Working Australians can be found virtually everywhere in America; from the boardrooms of major corporations to university lecture halls and Hollywood movie sets. For a few, the rewards of success have been immense, including multi-million dollar salaries, celebrity status and great professional fulfilment. And while competing in the biggest economy in the world, in industries as varied as science, business, publishing, journalism and finance, Australians are excelling.
In Away Game some of Australia's top professionals working in the United States discuss their most personal experiences of packing up their lives in Australia, the pros and cons of living and working in America, homesickness, culture shock, and their anguish over when or wether they'll return. Including interviews with Time magazine's arts editor Belinda Luscombe, Westfield America CEO Peter Lowy, Estee Lauder executive Poppy King, Atria Books publisher and executive vice president Judith Curr, film director Fred Schepisi, New York Post editor-in-chief Col Allan, president and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company Andrew Liveris, among others, Away Game - offers an intriguing insight into those professional lives led far from home. |