Get To Know: Bruce Maguire

Get To Know: Bruce Maguire, Lead Policy Advisor, Vision Australia

My name is Bruce Maguire, and I am the Lead Policy Advisor with Vision Australia. In that role I develop the organisation’s public positions on issues that affect the blind and low vision community, and I also write submissions to government and industry inquiries. As I am blind, I use Taxis quite a bit, and I think that taxi drivers can play a really important part in helping to make us feel more independent and included in the community. I have two adult children and became a grandfather last year.

1. If you could be anywhere other than here, right this minute, where would you be? — A: Drinking coffee on a hotel balcony overlooking the Jamison Valley in the Blue Mountains. 

​3. If we went to happy hour, what would you order? — A: Very pink G&T, or Scotch on the rocks (Johnnie Walker Black preferably). 

4. Finish this sentence. On Sunday mornings, you can usually find me... — A: Practising the cello and listening to the ABC Insiders program (usually not at the same time). 

5. What do you want to make sure you do before you die? — A: Visit Uluru, spend Christmas where it is snowing, play the saxophone. 
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6. What are some causes you care about? — A: Lost causes.