Got to give credit where credit is due. Well done Tony, good choice.
FROM ICONIC ABC NEWS: "Aboriginal AFL player and anti-racism campaigner Adam Goodes has been named the 2014 Australian of the Year.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott presented Goodes with the award at a ceremony on the lawns outside Parliament House attended by a large crowd of dignitaries and fellow award finalists.
Goodes, known for his youth advocacy work, was chosen from a diverse field of nominees that represented the scientific and medical communities, the arts and community groups.
In other honours, former Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Fred Chaney, from Western Australia, was named Senior Australian of the Year 2014 for his commitment to reconciliation; New South Wales Paralympic champion Jacqueline Freney was awarded Young Australian of the Year 2014; and children's charity founder Tim Conolan, from Victoria, was named Australia's Local Hero for 2014.
National Australia Day Council chair Adam Gilchrist paid tribute to the finalists as "an extraordinary group of Australians who represent their States and Territory with distinction and who show us all what is possible in our country".
