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For TasWeekend. Rosie Martin speech pathologist who is the Tasmanian Australian of the Year. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES

Speaking up for those without a voice

ROSIE Martin sees language as a means to breaking the cycle of disadvantage that sees too many poorly educated people in the justice system.

** HOLD SPECIAL FEATURE FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH **** Alan Tongue talking to year 8 and 9 school students while they participant in the Alan Tongue Aspire Program, Mentoring thru Fitness with high School kids. Picture Kym Smith

Tackling kids’ troubles through sport

FORMER Canberra Raiders captain Alan Tongue is a nominee for Australian of the Year thanks to his social work with young people.

Victorian Australian of the Year 2017 Paris Aristotle speaks during an exhibition launch at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Each of the eight finalists has chosen an object with which they have a deep personal connection and has shared the story behind the object.(AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

“If we can’t make it work, nobody can.”

AUSTRALIA is the “best in the world” when it comes to resettling refugees says Paris Aristotle who thinks we can solve the problems surrounding this complicated issue.

05/12/2016. Andrew Forrest, chairman and founder of Fortescue Minerals, iron ore company. Forrest is also a champion of business pushing ahead with anti-slavery issues and has established the Walk Free Foundation. Photographed with some Australian Indigenous artwork at his Sydney home base. Britta Campion / The Australian

Giving the less fortunate a hand up

VISITING vulnerable communities led Andrew Forrest to direct his energy to finding parity not just for indigenous Australians but for all people.

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Digging deep to make a difference

CHRIS Evans has helped grow many types of gardens but his greatest pleasure is watching his special workers’ lives improve.

COUNTRY LIVING: Vets Beyond Borders Dr Graeme Blanch has been a vet in Wangaratta since 1982, specialising in horses but also working with small animals and cattle. He is a volunteer with Vets Beyond Borders, having worked in India to vaccinate and sterilise rabid dogs. He also volunteers in central Australia with remote indigenous communities. Pictured: Graeme with his Schnauzer named Edna. PICTURE: ZOE PHILLIPS

Volunteer vet works beyond the call

SEMI-retired vet Graeme Blanch gives his time to help control and protect dog populations in remote indigenous communities.

COUNTRY LIVING: Star Farrier Rachael Kane Rachael Kane is a highly skilled farrier who has just returned from Missouri where she received her journeyman accreditation. She wants to show other country women that farrier work is not just for men. Pictured with horse named Champagne Perrier. PICTURE: ZOE PHILLIPS

Female farrier has her best foot forward

SHOEING horses as a career came late in life for Rachael Kane but but now she is one of the world’s best.

Queensland Ambulance Museum manger Mick Davies. Picture: Peter Cronin

Veteran carer looks to the future

MICK DAVIS has been on the lookout for the safety of his fellow Queenslanders since he was a little boy and is passionate about his state’s ambulance service

Amy Watson 11 is Australian champion for Junior Freestyle in the sport of Indoor Skydiving.

The floating world of Amy Watson

AMY’S talent for indoor skydiving has taken her right around the world – as an elite competitor. “It’s the most amazing sport,” says Amy, now 11.

Truffle Dogs Majura

Sniffer dogs turn to truffles

POLICE dog trainer Jayson Mesman can usually be found training canines to sniff out drugs but the rest of the time he and his four-legged friends sniff for truffles.

LOCAL HERO. Sunshine Ice Blocks at Bull Creek. Brendan Lineage with his wife Courtney Stephen making their all natural ice creams in their production kitchen on their Bull Creek property. Pic: Tricia Watkinson

Life’s a treat for ice block creators

TREE CHANGERS Brendan and Courtney have turned their healthy homemade ice blocks into a popular local treat.

Little Wings air service - Pride of Australia. Little Wings is an aeroplane service that transports sick kids and their families from rural NSW to hospitals in Sydney and Newcastle. It's run mostly by volunteers, like pilot Adam Holt.There are no nurses or medical facilities on board - it's more of a transport service.

Giving sick children a lift

THROUGHOUT his aviation career, Adam Holt has carried just about everyone and everything to just about every corner of Australia

Girl with pet chickens

Why chickens make the best pets

ON show-and-tell days at her primary school in rural Victoria, Aleisja Henry always thrilled her classmates by bringing along one of her cherished pet chickens.

Mandy Lau of Nunawading runs 'Reach and Match' which is an innovative educational kit to empower children with special needs by developing essential childhood skills including cognitive, motor, social and communication skills. Mandy with the Reach and Match products, for which she recently won a Good Design Award. Picture: Steve Tanner

Engineering a better life for kids

MANDY’S passion is creating a better life for kids with disabilities — and she’s doing just that using her skills in industrial design.

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