Resilience and Leadership: 2025 MELC Award Recipient

Languages and cultures connect us. They shape identity, build understanding, and create stronger communities. Each year, the Award for Leadership in Languages and Cultures (MELC Award) celebrates young South Australians who use their voices and leadership to champion diversity and inclusion. In 2025, we proudly honoured Marzila Osmani, MELC Award Category 1 Recipient, from Thebarton […]
Inspiring South Australian Women Impacting the World and Beyond – Women in Defence

It was with great pleasure that the Australia Day Council of South Australia launched the next iteration of our Inspiring Women Series, Inspiring Women Impacting the World and Beyond – Women In Defence – held on Thursday 4 September at U City. This extraordinary opportunity amplified women whose careers represented the culmination of years, often decades, of […]
Resilience in Action

Resilience in Action: a surfing champion, cave rescuer and youth advocate inspiring students to lead with purpose. From leading world-renowned rescues and empowering youth voices to surviving and thriving after trauma, three of Australia’s most extraordinary individuals headlined the Inspiring Australians Student Summit at Riverbanks College on Thursday, 21 August 2025. The Inspiring Australians Student […]
‘Where to From Here?’ – Empowering Young Citizens Forum

On Monday 21 July the Australia Day Council of SA proudly brought together, young changemakers from across South Australia at LG House for the inaugural ‘Where to From Here?’ – Empowering Young Citizens Forum. Over 50 Young Citizens of the Year recipients from member Councils across South Australia, and local leaders, came together to build […]
2025 Australian of the Year Luncheon – Neale Daniher AO

Beat the Beast – a message of hope from the Australian of the Year Luncheon Together, we play on, together, we beat the beast. More than 500 guests gathered in Adelaide to honour the 2025 Australian of the Year recipients and celebrate the power of individual and collective impact. The annual Australian of the Year […]
Murray Bridge Community Forum 2025

Future-Focused Leadership and Growth at the Heart of Murray Bridge Forum.
Murray Bridge Breakfast 2025

A Powerful Morning of Regional Collaboration, Leadership Insights and Connection.
Inspiring Student Summit Murray Bridge 2025

Leadership, Wellbeing and Purpose take Centre Stage at Inspiring Australian Student Summit.
Australian of the Year Luncheon celebrating Neale Daniher AO

Join us for an inspiring afternoon at the Australian of the Year Luncheon, as we honour the remarkable achievements of Neale Daniher AO, 2025 Australian of the Year. A true testament to resilience and leadership, Neale is co-founder of FightMND, a charity that has raised and invested over $115 million into medical research to find a cure for motor neurone […]
Reflecting, Listening, and Standing Together
The banks of Adelaide’s River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri echoed with the ancient sounds of First Nations languages amidst cleansing smoke from ceremonial fires during Mourning in the Morning at Elder Park/Tarntanya Wama – 26 January. Mourning in the Morning is about honesty, generosity, dignity, courage – all values Australians have historically identified with. And because First […]