Peter Garrett is an Australian icon. He was lead singer in the band Midnight Oil until 2002 and then became a member of the Australian Labor party and served as Education Minister in the Rudd Government.
Garrett's got an interesting story (his Mum died in a fire when he was young) and is both eloquent and switched on - in many ways he was wasted in politics!
Ultimately he got a bit stitched-up by the Government and left under a bit of a cloud which was a shame.
I wasn't sure how the kids would go with it, but Garrett told a few amusing anecdotes and when we met him at the end he was a really personable and chatted with the kids. They were probably the youngest there (by about 15 years!)
Here's a picture of the three of them. (He's also about 7 feet tall which makes him a bit of an imposing figure)
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