When Grace Tame was named Australian of the Year last January, Rosie Batty was instantly filled with fear for the then 26-year-old.
Her willingness to criticise Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other ministers has won her many admirers but also generated a backlash from conservative figures. News Corp columnist Janet Albrechtsen and NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham have accused her of undermining the platform’s effectiveness by appearing to take political sides.
For example, Batty says she believes Tame was overly harsh in calling out Morrison for allegedly telling her he “bet it felt good to get that out” after she delivered a passionate Australia Day speech recounting her experience of childhood sexual abuse. Tame has regularly criticised Morrison over the past year, usually referring to him only as “Scott” in her tweets. Morrison’s critics have attacked him in the past for referring to women only by their first name.
Batty, 59, says she believes a generational divide explains the different approaches she and Tame took to the role. “There’s the emergence of the angry young woman who has no time for what my generation put up with,” Goward, 69, says. “She’s incredibly courageous and takes no prisoners and I think young women are looking for that.”
Sexual assault survivor and advocate Nina Funnell, who organised the #LetHerSpeak campaign that brought Tame to national attention, says: “Grace will always tell you what she thinks and that can make people uncomfortable.Funnell says not being beholden to a particular organisation has allowed Tame to speak more candidly than past recipients of the award.
“A few weeks ago, I experienced a rock bottom crash, the constant re-traumatisation from re-reading my past and speaking about it in the media came to a head,” Tame told an event for businesswomen in Melbourne.
She cast a wider net of criticism than needed.
A backlash from conservatives !!! Oh dear how sad never mind. It's about time someone threw the rule book out the window, good for her, she's smarter than all those people.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Grace Tame announces shock engagementThe former Australian of the Year is engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sharing the sweet moment he got down on one knee. Still Australian of the Year. Newone isn’t announced until Tuesday night. Poor guy “Shock” engagement? Maybe “surprise”?
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »
The defining moments of Grace Tame’s time as Australian of the YearFrom making noise about sexual assault to encouraging others to do so, this is what Grace Tame will be remembered for as her time as Australian of the Year comes to an end. ketaminh Outstanding human being 💪 As long as a victim mentality is more socially rewarding than a resilient one, society will struggle to objectively prioritise it's problems. Continually making victims “Australian of the Year” doesn’t help.
Source: SBSNews - 🏆 3. / 89 Read more »
The Loop: Who can get a free RAT, meat shortages for Australia Day, and Grace Tame engagedHere's your TL;DR for this morning's news. Abc spreading misinformation, well I’m not surprised Can we have a minute’s silence for the poor bugger who is marrying Grace? 🙄 School children in NSW + Victoria can get free RATs... 20+ million of them... which have been hoarded by state regimes for political advantage... making the shortage that is CRIPPLING THE SUPPLY CHAIN so much worse... 🤨
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »
The Wiggles take out Hottest 100 number one with Tame Impala coverIn a result few could have predicted, The Wiggles have taken out this year’s triple j Hottest 100 with their cover of Tame Impala’s Elephant. Wiggles are what cockroaches grow up to become... Lol If this doesn’t finally tell everyone that triple J is utter junk, then nothing will
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »
The Wiggles’ Hottest 100 winning track might never have happenedIf it was all up to Anthony Field, who wears the blue shirt, The Wiggles' Hottest 100 winning cover of Tame Impala's Elephant might never have happened. Who do we blame? Very cool 🤣🐘 Well I for one am very glad it did get made. It’s fantastic. Most everything else is dross (but not anywhere near as bad as Angus & Julia Stone’s Jet Plane) 😂😂😂
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »
'Amazingly strong and articulate': Sexual assault survivor on Grace Tame's legacyIn Grace Tame's home town of Hobart, the Sexual Assault Support Service has seen 'one of the biggest increases' in referrals. As long as a victim mentality is more socially rewarding than a resilient one, society will struggle to objectively prioritise it's problems. Continually making victims “Australian of the Year” doesn’t help. This one has just spewed partisan hate since day 1. Good riddance. Good on her! The suffering this woman endured shouldn't be experienced by anyone. However it also isn't something to be used as an achievement.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »