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Liveris’ main character syndrome is Olympic-ready

The Brisbane 2032 chief appears pre-occupied with his own life story. Is Netflix listening?

Mark Di StefanoColumnist

Oct 6, 2025 – 5.00am

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As far as “far-ranging” conversations go, Andrew Liveris’ one-on-one with host Ellen Fanning at the QUT’s Business Leaders’ Forum last week was Olympic-level.

The Brisbane 2032 chief canvassed his own journey out of poverty, meditations on “inclusive capitalism” and “wokeism”, advice for Anthony Albanese on meeting Donald Trump, a quote from Winston Churchill, lyrics from Tom Waits and his love of Asian philosophy, which “looms very large in my career”.

Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent.