Doctor who founded a mobile medical service for the homeless named Young Australian of the Year
For the first time in the award's 62-year history, a person with a disability has been named Australian of the Year.
In 2017, he founded the Dylan Alcott Foundation to provide scholarships and grant funding to marginalised Australians with a disability, and in the same year he co-founded disability and accessibility training start-up Get Skilled Access. St John Ambulance volunteer who helped communities through the Black Summer fires named Senior Australian of the YearOne of the Australian Capital Territory's longest-serving volunteers with over 50 years of dedication to St John Ambulance, Valmai Dempsey has been named Senior Australian of the Year for 2022.
Chair of the National Australia Day Council, Danielle Roche OAM, said Ms Dempsey "embodies the Australian spirit of volunteering" through her consistent work. He returned to Australia, and in 2020 he started Street Side Medics, a not-for-profit GP-led mobile medical service for vulnerable people in New South Wales.
"With his leadership and social consciousness, Daniel is committed to making a real difference to the lives of many Australians. He's also making significant improvements to society," the Australian of the Year awards panel said in a statement. In accepting his award, Dr Nour said many Australians living in homelessness were “suffering in silence”.
Shanna Whan has been recognised for her charity work changing the conversation around alcohol consumption in rural Australia, being named Australia's Local Hero for 2022. Ms Whan said people in rural areas were 150 per cent more likely to suffer from alcohol harm than Australians living in the city.
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