Adrian Piccoli

Adrian Piccoli served as a Mmber of NSW parliament for 19 years, and was the NSW Minister for Education for 6 years until 2017. Widely respected by the Australian education sector, he led the political campaign to reform school funding in Australia and has strengthened and enhanced the teaching profession in NSW through his 'Great Teaching, Inspired Learning' reforms. In 2017 Mr Piccoli was made a Professor of Practice in the School of Education at UNSW and a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Mr Piccoli is currently the Director of UNSW's Gonski Institute for Education. He lives in Griffith with his wife and their two young children.