduate House has been the connector between Resident Members, an Organisation Member and individual Members. We extend our congratulations to GU Member, Lady Josie Blyton on being elected the new President of AAA, and to Cr Mary R Kelleher on being elected a Vice-President.
Juanjuan Wu is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret Watson Travelling Fellowship and the 2018 Robert Heaton Research Support Award. She is a PhD student at The University of Melbourne and spoke about her doctoral research, titled, 'As a woman, my country is the whole world': Western Women in China, 1878-1914. The quotation in the title is taken from Virginia Woolf ’s 1938 book-length essay Three Guineas. In her speech, Juanjuan wanted to “share my interest in a group of women pioneers who built up crosscultural bridges between the West and China from the 1878 to 1914”. Her research is of travel memoirs, private letters and novels written by these women who travelled in China during those years: • Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904), a Scot and the first woman fellow of the Royal Geographical Society;
These women experienced different emotional journeys in coping with the hard realities of a country on the cusp of enormous changes. They were citizens of the world in terms of their cosmopolitan vision and empathetic concerns for distant others. Juanjuan told the stories of several of these remarkable people and concluded, “These are stories of formidable women who lived and struggled about one century before us when their lives were desperately limited. They make me think how far we have come, how privileged we are, and how much we still can and should do today to create a better world for women, for the marginalised and for different people and cultures to prosper in a global community of mutual respect and admiration. We should carry on the legacies those remarkable women left for us.” vvv
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Resident Member News / GU Newsletter
Dr Chanchal Chandramouli at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Congress, Vienna It was wonderful to hear from former Resident Member, Dr Chanchal Chandramouli. Chanchal resided at Graduate House from 2012-2016, during which time she served as Duty Resident. She was the 2014 Graduate House Research Scholarship recipient and is currently working in a Clinical Fellow position at the National Heart Centre, Singapore General Hospital. Chanchal has a Bachelor of Biomedical Science from The University of Singapore, an Honours Degree in Medical Bioscience from Monash University, a Master of Business Administration from the International Laureate University (INTI) in Malaysia, a Master of Management
Dr Chanchal Chandramouli, second from left, at the Congress
Science from Hertfordshire University in the UK, and a PhD in Cardiac Physiology from The University of Melbourne. Chanchal contacted us en route to Vienna for the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Congress, where she was an invited speaker and had won a travel grant. She also sent us her stunning photograph of the twelfth century Gothic St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. It is so great to hear that Chanchal is doing so well and that she continues a very successful and accomplished life since departing Graduate House. We wish this high flyer continued success!
St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
Practise your English conversational skills in a relaxed and casual environment.
English Conversation Corner
The next English Conversation Corner session are Monday, 9th July and Monday, 23rd July 2018 at 7:30pm. Free for Resident Members
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Discovering Melbourne / GU Newsletter
Discovering Melbourne
We share with you some interesting things to do in Melbourne during July of 2018.
You Can't Do That
You make me feel like dancing
You Can't Do That until 15th July 2018
Mao’s Last Dancer A Portrait of Li Cunxin 16th June – 17th October 2018
Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton The iconoclastic side of fashion is celebrated in an exhibition at Melbourne Museum. Fashion can be a force for social change, and nothing motivates those who want to change the world more than being told "you can't do that". This exhibition will celebrate six Australian fashion figures who were told "you can't do that" and did it anyway – with results that changed things forever. Stella Dare, Prue Acton, Lois Briggs, Jenny Bannister, Christopher Graf and Andreja Pejić used rejection to fuel their creativity, blazing a trail for those who came after them. The exhibition includes shop window-style displays and original clothes from the designers. Historical and modern catwalk footage is shown. https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whatson/you-cant-do-that/
Immigration Museum Old Customs House 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne Ballet dancer Li Cunxin’s autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer, was an international bestseller and a popular film. Li Cunxin has been director of the Queensland Ballet since 2012. An exhibition about his life is now leaving Brisbane for the first time, and Melburnians can learn about his truly extraordinary life story. Born in rural China, Li studied for seven years at the Beijing Dance Academy. When he was given the opportunity to study at the Houston Ballet School, he defected to the West. Li moved to Melbourne in 1995 and became the principal dancer of the Australian Ballet. The exhibition includes pictures, interviews, costumes and other artefacts from Li's life. Li also made a series of kites specifically for the exhibition. https://museumsvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/ whats-on/maos-last-dancer-the-exhibition/
The circus is in town!
The art that never sleeps
Circus Oz: Precarious 30th June – 15th July 2018
NGV Friday Nights Every Friday night, 6:00 PM 15th June – 5th October 2018
Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra Australia's favourite circus is back with a brand-new show and plenty of death-defying feats. Winter is cold in Melbourne, but Circus Oz will heat up its big top at the Royal Botanic Gardens to unveil its new show, Precarious. Expect acts like foot juggling, aerial rope and tippy ring, Chinese pole and hula hoop, all accompanied by the famous Circus Oz band. As always, the new show has a strong social justice and environmental message. Circus Oz is now celebrating its 40th anniversary and its commitment to social justice causes is as strong as ever. If you like your circus mixed with a strong political message, enthusiasm and bucketloads of fun, get tickets now. https://www.circusoz.com/shows-and-tickets/book-tickets/ list/10015-precarious/134/precarious.html
NGV International 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne You usually visit an art gallery during the day. Have you ever visited one at night? NGV Friday Nights returns with exclusive latenight access to MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art with over 200 key works, rarely seen outside of New York, by artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo and Jackson Pollock. Plus, you get international and home-grown musical acts presented by the Melbourne International Jazz Festival performing under Australian artist, Leonard French’s stained-glass ceiling in The Great Hall. Experience art, music, bars and dining inspired by the city that never sleeps. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/program-series/friday-nights/
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings / GU Newsletter
The following groups from The University of Melbourne have convened meetings, workshops and events at Graduate House during the month of May 2018.
Academic Services Leadership Workshop
Advancement Office
Centre for Health Policy
Chancellery Engagement Leadership Group Meeting
11th May 9 attendees
24th May 36 attendees
22nd, 23rd, 24th May 67 attendees
17th May 25 attendees
Committee of Convocation
Department of Finance
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Graduate Student Association (GSA)
16th May 12 attendees
5th, 11th, 18th, 25th May 20 attendees
1st, 28th May 55 attendees
17th, 31st May 45 attendees
Law Department The Tax Group
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
4th May 15 attendees
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 21st May 265 attendees
15th May 65 attendees
9th May 90 attendees
School of Health Sciences MDHS Mentoring Program
School of Population and Global Health
UOM Commercial Ltd
UoM MSPACE Network of Schools
29th May 60 attendees
25th, 30th May 115 attendees
16th, 17th, 30th May 53 attendees
28th May 30 attendees
The patronage of organisation Members in charitable, not-for-profit, government and professional development sectors is acknowledged here, as is that of our many Members who organise their functions at Graduate House.
Australian and New Australian Association of Zealand Association of Social Workers (AASW) Psychiatry, Psychology and Education Law (ANZAPPL)
Association of German Teachers of Victoria Inc. (AGTV)
Australian Academy of Technology of Engineering (ATSE)
3rd, 10th May 10 attendees
5th May 50 attendees
2nd May 15 attendees
3rd May 20 attendees
Australian Asian Association (AAA)
Australian Italian Lawyers Association
Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Australian School of Applied Management
14th, 21st May 32 attendees
28th May 34 attendees
19th May 19 attendees
1st, 7th, 14th, 15th May 81 attendees
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Academic and Professional Development Meetings / GU Newsletter
Australian Society for Music Education (ASME)
Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM)
Calabrese Cultural Association
Carlton-Parkville Probus Club Inc
9th May 9 attendees
14th May 100 attendees
1st May 8 attendees
8th May 70 attendees
Catholic Education Melbourne - ATIP Dinner, Workshop
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Spatial Information
David Morris Consulting
International Coach Federation (ICF) Australasia Victoria
3rd, 4th May 115 attendees
30th May 15 attendees
29th May 20 attendees
25th May 30 attendees
IMD Alumni Roundtable
International Student Advisers Network of Australia (ISANA) Inc.
John Cain Foundation Lunch event
29th May 20 attendees
11th May 33 attendees
16th May 36 attendees
Melba Group
25th May 16 attendees
Modern Greek Teachers Association of Victoria
Order of St John
Organisational Development Australia
6th, 30th May 52 attendees
7th May 8 attendees
22nd May 20 attendees
Retired Veterinarians Lunch 2nd May 25 attendees
Phoenix Australia
Rotary Club of Carlton Lunch meetings, Heritage Cluster and Book Fair
9th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 31st May 164 attendees
1st, 3rd, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th May 169 attendees
Ripponlea Institute
Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia
Social Education Victoria (SEV)
Turkish Teachers Association of Victoria
24th May 14 attendees
3rd May 8 attendees
23rd May 21 attendees
23rd May 5 attendees
The Graduate Union Collegiate Events and Governance Meetings
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st May 677 attendees
18th May 35 attendees
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Innovation / GU Newsletter
Hemp pioneer innovates new decorticator machine
Few English Honours students become inventors in hemp, “Innovators wanting to make better use of industrial hemp materials cannot go past the decorticator machine. It is but that is exactly what Adrian Clarke did by creating one extremely efficient, and I am happy to see the machine of the world’s first hemp decorticators. and the expertise that Adrian developed to continue to be Adrian Clarke was inspired by the 1994 Australian available to the Australian community.” documentary, Billion Dollar Crop, which explains the The decorticator machine is made locally in Geelong by environmental interest in the non-drug variety of hemp Austeng Engineering Solutions. Anthony says that the as a versatile industrial fibre and documents the history sale of the machine will keep Adrian Clarke’s legacy alive. of its prohibition. Adrian’s machine recognised a problem “We are keen to keep the innovation and project goals of – that there was no modern way of separating the hemp the machine going and hope to support the sustainable stalk from the hemp fibre and hurd. nature of the crop.” Developing a decorticating method alongside his engineer In 1996, it became legal for hemp to be grown for hurd father-in-law, several prototypes were developed, and and fibre, which the decorticator machine was developed Adrian’s final machine was to be known as the ‘Green to do, and many trial crops have been grown over the Decorticator’. The final machine would enable 95% of the years. In November 2017, Australian legislation came into hemp fibre and hurd to be recovered, whereas previous effect to allow the hemp seed to be made legal for human international attempts to decorticate allowed only 15% of consumption, thus enabling the three main ingredients of the fibre to be recovered. hemp to be used. Adrian Clarke’s invention was a truly Australian For further information about the latest decorticator, innovation, but he was unable to see his invention reach please see this YouTube link: its full potential, as he passed away in 2015. The responsibility of completing the project has now fallen to his brother, Anthony Clarke, who is committed to finding a buyer for the decorticator machine - the D8 - and says that the machine gives a unique opportunity to develop the Australian-grown hemp sector.
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Extracurricular / GU Newsletter
Superfood What’s all the hype? The public’s fascination with clean eating has in recent years led to the rise of the ‘superfood’ concept and the idea that some foods might have phenomenal health and restorative properties over others. But is this true? Today the ‘superfood’ term has come under scrutiny with claims often being unfounded or even fraudulent. Here we examine some of the claims made by some products and review the advice provided by researchers. The case for superfoods Hailed by many as ‘miracle’ foods, superfoods are often attributed to giving strong health benefits, often accompanied by intense marketing campaigns. Below the surface of many of these claims however, there appears to be a very fragmented research, and questionable proof that the product will be of benefit. Three such products include: • Acai berry: This berry is an example where the fruit has to be consumed in significant amounts for the product to make a marked difference. In one test, the sample group had to eat 500ml of Acai berries and apple sauce to see a health benefit. • Turmeric: Studies in this spice have found that the quantities required to be taken were quite high, ranging from 80mg to 200mg in the trial groups. In addition, these large amounts would be required for most meals, and due to its healthy properties, the active ingredient is more likely to pass through the body rather than be absorbed. • Coconut oil: Research into coconut oil has found that many of the claims made about it aren’t true or supported by evidence.
These claims include: that it helps you lose weight, that it can reduce heart disease risk, or kill bacteria and viruses. With such variable outcomes, people are advised to observe the benefit of each product and judge according to their response to it. In the long term however, due to being expensive products, many superfoods are likely to remain irregular products in people’s diet and so more unlikely to have a longterm effect on people’s health. The case against superfoods In contrast to people who believe in superfoods, there remains a large group of people who regard the phrase as a marketing tool designed to achieve sales. The word ‘superfood’ has a lengthy history of influencing sales, having a direct correlation with sales dating back to the early twentieth century. Scientists are also quick to point out that ‘scientifically’ there are no ‘superfoods’, being a term that is too scientifically or ethically dubious. Many academics have also criticised the use of the term. Essentially in the food industry, many of these claims made by superfood proponents are committing ‘food fraud’, with some academics calling on the government to firm up Australia’s food regulation system, and better protect people from ‘food fraud’ claims. The popularity of superfoods has grown due to the rise of natural or authentic foods being considered beneficial. With this move to more native foods, one academic has
labelled this ‘nutritional primitivism’. This is a movement where people choose ‘ancient’ food sources such as quinoa and chia seeds and think them healthier food options, as seen in the Paleolithic and lowcarbohydrate diets, currently popular. Finding your way through the superfood minefield Today the public receives very different pieces of advice to inform their food decisions. While there is no fear that medical professionals will stop people from eating healthy foods like ‘superfoods’, it can also be said that 'superfoods’ could give a false sense of security, giving individuals justification for their unhealthy food choices, or supplementing their diet in place of other healthy foods. The health food sector is a multibillion dollar industry, and it seems inevitable that a range of messages will continue to go out into the community on ‘superfoods’. Academics and researchers would like to advise the public that eating a varied and balanced diet is essential, as outlined in the Australia Dietary Guidelines, and advise caution when incorporating any new ‘superfood’ into their diet. See the Australia Dietary Guidelines: https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/ guidelines
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Feedback / GU Newsletter
FEEDBACK We value your comments and suggestions! Thank you so much to the Graduate House team for the wonderful Oriental-themed meal on Thursday which was so nicely done with fresh ingredients that are served warm and nicely and authentically flavoured. Good job! Chicken, corn and mushroom soup on Friday is another thumbs up. Thank you, Team! — Resident Member I visit the Graduate House dining room about twice a month. The customer service is excellent and great value for money. — Mr George Markou, Member Dear Rosie, On behalf of the CECV Pathways and Transition Team, we would like to reiterate our very sincere and grateful thanks for your amazing assistance in ensuring that the professional learning events for the Team ran so smoothly and so successfully on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th May, resulting in an impeccable level of support at a personal level, with meticulous attention to detail.
It is always a pleasure to work with the exceptional staff at Graduate House. It is also reassuring to know, from our perspective, that all our needs will be taken care of so professionally, with just an outstanding level of service in every respect. Please convey our sincere thanks to all staff involved for the very warm welcome and the hospitality and support extended throughout the two days to both the Team members and also the participants and the presenters, making the professional learning events such an enjoyable experience. On a personal note, the catering for the dinner was a real highlight. Of all the dinners experienced in recent years, this was absolutely the best, with exceptional gourmet quality enjoyed by all diners. In sincere appreciation and kindest regards. — Ms Jenny Wilson Education Officer, Pathways and Transition Catholic Education Melbourne
The lucky feedback-giver for May is Member Mrs Alison Harcourt who won a bottle of De Bortoli Sacred Hill Brut Cuvée.
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