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It’s that time of year again, pals. That time of year where we take a look at the very best people in Australia and compare our weak attempts at being good people to their incredible efforts.
I mean, nothing! It’s Australian of the Year time.
The long-held tradition has been running since 1960; recognising “outstanding achievement” in Aussies. The award is given on Australia Day (January 25) and is aired live on ABC TV and iview.
A banking entrepreneur and Celebrity Apprentice host has revealed his simple trick to acing a job interview.
Yellow Brick Road chairman Mark Bouris, who also founded Wizard Home Loans, said candidates in a competitive labour market needed to demonstrate how they could be useful to a prospective employer. Do as much research as possible about your employer and know what you can do to assist that company and be cheeky, yet respectful, about that, the mortgage broking king told Daily Mail Australia ahead of LinkedIn s Jobs Bootcamp.
Mr Bouris, a former host of Celebrity Apprentice, is joining Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, a former judge on Ten s Shark Tank Australia, in the unique careers sessions running from Monday through to Friday next week.
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This year served up a never-ending stream of catastrophes – from record-breaking bushfires to a virulent deadly disease – but 2020 also generated a new kind of breakout star. Scientists, public servants and a very sweary man: these are the Australians who rose to prominence in this highly unusual year.
Shane Fitzsimmons
The then commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Shane Fitzsimmons, became a symbol of the bushfire fight.
Fitzsimmons, who now leads the new crisis agency Resilience NSW, was named the NSW Australian of the Year, with the committee praising his “exemplary leadership and empathetic presence”.
A painting by WA Australian of the Year Prof Helen Milroy.
“THIS is just about my favourite day of the year,” National Museum of Australia director Mathew Trinca exulted this morning (December 16) when welcoming the state and territory recipients of the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards and launching an exhibition themed “Reflect, respect, celebrate”.
Earlier, Aboriginal Elder Paul House had urged all those present to live “a respectful way of life” before Dr Trinca said: “It makes us think about what it is to live in Australia when you have to choose one object, reduce your life down to just one thing.”