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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...

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...

The ABCN’s Focus program, which gives female, student leaders the opportunity to be mentored by senior women in business, has been an outstanding success. Piloted by Minter Ellison Lawyers and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia...

The hard work of students from six Western Sydney High Schools culminated in two outstanding performances at Riverside Theatre on August 14 and 15. The students from Pendle Hill, Granville South Creative and Performing Arts,...

On 1 July, there were some significant and exciting changes in the ABCN with two of our most enthusiastic Board members; John Weber, Chief Executive Partner of Minter Ellison Lawyers and Pip Marlow, Managing Director of Microsoft,...