1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Jonesy and Amanda's Well. The winners of the twenty twenty 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: one Australian of the Year Awards were announced on Monday, 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: and what an extraordinary batch of women. The four awards 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: have gone to women, I think for the first time ever. 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: The Senior Australian of the Year Miriam Rose Unganma Bauman. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: She's a seventy three year old Aboriginal elder. She was 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: the Northern Territory's first qualified Aboriginal teacher and she's worked 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: to bridge the divide between Indigenous and non Indigenous society. 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: She believes all children should learn about visual art is 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: a huge inspiration. The Young Australian of the Year. Her 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: name is Isabelle Marshall. She's an Adelaide medical student and 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: she these people are extraordinary. She and her best friend 13 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: came up with an idea to tackle two taboos, menstrual 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: stigma and period poverty. These are areas that cost young 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: women so dearly. It costs young women months of their education. 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: Girls all around the world and in Australia too, who 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: stay home because they can't afford the pads and the tampons, 18 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: or because there's stigma associated with having a period well no, 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: well all over the place. But they've also discovered that 20 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: even in Australia that sometimes the girls don't have access 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: to the toilets, Sometimes they don't have access to pads 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: and tampons. Sometimes they're not taught properly about hygiene and 23 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: this can really hold a girl back in her education. 24 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: In Scotland and New Zealand, they've made tampons and pads 25 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: free in schools to tackle this period poverty. It's a 26 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: big deal and people are only just now talking about that. 27 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: So she's amazing. The Australia's Local Hero this award went 28 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: to Rosemary Karauki. She's a Kenyan refugee who lives in 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: New South Wales. She does an incredible job. She helpsrant 30 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: migrants combat loneliness as I adjust to life in Australia. 31 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: But she's also a liaison officer for the police when 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: they're facing domestic violent scenarios or they've got language barriers 33 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: or financial distress. But the woman who was named Australia 34 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: of the Year is just extraordinary. Her name is Grace Tame. 35 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: She's twenty six years old. You may have seen her 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: speak on the news and on various programs over the weekend. 37 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: She made history when she was granted a legal exemption 38 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: to speak about her experience as a sexual assault survivor. She, 39 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: at the age of fifteen, was groomed and raped by 40 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: a fifty six year old school teacher, and he was 41 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: allowed to speak about his experience, but she wasn't. And 42 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: you can understand why there might be some rules in 43 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: place so that people aren't outed when they don't want 44 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: to be as sexual assault survivors. But she wanted to 45 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: have her say, and she changed the rules so that 46 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: she could, and her speech yesterday was extraordinary. 47 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: Lived experience informs structural and social change. When we share, 48 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 2: we heal. Yes, discussion of child sexual abuses uncomfortable, but 49 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 2: nothing is more uncomfortable than the abuse itself. So let 50 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: us redirect this discomfort to where it belongs, at the 51 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: feet of perpetrators of these crimes. I remember him towering 52 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 2: over me, blocking the door. I remember him saying, don't 53 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 2: tell anybody. I remember him saying, don't make a sound. Well, 54 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 2: hear me now, using my voice amongst a growing chorus 55 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 2: of voices that will not be silenced. Let's make some noise. Australia. 56 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: I've got goosebumps hearing that extraordinary and when you look 57 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: at this these four people, you think, geep, we're actually 58 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: in good shape, aren't we. This is amazing. 59 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 2: From the usual sporting fraternity getting absolutely jonesy and Amanda's 60 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 2: gammation