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Dr Albert Palazzo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Army’s Land Warfare Studies Centre in Canberra. His Ph.D. is from The Ohio State University and his BA and MA are from New York University. He has written widely on warfare in the modern age, and on the Australian Army in particular. His many publications include: Seeking Victory on The Western Front: The British Army & Chemical Warfare in World War I; The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation, 1901-2001; Defenders of Australia: The Third Australian Division; Battle of Crete; The Royal Australian Corps of Transport; and Australian Military Operations in Vietnam. His next project is a history of the Australian Army in the war in Iraq.

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Roy Palic has over 20 years' experience in the financial industry with a focus on accounting and financial planning advice. His specialty is successful pre-retirement planning and strategic planning using self managed superannuation funds. Roy holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters of Commerce degree. In addition he is accredited as a Certified Financial Planner by the Financial Planning Association as well as being a Certified Practicing Accountant by CPA Australia. He is also accredited as a Self Managed Superannuation Fund specialist by the Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia. Roy has been a leader in the financial industry for the last two decades working to educate and assist the public in all aspects of financial planning.

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Bill Palmer has an MA and a PhD in linguistics from the University of Sydney, and has taught linguistics for eight years. From 1997 to 1999 he was on staff at the University of the South Pacific in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Since 1993 Bill has carried out several periods of primary research in the Solomon Islands and Micronesia, and has published widely on the languages of that region and linguistics in general. Bill’s main areas of interest include comparative linguistic study, the languages of the Pacific, the relationship between language and thought, and the history of English.

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Stephen Palmer has been a presenter in classical Latin, from beginners to advanced levels, at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education since 2009. He has a lifelong interest in classical languages, ancient and modern history, and is a passionate believer in the worth of classical studies in education. His interest in classics began during senior school in the 1970s, when he studied five years of Latin and three years of ancient Greek. After establishing his career in accounting and financial services, Stephen returned to classical studies in Latin through continuing education courses offered by the University of Sydney.

Stephen subsequently completed his major in classical languages (Latin and Greek) in the Bachelor of Arts program at University of New England, where he was awarded the J. Hanna Classics Prize in 2005 and the Bishop Doody Memorial Gold Medal in 2007. His academic studies have covered a wide range of classical authors, with major works of study in Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Livy, Lucian, Ovid, Pliny the Younger, Sallust, Seneca and Tacitus. Stephen enjoys all aspects of classical studies, and has particular interests in placing classical literature in its historical and archaeological context, studying monumental inscriptions, and the application of later Latin to genealogy and other historical research.

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Stuart has been preparing Year 12 students for HSC Examinations since 1986. He taught mathematics in four NSW schools and was head of department in two of those schools. He has also conducted many HSC study sessions all over NSW.

Stuart holds a mathematics degree from Macquarie University. He has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Canberra.

Stuart worked for five years as Project Officer for the Mathematical Association of NSW. He frequently runs professional learning workshops for teachers all over NSW. He is also the lead author of the textbook series for Years 7 to 10 called CambridgeMATHS.

Stuart is passionate about making mathematics meaningful and memorable for students.

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Laurel was named in 2012 by Forbes magazine in the Top 50 Social Media Influencers globally, and Marketing Magazine named her “Head of Industry, Social Media”. Author of Social Media Revenue, Laurel has consulted globally including with Singapore Government and Middle East Broadcasting, and in Australia, with Westpac, Sony, local, State and Federal Government. Laurel is the CEO of The Community Crew managing massive gaming and online communities including Facebook and forums for reality TV shows such as Junior Masterchef. Since 2005, Laurel has been teaching online community management at the University of Sydney and she has been managing virtual communities since 1989. Laurel’s blog laurelpapworth.com has been named by AdAge in the Power150 media blogs worldwide and she is in the top 10 bloggers for Australia.

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Having obtained a teaching diploma and engaged in studies at the University of Rome, Rosalba Paris began her career as a language teacher. Since her arrival in Australia she has taught Italian for a number of institutions including Sydney TAFE. Her association with the Centre for Continuing Education began in 1985.

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Michael Parker. Tutor of CCE

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Iryna Pashaly. Tutor of CCE

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After receiving her honours degree from the University of Rome Vittoria Pasquini spent a number of years doing postgraduate research in Sociology before completing her Dip.Ed and beginning her teaching career. Since moving to Australia, Vittoria completed a Graduate Diploma in Modern Language Teaching at the University of Sydney, has taught Italian language and culture at the Australian National University, the Australian Catholic University and is currently teaching at the University of Sydney and for the Centre for Continuing Education.