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November 20th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Baillieu’s strategy was to simply ignore criticism of his work ethic, and his gait, an attitude he steadfastly maintains. “We won. I think we proved our point,” he says wryly.
Now that he’s in the top job, it’s difficult to justify accusations of laziness. He wakes at 4.30 each morning for a brisk swim before heading to the office to tend to media queries. Most nights, he doesn’t clock off until about 11pm.
Marathon work hours punctuated by short bursts of sleep are not unusual among leaders and Baillieu accepts that the hours come with the territory.
He says he manages the workload by sticking to a “family, health, fitness” mantra, and he tries to instil the same work-life balance ethic in his staff. Family comes first, he says, noting that his wife, Robyn, is ‘‘just as committed to the job as I am’’.
Naturally, he’d like more time at home with Robyn, his daughters Martha and Eleanor, son Robert and their three dogs, Jane, Dot and Jack Russell.
His other priority, fitness, is well known. Rising well before the sun allows him to swim most mornings, and he tries to get out into Port Phillip Bay with the Brighton Icebergers whenever he has time.
Like many of the Icebergers, Baillieu turned to swimming when a recurring injury prevented him from playing rugby union and Australian rules. He captained the Melbourne Rugby Union Football Club’s colts to their 1973 victory and coached the side in 1982.
He’s still a sports enthusiast and talking football is one way he turns a greeting from a passer-by into an animated conversation, especially with a fellow Geelong fan. “I don’t know any Collingwood supporters,’’ he jokes.
In person, Baillieu has the effortless confidence, but none of the stuffiness, you’d expect from a man born into one of Melbourne’s oldest establishment families. The son of Darren and Diana Baillieu, he was educated at Melbourne Grammar and Melbourne University, graduating in 1976 with a degree in architecture before forming his own firm, Mayne Baillieu Architects.
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