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AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2013

AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2013. A ustralian Of The Year- Ita Buttrose AO OBE- Media Icon. Ita Buttrose was the Australian of the Year for 2013. She was given this special award for her excellent ground-breaking media career. .

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AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2013

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  1. AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2013

  2. Australian Of The Year- Ita Buttrose AO OBE- Media Icon Ita Buttrose was the Australian of the Year for 2013. She was given this special award for her excellent ground-breaking media career. • Her career started as a copy girl at the Australian Women’s Weekly. • At 23 she was appointed women’s editor of Sir Frank Packer’s new women’s magazine ‘Cleo’. • It was a big hit and Ita was known to every women. Later Ita became editor of the Women’s Weekly (Australia), • then became the first women to be the editor of the Australian Metropolitan Newspaper (Daily Telegraph). • Ita Buttrose uses her national profile to raise awareness of breast cancer, HIV/AIDS and prostate cancer.

  3. Senior Australian Of The Year- Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks AM- • Palliative care specialist Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks is the Senior Australian of the Year for 2013. He was given this award for being very passionate towards world peace. Ian is a outstanding palliative care specialist. Since 1982 he has worked with medical groups looking for eliminate nuclear weapons. He was President of the Medical Association for prevention of war. When he was president the association it received the Australian Peace Medal. Since 1980 Professor Ian has advocated improved care for dying. He was the first Chair of Palliative Care at Flinders University. Now Emeritus Professor at Flinders University, he continues daily care for the terminally ill.

  4. Young Australia Of The Year Akram Azimi- Mentor Akram Azimi is the Young Australian of the Year for 2013. He was awarded the award for being a dedicated mentor to young indigenous people. 13 years ago Akram arrived in Australia from Afghanistan. He went from being ‘an ostracised refugee kid with no prospects’ to become his school’s head boy. Akram is now studying a triple major- law, science and the arts. In 2011 he co-founded a student-run initiative. This was to raise awareness about Indigenous issues in universities. He has worked with True Blue Dreaming, which helps disadvantaged remote Indigenous communities. For three years, Akram mentored young Indigenous people in the Looma community (the Kimberley region). Akram is also mentoring a Special Olympics athlete to help raise community awareness of disability issues.

  5. Australian of the year awards 2013 WINNERS!!

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