Young Ahmed Fahour used to help his Dad clean National Australia Bank branches in suburban Melbourne. Well now he�s really cleaning up.

Australia's pioneering stem cell scientist, Professor Alan Trounson is now heading the world's wealthiest embryonic stem cell research group in the US.

Jonathan Moyo was once one of President Robert Mugabe's ministers - now he's Independent MP.

MONICA ATTARD: This week we revisit an interview with human rights lawyer Julian Burnside QC about his passionate, and at times controversial, defence of unpopular minorities.

The prominent barrister speaks about the great personal cost of speaking out on political issues - a fact detailed in his new book, Watching Brief. He expresses some sympathy for the position of his colleague, Peter Faris QC, who was under investigation after speaking out about drug use amongst lawyers, but Julian Burnside has some views on the topic that some might find surprising.

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