The winner of the Australian of the Year award may have been leaked to bookies more than a month before the ceremony took place.
Sexual assault campaigner Grace Tame, 26, was handed the Australian of the Year award in Canberra on Australia Day Eve on Monday night.
The National Australia Day Council (NADC) believes the winner was leaked in December last year and has made a referral to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).
Sexual assault campaigner Grace Tame, 26, was handed the Australian of the Year award in Canberra on Australia Day Eve on Monday night. The National Australia Day Council (NADC) believes the winner was leaked in December last year and has made a referral to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)
A South Australian social entrepreneur has been crowned the 2021 Young Australian of the Year.
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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 breaking down stigma around menstruation and providing access to hygiene products. Profits from the sale of the ethically sourced cotton pads and tampons in Australia go to One Girls - a charity providing education to girls and women in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
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As Australia day is commemorated across the nation we bring you a special interview with Grace Tame, Australian of the year 2021 and the Australia Day Address delivered by former NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.
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The leaders who steered the nation through a health and bushfire crisis are the favourites to become 2021 s Australian of the Year.
State and territory finalists for the Australian of the Year are in Canberra ahead of Monday s reveal, when they will find out who will be awarded the top honour.
While ACT Australian of the Year Professor Brendan Murphy and NSW Australian of the Year Shane Fitzsimmons are the favourites to win, they are vying for the gong against passionate campaigners and doctors.
State and territory finalists for the Australian of the Year are in Canberra ahead of Monday s reveal