Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Grace Tame named 2021 Australian of the Year

 



The 26-year-old who helped lead the fight to overturn a law preventing sexual assault survivors from speaking out has been named the Australian of the Year for 2021

At 15, Grace Tame was groomed and raped by her 58-year-old teacher at a private girls' school in Hobart.  Her abuser was jailed for his crimes, but Ms Tame was not able to speak about her experience publicly under Tasmania's sexual assault victim gag laws, despite the perpetrator and media being free to do so…….

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-25/2021-australian-of-the-year-award-recipients-named/13089884


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