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Why telling the truth is usually the best option

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When: Wednesday 23 June 2010
Where: Level 2, RACV Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Stephen Mayne is an award winning journalist, political apparatchik and self styled activist. As founder of online news service Crikey and The Mayne Report, he is known for his unorthodoxy, his willingness to take risks and his passion for challenging convention.

At the June PRIA Leadership Breakfast Stephen will talk about his ongoing quest for the truth, no matter what the consequences.

About Stephen Mayne
Stephen Mayne is a Walkley Award winning journalist who for 10 years worked for major Australian newspapers as a reporter, business editor, gossip columnist and chief of staff.
A former press secretary in Jeff Kennett's media unit, Stephen appeared on 4 Corners in 1997 as a whistleblower about the Premier's share dealings. Thus began a career as an independent governance crusader.

During the 1999 Victorian election Stephen published the widely read www.jeffed.com. With Jeff gone, Stephen launched www.crikey.com.au in February 2000.

Crikey became Australia's best known independent ezine. After five hard years, which included the loss of his home in a defamation action, Crikey was sold for $1 million.

Stephen is also Australia's best known shareholder activist who has asked questions at more than 300 AGMs and stood for 40 public company boards.

He has filled in as a presenter on 774 ABC Melbourne and appeared weekly on the Drive shift talking about business over the past decade.

In November 2008, Stephen ended his run of electoral losses when elected to Manningham City Council which keeps him occupied for up to 30 hours a week.