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WELCOME 03 TRINITY TODAY
Click to listen to a message from Warden Ken Hinchcliff
Celebrating big ideas
COLLEGE NEWS
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DR BRENDAN MURPHY
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THE HON DAN TEHAN MP
09
OPINION – ROBERT DERRENBACKER
10
ROB SITCH
16
RONNY CHIENG
22
SOPHIA GAWAN-TAYLOR
25
COVER STORY
26
JEANINE HOURANI
35
SIMON BIRKETT
36
CHLOE BUITING
38
PROFESSOR FRANK BILLSON
40
AMELIA JONES
41
EVENTS GALLERY
42
OBITUARIES/VALETE
44
HONOURS
46
Trinity College is a remarkable place and, in a year that brought COVID-19, this has become more evident than ever before. As an institution that upholds Anglican values, we did not waiver in our commitment to enable the success and fulfilment of the students who live and study with us. Trinity’s educational, wellbeing and academic support programs continued throughout the pandemic. Our students adapted to new ways of learning and, despite restrictions, maintained a vibrant collegiate community, while our staff delivered services and care in innovative and compassionate ways. This edition of Trinity Today features members of the Trinity community who have made the world a better place as a result of their big ideas. My prediction is that the challenges of this year will lead to a bounty of such ideas from the students who lived and studied at Trinity during COVID-19, as adversity tends to create fertile ground for novel thinking, and the people profiled in this edition may well serve as role models for such endeavour. Those who are featured come from all walks of life and have turned their attention to many fields and causes, which include creating better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. At Trinity College, we promote justice, rights and respect for Australia’s First Nations peoples and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart as a means of helping to achieve reconciliation. It’s up to all of us to play a role in creating a more equitable Australia and Trinity continues to promote diversity within our collegiate community through our scholarship program. Sadly, because of the pandemic’s impact on Trinity’s finances, this has been dialled back for 2021. However, the College’s imperative to make the Trinity experience accessible to young people who would not otherwise have been able to become Trinitarians remains. I encourage you to join me and my wife Carole in supporting this initiative. To everyone who has supported us throughout 2020, we are immensely grateful. We couldn’t have gotten through this year without you. Professor Ken Hinchcliff Warden and CEO
