Nasir Ali: Be true to you

VISUAL: Video of wide angle of a wheat field, the sun sits just above the horizon. In the centre of the screen over the image the title appears: RMIT University presents Nasir Ali, Adv Dip Accounting, BBus (Professional Accountancy).

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali standing in a wheat field as high as his elbows. He is looking at and touching the heads of wheat.

Nasir Ali: My name is Nasir Ali ...

VISUAL: Close up of Nasir Ali running his hand over the wheat heads.

Nasir Ali: ... and I came to Australia from Pakistan.

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali’s hand placing a calculator on a desk.

Nasir Ali: I work as a Settlements ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali sitting at his desk in the office, he is using the calculator.

Nasir Ali: ... Officer at Clear Grain Exchange.

VISUAL: Video of a computer screen showing a page of the company’s Create a New Physical Bid page - Site reads Port Adelaide (VIT), SA; Grain Type: Wheat, Bin Grade: ASW1, Season 2013/2014, Quantity 1000.00, Price per mt: $293.24, Total Price: $293,240.00

Nasir Ali: We are an online platform ...

VISUAL: Nasir Ali’s hands are holding grain and dropping it through his hands. A silo is in the background.

Nasir Ali: ... facilitating ...

VISUAL: Video of the grain dropping on the ground. The base of a silo is in the background.

Nasir Ali: ... trade of Australian ...

VISUAL: Video of signs stuck on a shed wall which read Medium Brown Rice (four are in full view), Malted Barley (nine are in view), White Rice (one is in view).

Nasir Ali: ... agricultural commodities.

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali’s hand on his computer’s mouse.

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali walking through a crop field with new shoots.

Nasir Ali: I’ve always been interested in accounting and numbers ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali meeting and shaking hands with a male farmer. The tractor and harvester trailer are behind them.

Nasir Ali: ... and I saw ...

VISUAL: Nasir Ali and male farmer standing at a paddock fence talking, their backs are to the camera.

Nasir Ali: ... RMIT as the right place to empower me ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali with a hardhat and a Hi-Vis vest standing inside a very large dome-shaped grain storage shed. Heavy moving equipment is moving some grain from the piles of grain in the background.

Nasir Ali: ... with the skills and knowledge ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali walking in paddock beside moving tractor and farming equipment. The camera is in the cab with the farmer looking out at Nasir.

Nasir Ali: ... required ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali walking beside moving tractor and farming equipment, camera is now on the paddock.

Nasir Ali: ... to be successful in business ...

VISUAL: Video of wide-angle shot of Nasir Ali standing alone in a vast grass paddock.

Nasir Ali: ... anywhere in the world.

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali walking past entrance door to granary silo. Other silos are in the background.

Nasir Ali: Studying at RMIT provided a great pathway ...

VISUAL: Video of side of two silos, camera is looking up.

Nasir Ali: ... to a rewarding career. As part of my studies ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali standing outside the silos, looking up at something off screen.

Nasir Ali: ... I had to do an internship ...

VISUAL: Video of birds flying around a grain silo, Nasir Ali is in the foreground looking at the silo with back to the camera.

Nasir Ali: ... which I did with the Clear Grain ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali walking in a large grain storage shed.

Nasir Ali: ... Exchange. After finishing my ...

VISUAL: Video of grain in curved cardboard being poured into a plastic bag.

Nasir Ali: ... program ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali working at his desk.

Nasir Ali: ... they offered me a full?time job.

VISUAL: Nasir Ali holding a grain which looks like a corn kernel.

Nasir Ali: A small number ...

VISUAL: Bag of grain on Nasir Ali’s desk.

Nasir Ali: ... can represent anything ...

VISUAL: Video of a truck dumping grain.

Nasir Ali: ... from a truckload of grain ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali standing in front of a group of silos, he is looking up at the top of one of them.

Nasir Ali: ... to an enormous silo.

VISUAL: Nasir Ali waving to a grain truck driver who is leaving the silo.

Nasir Ali: We actually ...

VISUAL: Video of different size silos on a farm in the distance. Camera is in a car as it’s driving by the silos.

Nasir Ali: ... have a couple of buyers which I know ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali looking at cargo ship loading grain at a wharf, unconfirmed location, possibly South Australia.

Nasir Ali: ... are exporting to Pakistan ...

VISUAL: Close-up video of Nasir Ali working at his desk.

Nasir Ali: ... so it might turn out that the trade I have settled for them ...

VISUAL: Video of Nasir Ali pouring the grain from the plastic bag onto his desk.

Nasir Ali: ... will end up in my family’s dining room.

VISUAL: Video of wheat field, from close-up amidst the heads of wheat then camera lifts above for a more wide-angle view of the wheat field.

Nasir Ali: A lot can happen with a click of a mouse.

VISUAL: RMIT University’s logo and the words Be true to you. www.rmit.edu.au appears over the top of that image of the wheatfield.

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