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Huzzah . Cheers to the best day of the global year .
well wayne - no way am I gonna win an argument against the combined weight of Julia and yourself.
What chance has an Aussie got against a Canack and a Kiwi on this subject, lol
Australian of the Year is Lee Kernaghan (apologies if the spelling is incorrect).
What does everything think of this choice?
I was taken aback that a country music warbler could be awarded this honour.
To be fair, although I didn't know this, apparently he has also done some charity work.
He's probably a very nice bloke, but I would have thought he hardly qualified for Australian of the Year.
The people who are up near the top of my 'most admired' list are the unpaid volunteers who risk like and limb to save lives and/or property.
Our surf lifesavers who are on our beaches every summer, risking their lives and not getting paid for their time and effort.
Our volunteer fire-fighters - how deeply committed to helping other people would you have to be to voluntarily do a job like that?
Our volunteers coast guards......not for love nor money would you talk me into going out in a boat in wild weather to rescue someone in trouble on the high seas, but the coastguard folks do it gladly.
1. Hey 2020, don't dismiss their thoughts on the basis of where Julia and Wayne were born. I am betting that MOST Australians would agree with them!
2. The Australian of the Year to me, should be someone who inspires us to be better people. OK, so he has done some concerts that raised money. That hardly qualifies him as Australian of the Year.
3. I thought we had started to divert from the mentality of sheilas and mates, swagmen and billabongs. Guess not.
4. I have thought that the 'Volunteer' should be made Australian of the Year - guess I have a problem with people who are awarded such honours when they are really just doing their 'job'. Which is why I dislike the honours lists and so on, where public servants and the like get awards for something they are paid to do, while people in the private sector, just, well, work! That wouldn't include people who have risked their lives to do an extraordinary deed - so someone in the Fire/Police/Ambulance services could deserve such honours.
5. Weary Dunlop - yes. That is our benchmark! But there are others like him, (well, not quite as awesome as Weary but, well, he is up there with the Gods!) - those people who do amazing things, like care for people who don’t have a voice -surely in the mental health area, disability services etc etc - someone who could well raise us all to a higher level.
6. I did think the producer of 'Choir of Hard Knocks' deserved his recognition.
So I did groan when I heard who won it this year.
O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us
"Our musicians and our songwriters are the modern day storytellers of Australia. I guess in a way the poets of the 1880s, 1890s — (Henry) Lawson, (Banjo) Paterson — they did it for their generation and it's up to us to tell the story of Australia today."
Honour for McGraths
Cricketer Glenn McGrath and his wife Jane were both made Members in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM).
Glenn McGrath was honoured for his services to cricket while both he and Jane McGrath were also recognised for their work on fund-raising for breast cancer research.
New York socialites join drive to save Tasmanian Devil
Posted 1 hour 12 minutes ago
Efforts to save the Tasmanian Devil from the deadly facial tumour disease continue to gain momentum in Australia and overseas.
In New York, 300 philanthropists and celebrities are joining in efforts to save the Tasmanian Devil.
A sold out dinner of Wildlife Warriors Worldwide has declared that saving the Tasmanian Devil from the facial tumour disease will now be one of its official causes.
The dinner honoured Australia's original wildlife warrior, the late Steve Irwin.
A Tasmanian G'day USA delegation at the dinner enticed the US wildlife personality Jack Hanna to Tasmania, where he'll film episodes of his TV show.
Meanwhile, another 100 Devils have been brought to Hobart to bolster the Devil 'insurance population'.
A co-ordinator with the Save the Tasmanian Devil Project, Dydi Mann, says the insurance population strategy is an essential part of the survival plan.
...", we're really only confident that the west and the north-west of Tasmania is still disease free, so it really is a race against time."
I agree Wayne.
My father has been awarded an Australia Day medal, but it has taken him over 50 years of solid community service to be recognised and it was only after being put up after his collegues insistance that it eventuated. However, my father is not a celebrity and is not well known by the general community and the effort and strain he has put on on our family to ensure the broader Victorian community is safe when they sleep. The country needs a pinup boy/girl but unfortunately the real hearoes - as always- continue on being unnoticed.
Sorry I've come home after a few. I shouldn't be talking about this until Australia Day
In 2006, Terri Irwin was made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia for services to wildlife conservation and the tourism industry.[2] [3] [4] ("Honorary" membership in the Order of Australia is a version of the award given to non-citizens of Australia.[5])
In her first statement since her husband's death on September 4, 2006, Terri announced that the Australian memorial service on September 20, 2006, at Australia Zoo in Queensland, would be open to the public, and that people who wish to attend should make a donation to Irwin's Wildlife Warriors fund. The service was held at the "Crocoseum," a 5,500 seat open-air amphitheater, which Steve built at the zoo and of which he was so proud. When it was suggested that a larger facility may be more appropriate, Terri stated that she couldn't see how a memorial service would work in any other place other than the Crocoseum. She also thanked well-wishers for their "overwhelming outpouring of love", support and prayers for her family".
Terri herself was too upset to speak at the ceremony. She remained with her young son Bob during the proceedings, but her daughter Bindi spoke about her love for her dad, to which she received a standing ovation.
Australian TV network Channel 9 screened an interview between Terri and local presenter Ray Martin, on Wednesday 27 September, at 8:30pm on the station. During the interview, she said "And I'll make Australia Zoo bigger. I'll make it bigger... because I promised."
Barbara Walters announced on The View that she would be holding an exclusive interview with Terri, which aired September 27 in the US.
On October 31, 2006 she was invited to the Royal Albert Hall to award a Special Recognition Award to Sir David Attenborough at the British National Television Awards.[8] When she came on stage, the entire audience gave her a standing ovation out of recognition for her bravery in light of her husband's death.
She fought back tears in appreciation of the British people, while the camera cut to Neighbours star Alan Fletcher, who was shown to be fighting back tears also. She cited Attenborough as a great inspiration for her late husband, saying "If there's one person who directly inspired my husband, it's the person being honoured tonight." and going on to say "[Steve's] real, true love was conservation- and the influence of tonight's recipient in preserving the natural world has been immense."[8]
Attenborough reciprocated by praising her husband for introducing many to the natural world, saying "He taught them how wonderful and exciting it was; he was a born communicator."[9]
On 3 January 2007, the only video footage showing the events that led to Irwin's death was handed over to Terri, who said that the video would never become public, and noted her family has not seen the video either. In an 11 January 2007 interview with Access Hollywood, Terri said that "all footage has been destroyed."
1998 Cathy Freeman (b. 1973 )
1997 Professor Peter Doherty (b. 1940 )
1996 Doctor John Yu AM (b. 1934)
1995 Arthur Boyd AC OBE (b. 1920 )
1994 Ian Kiernan OAM (b. 1940 )
1993 ** No award given
1992 Mandawuy Yunupingu (b. 1956 )
1991 Archbishop Peter Hollingworth AO OBE (b. 1935 )
1990 Fred Hollows AC (1929 - 1993)
the australian of the year lee kernaghan??? i cant cop him due to the fact he
sings with a yank accent,what a joke.......the guy who did the choir of hard
knocks he would have been a worthy winner,tough gig that one but he put
it all together very well...his name????jonathon ...... i think.....tb
the australian of the year lee kernaghan??? i cant cop him due to the fact he
sings with a yank accent,what a joke.......
Maybe fair to say he's admired over almost all the area of Australia -
the big area in the middle that excludes the coastal cities
and those urbanised areas constitute 85% of the population!
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