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Entrepreneur announced as Australia Day Ambassador
Systems entrepreneur and climate and refugee activist Usman Iftikhar has been announced as Campbelltown’s 2021 Australia Day Ambassador.
Mr Iftikhar is the co-founder and CEO of Catalysr, a startup pre-accelerator that empowers migrant and refugee entrepreneurs to launch their own startups.
The company has supported 400 people to launch 150 new businesses in the past five years.
Mr Iftikhar will speak in an online awards ceremony posted to Council’s Facebook page at 10am and website at 11am on Australia Day.
“I am looking forward to hearing about Mr Iftikhar’s experiences and ideas as well as his work helping migrants and refugees launch their own businesses in Australia,” Mayor George Brticevic said.
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A broad field of candidates are in the running for the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards.
Thirty-three Australians have been listed as finalists across four award categories: Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Australia’s Local Hero.
National Australia Day Council chief executive Karlie Brand said following a year of bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic, the finalists showcased the extraordinary ways Australians responded amid times of crises. The past year has been particularly challenging and many of the finalists have shown incredible leadership or stepped up to help in extraordinary ways, she said.
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Premium Content A recent The information, based from an article on Veteranweb Network by Ray Payne OAM, which has been turned into a Facebook post spread across the internet (though the original article cannot be found by Google), states that the dates of the First Fleet s arrival are wrong, and instead the celebration is based on the introduction of the Nationality and Citizenship Act, first enacted on January 26, 1948. Unfortunately, like so many things spread on the internet, the claim does not stand up to scrutiny. Firstly, the opinion states that it appears the anti-26th date appears to be based on Captain Cook s arrival, and goes on to say that it wasn t the First Fleet - which it states landed on January 18, 1788.
Sydney news: Coronavirus restrictions on home visits on the table for crisis Cabinet meeting, urgent call for blood donations
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Gladys Berejiklian says testing rates need to increase before restrictions can be eased.
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Home visits on crisis Cabinet agenda
The NSW Government s crisis Cabinet is today expected to discuss limits on home visits, with only five people currently allowed to visit a residence in the Greater Sydney region.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has suggested there is an appetite to relax some COVID-19 restrictions but testing numbers will need to rise before that can happen. Not only do we look at the low-to-no case numbers, but we also look at the testing rates. That s really important, she said yesterday.