Happy Australia Day 2013 and congratulations to award recipients

Happy Australia Day to everyone in Broken Hill, Melbourne and across Australia. Australia is a great country. We Australians are very lucky.

Congratulations to Ita Buttrose AO OBE (media icon) - Australian of the Year 2013.

Shane Phillips, Akram Azimi, Prime Minister Julia Gillard (centre),
Ita Buttrose and Professor Ian Maddocks courtesy www.australianoftheyear.org.au

Congratulations also to Senior Australian of the Year Professor Ian Maddocks AM (pallliative care specialist), Young Australian of the Year Akram Azimi (mentor) and Australia's Local Hero Shane Phillips (indigenous leader).

Margaret Corradini
photo courtesty Gavin Schmidt
Barrier Daily Truth

Broken Hill
Margaret Corradini was awarded the Broken Hill Citizen of the Year so congratulations are due to Margaret, well done.

Margaret is the President of the St Patrick's Race Club, and has held this position since 2001. She is an avid and dedicated volunteer with a long history of representing the community via numerous organisations.

Enjoy that lovely long weekend.

Cheers, Jane D