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Ash Barty may not have quite had the fairytale end to her breakout year — but the world number one still won hearts and fans with her performance in Perth last week.
'THE bell's are sounding in a new era of custodial responsibility through a poetry program focused on Aboriginal languages, and their message of cultural obligation is ringing loud and clear.'
'Deborah Mailman ,s a Bidjara Ngati Porou woman from south-west Queensland. born in Mount Isa. Ms Mailman is an acclaimed actress who over the last 20 years or so has graced our stages and screens. She has proven her status as one of our most talented actresses, black or white, and she shows no signs of slowing down. She burst onto the screen in the 1998 film Radiance. directed by Rachel Perkins. for which she won her first Australian Film Industry Award (AFI). Ms Mailman also appeared in channel TEN's The Secret Life of Us, Offspring and more recently playing the role of Aunt Linda in the television program Cleverman. Her latest performance in in ABC drama Total Control.' (Introduction)
