Fed: Blanchett brings Ignatius to summit

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2008
Fed: Blanchett brings Ignatius to summit

By Susanna Dunkerley

CANBERRA, April 19 AAP - Actor Cate Blanchett has brought an extra participant along
to the Australia 2020 summit - her newborn son.

Ms Blanchett will co-chair the creative meeting, less than a week after giving birth
to her third child Ignatius Martin Upton.

A beaming Blanchett posed for photos with six-day-old Ignatius this morning as hundreds
of delegates filed through the doors of Parliament House.

Actor Hugh Jackman praised Ms Blanchett on his way in to the summit.

"I have given her my kids - she is looking after them for the weekend," he joked.

"Cate Blanchett is superwoman ... she is amazing on every level, I think she is flawless
as a person and I am thrilled that she is leading our stream."

Actor Rhys Muldoon - known for his role in the ABC kids show Play School - also joked
about the "superwoman" and her childbearing abilities.

"She has just had three kids more this morning, so there will be four little kids at
the summit with her," he said.

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