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Tanveer Ahmed is an opinion columnist at the Sydney Morning Herald. He works as a psychiatry registrar and is a former foreign affairs television journalist for SBS. He is an appointee to the Advertising Standards Board, the governing council of the Smith Family and former national representative for junior doctors within the Australian Medical Association. He has previously performed comedy and co-hosted a prime time gameshow. In 2009, Men's Style magazine chose as him one of 50 "young men of influence" and a PM's committee listed him as one of a hundred future leaders of Australia. He lives in Sydney with his wife and child. Email: drtahmed@gmail.com. Twitter: www.twitter.com/drtahmed.
