Today is Australia Day and as I pour my glass of red the smell of frying sausages wafts over the fence. Good news is that actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded Australian of the Year. Marita Cheng who promotes engineering as a great career for woman was awarded Young Australian of the Year and Laurie Baymarrwangga, an elder from East Arnhemland, was Senior Australian of the Year. So we have an actor and engineer and an Aboriginal elder as inspiration this year, all from fields that barely rate a mention in Australia on any ordinary day.
Sports people and civil servants got their share of awards as well but online comments seems to indicate that giving awards to these people doesn't have a lot of support.
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