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The title Australian of the Year was won by astronaut Katrin Benel Peck.

It's pinched me stuff to be in this position and I hope by a year and trying to look at what's possible for more people in the future.

I grew up, I was inspired by the stories of Australians who were already in space.

The 41-year-old Katrin Benel Peck has recorded herself in history as the first Australian qualified for the Australian astronaut program.

As a space engineer, she also contributed to many space missions and technologies.

In 2024, she completed basic astronaut training at the European Centre for Astronauts in Germany.

Yeah, becoming an astronaut for me is a childhood dream come true, but it's still just the beginning.

Katrin Benelpek was recognized as a pioneer whose contribution to the Australian space program goes far beyond technology.

Thanks to regular meetings with students, she really drives the development of the space sector in her country.

As she emphasizes, in space it is not about escaping from Earth, but about learning to look at our planet much more clearly.

Nearer to Earth, Professor Henry Brodaty received the title of Senior of the Year in Australia for his fight against dementia.

A 78-year-old psychiatrist co-created the organization Dementia Australia, devoting his life to clinical work, research and prophylactic.

Since the establishment of the Center for Healthy Brain Age at the University of New South Wales, Professor Brodaty has expanded this institute to a team of 60 employees.

We all focus on different aspects of this disease, from genetic analysis and changes in proteins in the blood, to brain imaging and social health conditions.

We also help patients and their loved ones to deal with changes in behavior that are inseparably accompanied by dementia.

The local hero of Australia in the year 2026 was Frank Mitchell, the leader of the construction industry of raw material origin.

His four companies employ a total of more than 200 employees, focusing on combining cultural values with modern management.

Mitchell, a proud representative of the Nunga people from the Wodjuk Ut country, is co-director of Wilco Electrical and co-founder and director of Kardan, Baldia and Blia companies operating in the technical and construction services sector.

They each individually offer opportunities for mob to get into the construction and electrical industry.

Each of these companies opens our people the door to the construction and electrical industry.

I am proud that together with my teams we have created in the last decade 70 jobs that allow to raise the qualifications of native Australians.

We have also given over 11 million dollars to Aboriginal contractors.

We have seen how thanks to this growth from one-person activities to companies that today have their own teams and their own training programs.

Mitchell emphasizes that his dedication to the community of the First Nations shaped early experiences from his youth when he grew up in a small, provincial town.

In my teenage years, I lost two friends to drugs and suicide.

As a 20-year-old, I was in a spiral of decline.

But in the next five years, two things happened that completely changed my fate.

I didn't believe that I would be able to get a job, but there was one man who believed in me, my uncle.

Another inspiring figure is Ned Brockman, who received the title of Young Australian in 2026.

Brockman began to act in favor of people in the homelessness crisis and raise funds for this purpose, having only twenty-something years.

I think I just took action.

I think it was a matter of, well, we can always sit back and...

Today, 27-year-old Brockman has millions of dollars in his account, largely due to his unusual passion for ultramarathons.

This electric Sforbs has covered almost 4,000 kilometers, running from Peth to Sydney in just 46 days.

Since then, it has been conducting a challenge called Net Uncomfortable Challenge, inspiring others to get out of the comfort zone.

Four laureates of the Australian Award were selected from a group of 33 finalists, each of whom carries an exceptional history with him.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized that this year's winners represent what is best in Australia.

On the basis of the material of Tim Mitchell and Alexa Jones from SBS News, Agnieszka Burton, SBS Polish, worked out in Polish.

Polub nas na Facebooku, udostępnij innym, skomentuj, bądź z nami na polskim Facebooku SBS.

Starting a new life in Australia isn't easy.

Sometimes I feel like, oh, I'm going to quit.

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