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BRENTON RAGLESS: They don’t do it for the accolades or praise but for 25 years extraordinary Australian mums have been celebrated with their own special award. Now, the Barnardos Mother of the Year is coming to an end, cancelled because the charity says it doesn’t reflect modern families.
- Nine News (Adelaide), 8 February, 2021
Hello, I’m Paul Barry, welcome to Media Watch.
And that news saw the mother of all media storms last week, as the popular charity ditched its quarter-century recognition of Australia’s mums, with the story broken by Barnardos’ own ambassador, 2GB’s Ben Fordham, who dropped the exclusive on his show at crack of dawn last Monday: