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Paralympic champion and tennis golden grand slam winner Dylan Alcott is the 2022 Australian of the Year.

A South Australian social entrepreneur has been crowned the 2021 Young Australian of the Year. News by Clare Armstrong Premium Content Subscriber only A South Australian social entrepreneur who is also an aspiring surgeon has been crowned the 2021 Young Australian of the Year. Isobel Marshall, 22, of Adelaide, was honoured in Canberra last night for helping disadvantaged women access personal hygiene products and improving education for women in Africa. At 18, Ms Marshall cofounded TABOO, with school friend Eloise Hall, to help women around the world by...

Four women have taken out this year's awards, with 26-year-old sexual assault survivor and advocate Grace Tame named Australian of the Year.

A sexual assault survivor who campaigned for the right to speak about her traumatic experience has been named the 2021 Australian of the Year. Hobart woman Grace Tame, 26, was groomed and raped by her 58-year-old maths teacher Nicolaas Bester when she was in Year 10 at the exclusive all-girl St Michael's Collegiate School in Hobart. Bester served 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to maintaining a relationship with a young person and possession of child exploitation material. Grace Tame has been named Australian of the Year for 2021.(Sydney Morning Herald) READ MORE: However, under Ta...

Share Share on Twitter An Aboriginal activist dedicated to cultural independence and education, and an advocate for migrant and refugee women are among those who have been named the 2021 Australians of the Year.  Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM, 73, and Rosemary Kariuki, 60, were awarded this year's Senior Australian of the Year and Local Hero awards at a ceremony in Canberra on Monday night.  Grace Tame, a 26-year-old sexual assault survivor and advocate, was named Australian of the Year, becoming the first Tasmanian to do so in the program's 61-yea...