Auspire - Australia Day Council of Western Australia.

2019 has been a busy year and we are excited to announce that across Australia, there are now over 740 schools participating in our grass-roots school-based Program, reaching almost 260,000 students.

To coincide with Australian Citizenship Day, South Newman Primary School and Auspire hosted Their Excellencies, The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley to officiate over a Citizenship Ceremony for 18 new Aussies and help launch Aussie of the Month, as the school acknowledged their first Aussie of the Month recipient.

Auspire is currently seeking to fill a volunteer board  support role of Board Secretariat. We are keen to hear from those who wish to become involved.

A new report has found that if social inclusion can be better harnessed, it could amount to a $12.7 billion annual boost to the Australian economy.

To celebrate the launch of the 60th Anniversary of the Australian of the Year Awards in 2020, Auspire – Australia Day Council WA will host an Inspiring Australians Celebrating 60 Years event, featuring Ms Ita Buttrose, AC OBE.

The Fathering Project’s vision is for every child in Australia to have an effective father figure. Since its inception and more recently since Prof Robinson’s was put into the spotlight as WA’s 2014 Australian of the Year, the program has gone from strength to strength, expanding across Australia and to six different countries with incredible results.

Mr F. Mallard, Yamatji man, was awarded the WA 2019 Senior Citizen of the Year for his long awaited recognition as an army veteran and his advocacy work to obtain recognition for his service.

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness and Knowledge training is a new initiative now being offered by Auspire and directly supports its strategy to build social and cultural inclusion so that all Australians feel a deeper sense of belonging

Auspire held the third annual Inspiring Australians Student Forum with the current Australian of the Year, WA’s Dr Craig Challen and WA’s Young Australian of the Year Noelle Martin to discuss their perspectives of courage and resilience.

An initiative developing young people, predominantly from CaLD and other disadvantaged backgrounds, into strong community leaders.

Read Auspire’s article published in Issue 51 Mosaic Magazine. Federation of Ethnic Communities Council Australia.

January 2020 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Australian of the Year Awards, honouring and celebrating great Australians from all walks of life.