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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 Tasmania s sexual assault victim gag laws, Ms Tame was unable to legally speak out about her experience, despite Bester being able to. ....
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-year history. Isobel Marshall, a 22-year-old social entrepreneur helping women access personal hygiene products, rounded out the all-women slate of recipients as Young Australian of the Year. ....
Grace Tame, who helped lead the fight to overturn a law preventing sexual assault survivors from speaking out, is named the Australian of the Year for 2021. ....
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