Editing Steve Bracks (section)

==Early life==
Steve Bracks was born in [[Ballarat]], where his family owns a fashion business. He is a [[Lebanese Australian]]; his paternal grandfather came to Australia as a child from [[Zahlé]] in the [[Beqaa Valley]] of Lebanon in the 1890s.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/19/1079199436997.html?from=storyrhs Bracks gets down to some family business], ''[[The Age]]'', 20 March 2004.</ref> His family were [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite Catholic]] before migrating and became Latin Catholic.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://soundcloud.com/triplejsundaynightsafran/cindy-frost-antony-loewenstein| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160630050351/https://soundcloud.com/triplejsundaynightsafran/cindy-frost-antony-loewenstein| archive-date = 2016-06-30| title = Cindy Frost, Antony Loewenstein, Steve Bracks, Blogger and Hugo Schwyzer. Oct 21, 2012 by triplejsundaynightsafran {{!}} Free Listening on SoundCloud}}</ref>

Bracks was educated in Ballarat at [[St Patrick's College, Ballarat|St Patrick's College]] and the Ballarat College of Advanced Education (now [[Federation University Australia|Federation University]]), where he graduated in business studies and education. He became a keen follower of [[Australian rules football]], supporting the [[Geelong Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Beveridge|first1=Riley|title=Your AFL club's most famous supporters, from Barack Obama to Cam Newton|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|publisher=Fox Sports|date=29 January 2016|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>