LIVE: Watch here as Victoria's recipients of the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards are announced

LIVE: Watch here as Victoria's
recipients of the 2021 Australian of the
Year Awards are announced

 COURAGE: Star athlete Tayla Harris has been named among 17 nominees for
Victoria's 2021 Australian of the Year Awards. Picture supplied by
australianoftheyear.org.au
You're invited to join us here on the evening of Tuesday October 27 to watch live as
the recipients of Victoria's 2021 Australian of the Year Awards are announced.

The awards presentation is scheduled to begin at 6.30pm AEDT and run for about
an hour.

The virtual ceremony will be hosted by Richelle Hunt and Warwick Long, presenters
of ABC Radio Melbourne's The Conversation Hour, and streamed live on this
website and the other Victorian news sites of publisher ACM, official media partner of
the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards (see below for a list of the websites hosting
the live stream).

The 17 Victorians in the running to be named the state's Local Hero, Young
Australian of the Year, Senior Australian or Australian of the Year for 2021 include a
92 year old breaking new ground in the study of dementia, two mums helping
parents of kids with disabilities and a neurologist whose invention translates thought
to action for paralysed patients.

Star AFLW player and professional boxer Tayla Harris is nominated for the Young
Australian of the Year Award.

Harris, Carlton's leading goal-kicker in the AFLW in 2019, made headlines nationally
last year when she took a courageous public stand against the sexualised abuse of
social media trolls after an action photo of her kicking a goal was posted online.

Now an advocate for respectful relationships, Harris is an ambassador for family
violence prevention group Our Watch and recently co-authored a book about her
experience, More Than a Kick, which offers advice to young people on how to
navigate social media and deal with online bullying.
The award recipients in each category will then join other state and territory winners
as finalists in the annual national Australian of the Year Awards announcement on
January 25, 2021.

In a message to her state's nominees, Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau said "their
diverse achievements provide us with a beacon of optimism and inspiration" in what
had been a particularly challenging year.

"Each year, the Victorian Australian of the Year Awards showcase some of the
outstanding Victorians who contribute to the life of our community," she said.
"On behalf of all Victorians, I congratulate and thank each one of our nominees for all
that they have done, and I wish each one of them every success in their ongoing
endeavours."

The Victorian nominees are ...

The Victorians nominated for the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards.

Australian of the Year - sponsored by Australia Post

Steven Bevington - Founder/Managing Director of Community Housing Limited
Amanda Hose and Kate Jones - Hosts of Too Peas In A Podcast
Associate Professor Thomas Oxley - Neuro-interventional surgeon and
neurologist
Donna Stolzenberg - Founder/CEO of the National Homeless Collective
Senior Australian of the Year - sponsored by the
Department of Health

Bich Cam Nguyen - Founder/CEO/Honorary Secretary of the Australian
Vietnamese Women's Association
Lorna Prendergast - Dementia advocate
Geoffrey Sussman OAM - Wound management expert
Rodney Syme AM - Campaigner for voluntary assisted dying

Young Australian of the Year

Nathaniel Diong - Entrepreneur and founder of Future Minds Network
Tayla Harris - Footballer, boxer and respectful relationships ambassador
Keeley Johnson - Founder of Keeley's Cause
Dylan Langley - Out-of-home care reform advocate

Victoria Local Hero - sponsored by the Department
of Home Affairs

Tenille Bull - Founder of bushfire relief fund It's My Shout
Matthew Charles-Jones - Founder of Totally Renewable Yackandandah
Nathan Rogers - CEO of The Bushfire Foundation
Dr Kirby White - Founder of Gowns for Doctors
You can read more about each of the nominees and their efforts and
achievements here.

Tuesday's live-stream of the awards ceremony will be visible on the following local
news websites across Victoria:

      •   thecourier.com.au
      •   bendigoadvertiser.com.au
      •   bordermail.com.au
      •   standard.net.au
      •   mailtimes.com.au
      •   stawelltimes.com.au
      •   araratadvertiser.com.au

Online Source: https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/6985716/live-watch-
here-as-vics-aussie-of-the-year-winners-announced/