MICK'S BIG NIGHT OUT 2013 - TAFE Directors Australia

Principal Sponsor of Mick's Big Night Out
MICK’S
BIG NIGHT
OUT 2013
THE MICK YOUNG SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUAL NUAL DINNER

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Menu served alternatively
Entrée
Smoked salmon, local prawns, celeriac remoulade, crisp soughdough GF on request
Tea smoked chicken, pickled radish, cucumber salad, mango salsa GF
Pre-ordered vegetarian:
Artichoke and goat cheese tart, asparagus, tomato and new season olive oil
Main
Pan-fried barramundi, roasted kipfler potatoes, buttered green beans and sauce vierge GF
Slow-cooked rib eye, potato purée, red wine eshallots, celeriac chips, port glaze GF
Pre-ordered vegetarian:
Roasted pumpkin ravioli, sage butter sauce, rocket
Dessert
Trio of Chocolate; Chocolate brownie, macaroon,
chocolate cup with mascarpone cream, ganache tarte, mint ice cream
Citrus tasting plate; Lemon meringue tart, cheesecake,
white chocolate and cointreau mousse, blood orange sorbet
Accompanied by:
Croser Non Vintage Sparkling
Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc
Knappstein Riesling
Wither Hills Pinot Noir
St Hallet Shiraz
James Boag’s, Premium Light, Hahn Super Dry, Corona, Becks
Soft drinks and sparkling mineral water
All beverages proudly sponsored by

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MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Rob Carlton
AUCTIONEER
Charlie Powell,
Charles Powell Auction Services
GUESTS OF HONOUR
Her Excellency Professor
Marie Bashir AC CVO,
Governor of New South Wales
Hon Wayne Swan MP,
Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer
Mrs Mary Young
SPECIAL GUESTS
Hon Bob Hawke AC
Mr Robert Adams
Ms Wendy Beckett
Hon Nick Bolkus
Mr John Borghetti
Hon Linda Burney MP
Hon Mark Butler MP
Senator Hon Stephen Conroy
Mr Bart Cummings AM
Hon Peter Garrett AM MP
Mr Ed Husic MP
Mr James Makeui
Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
Mr Bob Rogers
Mr Saul Same AM
Mr Matt Sandblom
Dr Charlie Teo AM
TAFE DIRECTORS AUSTRALIA
NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
FOUNDATION
DIRECTORS
Chair, Nicholas Hunt
(CEO, William Angliss Institute of TAFE)
Deputy Chair, David Royle
(Managing Director, TAFE SA Adelaide
North Institute)
Director, Simon Glass
Secretary, Martin Riordan
(CEO, TAFE Directors Australia)
MICK YOUNG SCHOLARSHIPS
PATRON
Hon Gough Whitlam AC QC
AMBASSADORS
Hon Wayne Swan MP
Deputy Prime Minister & Treasurer
Hon Kim Beazley AC
Bart Cummings AM
Hon Peter Garrett AM MP
Hon Bob Hawke AC
Janet Holmes a Court AC
Andrew Johns
Hon Paul J Keating
Dr Charlie Teo AM
David Thompson
Gai Waterhouse
To learn more about the Mick Young
Scholarships and to see how your valued
support is helping ensure that Mick’s vision
remains just as important and relevant today
visit www.tda.edu.au

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A message from Prime Minister Julia Gillard
It’s remarkable that almost 17 years after
his death, Mick Young is still bringing us
together and bringing out our best.
I know all of you will be remembering
Mick tonight - as a beloved husband and
father, as a colleague, as a mate, while
some like Wayne Swan will be recalling
Mick’s powerful influence as a mentor
and an example of all that is good in
public life.
He was, in truth, all these things and
much more.
But reminiscence and tribal story-telling
aren’t enough to properly honour this
great Australian, and that’s why we join
Mick’s memory with the cause of
education.
Mick Young and education were
inseparable in his lifetime and they remain
inseparable today because education
goes to the very heart of our collective
purpose - that none of us should ever
be defined by our birth, our postcode
or how we look and speak.
Mick Young understood this instinctively
when he assisted financially disadvantaged
students back in Port Adelaide. May our
generosity of spirit in 2013 match his own,
honouring Mick’s life by helping to
transform the lives of others.
The Honourable Julia Gillard MP
Prime Minister of Austrlia

“The Mick Young Scholarships are a splendid symbol of everything Mick stood for – practical,
effective, modest, helping Australians, doing good without fuss or fanfare but with real and
lasting benefits. That was what Mick Young was all about. He lives on through the Mick Young
Scholarships – not just in our hearts and memories but as a living force and example.“
GRAHAM FREUDENBERG

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A message from Hon Wayne Swan MP
Mick was my mate and the most
important mentor I’ve ever had in my life.
He was an inspirational man of character
– someone who had an understanding
of people and knew the power of plain
speaking and strong beliefs. He was
tough, compassionate, and big-hearted.
Mick’s decency and his values are given
continuing life by the work of the Mick
Young Scholarships, and they lie at the
heart of the Gillard Government – a
Government that shares Mick’s vision
of education as the principal driver of
prosperity and opportunity in our society.
As someone who came to education
comparatively late, Mick Young understood
its unique power to enrich lives
and empower people.
The Mick Young Scholarships have
evolved and grown, and now sit under
the umbrella of the TAFE Directors
Australia’s National Scholarships
Foundation.
It is entirely fitting that Australia’s TAFEs,
which have been central to so much of
our skills development, will now oversee
these valued scholarships.
By donating to the Mick Young
Scholarships you will be helping
Australians of all ages in a very practical
way. It’s been too easy to forget, over the
past two decades of economic growth,
that for so many Australians, just a few
thousand or even a few hundred dollars
towards education costs can help them
make a decision capable of changing
their lives.
This makes your support for the Mick
Young Scholarships a marvellous way to
remember and continue the legacy of a
great Australian.
Thank you so much for being part of
Mick’s mission.
Hon Wayne Swan MP
Deputy Prime Minister
Federal Treasurer

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Chairman’s Message
This is an historic moment for Australia’s
61 TAFE Institutes, with the launch of
a National Scholarships Foundation,
dedicated to philanthropy for students
at TAFE and beyond.
The Board of ‘TDA’ is delighted to have
embarked on this initiative, at a time of
growing recognition of the place that
skills play in our national economy.
The Foundation will also oversee the
Mick Young Scholarships. To date,
these scholarships have provided
some $1.7 million to 3,000 students.
A total of 19 TAFE Institutes currently
offer Mick Young Scholarships. Under
the National Foundation, we hope to
expand this around Australia.
We also hope to raise $1 million a year
over three years to enable many more
students to gain access to these
sought-after scholarships.
Educational philanthropy in Australia has
mostly been directed to schools and the
university sector.
Tonight marks a new beginning, and
brings both opportunities and challenges
as to how best create a truly national
focus on philanthropy for those choosing
a skills career.
I commend the TDA National Scholarships
Foundation for your support.
Thank you for taking part in this year’s
‘Mick’s Big Night Out’ Dinner, where we
will celebrate the continuation of the Mick
Young Scholarships.
Nicholas Hunt
Chair
TDA National Scholarships Foundation
Friday 1st March 2013

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ROB CARLTON A recognised face in Australia for both comedy and drama,
his credits span TV, film and theatre. Recently Rob was seen on Paper Giants -
The Birth of Cleo as Kerry Packer. He was nominated for an Australian Academy
Award and a Silver Logie for his performance. 2012 will see Rob as a support lead
in the ABC drama Mabo, in PJ Hogan’s new film Mental starring Toni Collette and
the lead bad guy in the family action Conspiracy 365.
BRYAN DAWE is one of Australia’s finest political satirists. He has enjoyed
a long career on radio; television, film and the speakers’ circuit, with his much
loved characters Sir Murray Rivers QC and Roly Parks. On television he is best
known for his work with fellow satirist, John Clarke, on the ABC 7.30 program
and for his role in the much acclaimed ABC Television series ‘The Games’.
Bryan has also appeared in various films including the hit Australian film
‘The Castle’. He is a long-term advocate of reconciliation between white
and black Australians. Bryan is the inaugural Chair of ‘Common Fate’ which
supports the aims of indigenous elder and the group’s patron, Pat Dodson.
TIM FREEDMAN is the singer and songwriter in The Whitlams. Last century
he won a couple of ARIAs and he continues to tread the boards whenever possible.
PERRY KEYES is a gifted songwriter who, over three albums, has recorded
songs about Sydney’s most marginalised people. Focusing on the inner-city areas
where he grew up, and still lives, his richly detailed songs are both celebrations and
cautionary tales of life on the fringe. Tim Freedman called his 2005 debut album
‘Meter’ “the best Australian album in the last ten years’. Perry’s second album
‘The Last Ghost Train Home’ was ABC Radio National’s ‘Album of the Year’.
His third album, ‘Jonny Ray’s Downtown’ was nominated for an ARIA.
When Alice Springs mother of five FIONA O’LOUGHLIN started doing
her stand-up her hilarious stories of housewifery and motherhood were an
immediate hit. Her first festival show, Fiona And Her Sister (And Some Wierd Guy)
earned her the Best Newcomer Award at Melbourne International Comedy Festival
(MICF). She’s been enjoying sell-out seasons on the festival circuit ever since. In
2006 she took home the Piece of Wood, and MICF award for the funniest show as
voted for by other comics. In 2007 and 2008 she was nominated the MICF’s Barry
Award for Best Show. In more recent years Fiona has overcome a well-documented
‘battle with the bottle’. This, like other aspects of her life, has become ‘material’ for
her stand-up. And Fiona is even funnier sober.

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Raffle
ROCKFORD BASKET PRESS SHIRAZ
VINTAGES 1996-2007 valued at $4,950
Basket Press Shiraz is made from some of the very best
old family owned Barossa Vineyards and is hand-made
using equipment from the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
These 12 bottles encapsulate generations of vineyard
history and our commitment to protect and maintain the
very best of the traditional Australian wine trade.
These bottles have been safely cellared in our
museum and are presented in a hand crafted wooden
display case autographed by the founder of Rockford
Wines, Robert O’Callaghan.
Tickets are available for $20 each, three for $50 or 10
for $100. Proceeds will go towards the Mick Young
Scholarships
The raffle will be drawn at approximately 10pm on Friday 1 March
2013 at the Four Seasons, Sydney. Tickets will be available for
purchase until 9.45pm on Friday 1 March 2013. Prize winners will
be notified by phone or email no later than 2 days after the draw
has taken place, and details of the winning ticket will be made
available on the TAFE Directors Australia National Scholarships
Foundation website. If the winning ticket holder is not present
arrangements will be made as soon as practicable to forward
the prize. Tickets are available to anyone over 18 years of age.
“We fully endorse the ideals of Mick Young that continue to benefit our
community through the valuable work of the Mick Young Scholarships”
ROBERT O’CALLAGHAN OAM
Founder Rockford Wines

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LUCKY DOOR PRIZE
The FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, Sydney
has donated one night’s accommodation
and breakfast package for two people
and VIRGIN AUSTRALIA will provide
domestic flights to Sydney from your
closest capital city in Australia.

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Grand Auction
Once again we are indebted to the broad range of warm-hearted MYS
supporters who have contributed to this stunning list of Grand Auction
items. Wonderful experiences await the winning bidders; experiences
that normally money just cannot buy.
JOEY JOHNS COACHES
L.A. IN A HEARTBEAT
Imagine the excitement of your local
Rugby Union or Rugby League team
as they get a session on backline moves
from the League Immortal Andrew Johns.
What a day to remember for a group of
impressionable young lads.
Generously donated by Andrew Johns
No sooner will you have settled into
Virgin Australia’s award winning
Business Class seats and sampled
the fine food and hospitality, than you
will find yourself in Los Angeles for
five nights at the Sheraton Delfina,
Santa Monica. Two return flights and
accommodation included in this slick
getaway. Value $15,000.
Flights depart from either Sydney, Melbourne
or Brisbane depending on winner’s preference.
Accommodation at the Sheraton Delfina Santa
Monica must be booked at least 6 weeks in advance.
Generously donated by Virgin Australia

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READ ALL ABOUT IT!
The Daily Telegraph, the highest
circulation newspaper in Sydney is
delighted to support this event with
a $20,000 advertising campaign to be
planned with the successful bidder.
Generously donated by The Daily Telegraph
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD
DINE WITH BOB HAWKE
Boverih have donated two golden
beauties. The first an l8ct gold
modern dress ring.The ring is grain
set with 2l.4pt. modern round brilliant
cut diamonds and three 4pt Argyle
pink diamonds with a recommended
retail price of $5,800.00
And if that’s not enough, accompanying
the diamond ring is an an l8ct yellow
gold modem flexible link bracelet.
The bracelet is set with five l0pt modern
round brilliant cut diamonds and has a
recommended retail price of $6,000.00
Bob Hawke is as passionate and
outspoken as ever, and at a lunch in fine
Sydney restaurant, Lucio’s, you can host
five of your friends in conversation with
the former PM. Bob invariably tells a few
jokes as the afternoon wears on. Lunch
to the value of $900.
Generously donated by Hon Bob Hawke AC
& Lucio’s Italian Restaurant.
These two stunning pieces have been
generously donated by Boverih, known
around the world for their exceptional
quality and knowledge of diamonds,
spanning three generations.

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TIM FREEDMAN TOO
CLOSE AND PERSONAL
DR CHARLIE TEO AM
SPEAKS
Tim Freedman will play solo at your home
or function, whether that be a boisterous
back yard barbecue or a small dinner
party in your living room. Any requests
from the Whitlams’ back catalogue will
be entertained. Tim will bring the piano,
a small PA system, technical crew and
his trademark tales of love and cruelty.
Generously donated by Tim Freedman
Dr Teo will give a keynote address or
motivational speech to your conference,
company or at a private dinner. Charlie
was invited to address the nation with
the annual Australia Day address in 2012
and in the same year was voted the most
trusted Australian. This most celebrated
yet controversial of neurosurgeons,
Charlie became a Member of the Order
of Australia in 2011 and in 2012 was
invited to address the nation with the
annual Australia Day Address. Known to
champion the rights of patients, Charlie
Teo is proud to also champion the rights
of financially disadvantaged students to
gain access to education through the
Mick Young Scholarships.
Generously donated by Dr Charlie Teo AM

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ON THE DAIS WITH BART
‘IT’S TIME’ SIGNED BY HON
GOUGH WHITLAM AC QC
This is the sixth year Bart Cummings and
Matthew Sandblom have donated a 10%
share in a racehorse to the Mick Young
Scholarships. The first horse was to
become known as Occurrence which
was Group 1 placed and won four city
races amassing over $280,000 in prize
money in its first two years.
This year’s horse is a yearling colt by
High Chaparral out of the stakes placed
Stravinsky mare Soelin. High Chaparral
is the sire of Bart’s champ So You Think
out of a good race mare who hails from
a great New Zealand staying family that
includes multiple classics and cup
winners. With Bart’s Melbourne Cup
history one could be forgiven for
dreaming. The package includes the
share, and all training and vet costs until
the horse turns three. Value $18,000.
Still addressed by members of the
present cabinet as “Leader”, the great
Gough Whitlam is a proud patron of the
Mick Young Scholarships. With the most
famous Australian political slogan, “It’s
Time”, he modernised the ALP and led
them out of the wilderness. This is an
original poster from 1972 signed by the
man himself. If you can’t find a poster of
Camelot signed by King Arthur to hang
on your wall, this is the next best thing.
Generously donated by Hon Gough
Whitlam AC QC & the Young Family
Generously donated by Matt Sandblom
& Bart Cummings AM

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“It’s difficult to find the words to explain
how it feels to have your life turn around
180 degrees, to get right up close to
your dreams and look through that
window. A future, an opportunity you had
so longed for, made real.Young people
can do extraordinary things, all they need
is someone to believe in them and for me
that person was Mick Young.”
WENDY BECKETT, PORT ADELAIDE
“The generous legacy that Mick
Young has left gave me the incentive
to succeed. The gift of education I will
value all my life.”
DARMINDER SINGH,
HOLMESGLEN INSTITUTE OF TAFE
“My Mick Young scholarship symbolized
recognition for the effort and foundational
steps that I had made as I worked
towards achieving greater knowledge.”
“You cannot begin to know how much
this money has meant to me and my
family and the pressure that this has
taken off me financially. I can now pay
this term’s fees upfront and start to save
for next semester’s fees. As a single
mother with four young children I felt that
I had won the lottery when I opened your
first correspondence to me. Once again
I thank you for this wonderful gift.”
JULIE MCCALLION, GILLES PLAINS
CAMPUS, TAFE SA ADELAIDE NORTH
INSTITUTE
“My fellow scholarship recipients will
bear me witness that this scholarship
has transformed our lives and those we
associate closely with. 
As a recipient
of the scholarship award I have been a
beacon of hope and inspiration to my
family, colleagues and my community
both here in Australia and back in
Africa. They look upon me to offer them
advice and guidance, a role that I enjoy
tremendously as it impacts positively
on their lives. I am proud to be an
‘Ambassador’ to the living legacy of a
great and visionary leader who believed
in a ‘fair go’ in education for all. Asante
Sana! (Thank you!)”
NJAU GITU, SOUTHERN CROSS
UNIVERSITY, QLD
JULIE LAWSON,
LOGAN INSTITUTE OF TAFE

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE
FOLLOWING VALUED
SUPPORTERS
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR
MICK YOUNG SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORTERS
SUPPORTERS AND AUCTION DONORS
Robert Adams, ADPOST Online On-Demand
Printing, AV Partners, Johnny Barker, Her Excellency
Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Wendy Beckett,
Bonafair Holdings Pty. Ltd, John Borghetti, Boverih,
Bob Bowden, Hon Linda Burney MP, Hon Mark
Butler MP, Pam Caven, Rob Carlton, Deborah
Corrigan, Bart Cummings AM, Bryan Dawe, Margo
Delaney, Aidan Dixon, Foresight Communications,
Four Seasons Hotel, Tim Freedman, Hon Peter
Garrett AM MP, Hon Julia Gillard MP, Craig
Gilliver, Glassford Global Solutions, Hon Bob
Hawke AC, Inghams Enterprises, Andrew Johns,
David Kalleske, Perry Keyes, Judith Love, Dennis
McHugh, Jane McKeon, Mick Mazzone, Sheraton
Delfina Santa Monica, Sheridan Nilsson, Robert
O’Callaghan, Fiona O’Loughlin, Kate Pasterfield,
Barb Pini, Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Regina Quinlan,
Martin Riordan, Hon John Robertson MP, Penny
Sachnikas, Matthew Sandblom, Jill Saunders,
SkillsOneTelevision, Sutherland District Trade
Union Club, Hon Wayne Swan MP, TAFE NSW -
The Northern Sydney Institute , Dr Charlie Teo AM,
Amanda Thomas, Janny Tjen, Transport & Logistics
Industry Skills Council, Travelliance, Tulips Meetings
Management, Lucy Twomey, Victoria White, Hon
Gough Whitlam AC QC, Ray Wilson.