From supporting teenage mums to providing food relief and finding lost pets, the nominees for Australian of the Year Local Hero have gone above and beyond to help their communities.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleHailing from different states and diverse backgrounds, the finalists for the Australian of the Year Local Hero award have worked to make Australia a fairer and more connected place.
Since its foundation, Turbans 4 Australia has travelled across the country to provide hampers for people impacted by drought, bushfires, floods, cyclones and COVID-19."No matter where we come from, what our culture is, what our religion is, what our ethnic background is."Melissa Redsell runs Moreton Bay charity A Brave Life, which supports vulnerable young mothers.
Dr Mirza says the charity helps women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds become more confident in themselves, which helps them start their "own journey of empowerment"."They're already quite resilient because they know very well what's waiting for them, but they don't know how to adapt.
"When people come to have conversations about mental health we quite often jump to problem solving," Ms King said. This experience inspired him to become a volunteer ambulance officer for Ambulance Tasmania in Sheffield. Since joining in 2011, he has contributed over 1,500 hours a year as a first responder to medical emergencies.
It was through this work she discovered many pets were becoming lost because owners could not afford to give them a microchip. Ms Young was painting when she fell and realised that if she even had a serious injury, none of her neighbours would have heard her. She knew she had to address the isolation in her region.
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