Australian of the Year Award winners Grace Tame and Isobel Marshall show a bright future

Julian O'Brien
Updated January 26 2021 - 2:06pm, first published 2:00pm
2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame leaves the stage after delivering an emotional speech at the awards ceremony on Monday night. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame leaves the stage after delivering an emotional speech at the awards ceremony on Monday night. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Editorial

Every older generation can be found bemoaning the future of the world in the hands of the next generation. Yet, if you were to take a look at it objectively, there would be few generations who have actually not left the world in a better state than what they found it.

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Julian O'Brien

Editor of the Illawarra Mercury and former editor of The Advocate (North-West Tasmania). Journalism is simply about telling good stories well and we do so now across a broader platform than ever before. Our role as a regional masthead is to not only share the stories our readers care about but to be a passionate torch bearers for community at every opportunity. We are stronger together.

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