Would you like to sponsor the 2025 Blind Australian of the Year Awards? We invite you to support the 2025 Blind Australian of the Year Awards, a national celebration that acknowledges the remarkable contributions of people who are blind or have low vision in Australian society. This year, we will present three prestigious awards: 🏆 […]
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Link Vision is excited to announce the introduction of a new Award for the highly popular Blind Australian of the Year Awards, that of Youth Blind Australian of the Year. 2025 is the first year of the Youth Blind Australian of the Year. Link Vision Chief Executive Officer Terry O’Neill said that the new Award
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Congratulations APM Western Australia for winning the 2024 Employer of Choice Award at the 2924 Blind Australian of the Year Awards that were held in Brisbane on 27 October 2024. The Employer of Choice Award recognises organisations who not only champion diversity but demonstrate HOW workplace accessibility and inclusion is delivered to create truly diverse,
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We are thrilled to announce that Courtney Webeck is the recipient of the 2024 Blind Australian of the Year Award. Courtney was awarded her trophy at the Awards Gala Dinner on Saturday, 26 October at the Amora Hotel in Brisbane. Courtney was joined on stage by other finalists Matt Formston and Janelle Colquhoun. Courtney’s journey
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Join us at the Blind Australian of the Year Awards Gala 2024 where all our guests will be welcomed on the Red Carpet by two time Big Brother Australia winner, Reggie Sorensen. Reggie is the much-loved Fish and Chip maker from a little village in Tasmania who became the only person to win Australian TV’s
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Reading Radio offers Queensland’s only locally produced reading service on radio. The content is designed with people with low or no vision or reading problems in mind, but can be enjoyed by everyone! They have three production team members and two board members who live with blindness or very low vision, which ensures the organisation
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A huge congratulations goes out to Lauren Henley from Victoria who is the recipient of the 2023 Blind Australian of the Year award. You can learn more about Lauren here. Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate, those who supported the event and of course our generous sponsors who help make this
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Introducing Blind Australian of the Year FINALIST… Lorin Nicholson OAM from Qld Undefined by disability and seemingly indefatigable! Lorin has lived a diverse life built on a foundation of contribution. His achievements include: industry leading health professional, award winning musician, best selling author, record breaking cyclist, motivational speaker, educator, ambassador and devoted dad and partner.
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Introducing 2023 Blind Australian of the Year FINALIST… Lauren Henley from Victoria Unstoppable. Committed. Advocate. 3 words that describe, in a limited sense at least, Blind Australian Finalist, Lauren Henley. Tenacity and Determination to cause a result, like a terrier unwilling to let go, might also be an adequate metaphor for Lauren. Her drive to
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