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It’s a busy year for the ABCN Scholarship Foundation’s inaugural scholars. As well as embarking on Year 11, they will be working with their mentors on their goals, attending a Leadership Summit in Sydney and...

For Michael Mankin, who participated in the ABCN GOALS program in 2006, the experience was nothing short of enriching. Michael attended Lurnea High School near Liverpool in South West Sydney, a low socio-economic status (SES)...

Earlier this year, KPMG invited four of ABCN’s partner schools to produce 51 individually designed t-shirts that would be worn by KPMG partners and guests for the Property Industry Fund (PIF) fundraising sailing regatta –...

ABCN has won two Global Best Awards for the Australia and Oceania region for the Focus Women’s Leadership and ParraNormal programs. Initiated by Minter Ellison Lawyers, Focus was piloted in 2012 to offer leadership development to female students. It quickly expanded...

ABCN recently celebrated the end of another successful year with a number of interstate events generously hosted by our member companies – Commonwealth Bank in Sydney and Melbourne, Minter Ellison in Brisbane and KPMG in...

Earlier this year we ran an extremely successful pilot program called Engage – a mentoring program designed for high school students that targets critical public speaking and communication skills. The program was developed in response to concerns...

Inaugural winners of the 2013 scholarships celebrated their success at various nationwide events this month, hosted in their honour. Chosen from an overwhelming number of national applications, 12 talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds won scholarships...

When Kenny Tran completed GOALS in 2006 he was a Year 10 student at Mirrabooka Senior High School in Western Australia. Seven years on, he has completed school and embarked on a university course at...

That was the question for many students who took part in ABCN’s Interview Skills Workshop, piloted this year. However, it soon became apparent to both students and their mentors that it wasn’t the monkey that mattered...

ABCN celebrated the end of a tremendous year at various annual events around Australia last month which were generously hosted by Commonwealth Bank and PwC. A highlight of the Sydney celebration was the Islander Dance...