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Driven by passion: How a teen’s Christmas gift became a career

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Ten years ago, Jessica Lund’s grandmother gave her $100 for her Christmas present. The then thirteen-year-old from Launceston in Tasmania used that money to buy a run-down car, and today Jessica credits that car with setting her on a pathway to her future career as a Heavy Vehicle Mechanic.

“As a kid, I wanted to know how everything worked, and I thought a mechanic would be a great job,” Jess...


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