Tag: Australian of the Year

The Australian of the year award will be going to Dylan Alcott this year. He is the first to be recognized with a disability for the award.

Achievements by world renowned soprano, Oxford PhD student and cycling commentator saluted in ceremony at Australia House in London.

Two heroes of the Thai cave rescue, Craig Challen and Richard Harris, are joint Australian of the Year for 2019.

Scientist of smell, responsible for breakthrough development on spinal injuries and whose work has been compared to the moon landing, has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year.

London mayor Boris Johnson has been named an honorary Aussie as part of Australia Day celebrations in the UK.

Mr Yunupingu, the former Yothu Yindi lead singer, has died aged 56 at his home in the Northern Territory.

Feminist icon Ita Buttrose says it’s unfair Prime Minister Julia Gillard cops flak for her clothes, empty fruit bowl and her hair. Ms Buttrose also called for the introduction of quotas to address the minority representation of women in boardrooms.