ROSIE BATTY has written open letter/ mud map 2 Grace Tame to help navigate the Yr ahead. She illuminates what her yr was like:
"There is little or no support from the Nat Aust Day Council for people who don’t have the big support networks."
#LetHerSpeak https://www.smh.com.au/national/what-i-wish-for-grace-tame-rosie-batty-s-open-letter-to-the-australian-of-the-year-20210129-p56xu1.html

"At first, everyone is delighted for you but as your messages gain impact and momentum, the backlash grows and directs back towards you with an ugliness you can never anticipate. "

"You will also be besieged by every community-based organisation, business and institution. You offer hope and inspiration to everyone, including the most fragile, but it becomes a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week role. "

"If there was one thing I would ask NADC to consider, it is to prepare the honorees more thoroughly. Give an indication of the avalanche about to hit. "