Indigenous leaders, inventor and swimming coach among those recognised in 2025 Australia Day honours list
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Indigenous leaders, inventor and swimming coach among those recognised in 2025 Australia Day honours list

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WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story includes the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. "He was a Yolŋu man, an Australian — being born from the very bones of the country," Dr Yunupiŋu's brother, Djawa Yunupiŋu, said. "I never thought that I'd get on a national stage for something like this, and I think it's amazing," Mr Lawrence said. "It's saved countless lives by pushing that simple water safety message, 'Kids alive, do the five, fence the pool, shut the gate,'" Mr Lawrence said. "I'm a woman of sea country and just recently we have helped to establish commercial fisheries for a market of cultural wild catch and we're focusing in on abalone," Professor Lee said.

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