Rein plays role in literacy project
John Stapleton; 8/5/08
Therese Rein demonstrated yesterday she will be quite different from her predecessor, Janette Howard, when it comes to public speaking. While Mrs Howard was notoriously wary of the media and kept a low public profile during her 11 1/2 years at Kirribilli House, Ms Rein was more assured yesterday as she mixed with some of the book industry’s senior figures after her first speech in Australia as the patron of a charity. The wife of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has become the patron of the Indigenous Literacy Project, a national book industry initiative in partnership with the Fred Hollows Foundation to improve literacy in remote indigenous communities by providing books for children.
See; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23662831-5013172,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Education