After this year’s shambles, I thought I would get in early and nominate Alice Kunek as Australian of the Year for 2017. Alice is a basketball player and a member of the Australian Opals. Another member of the Opals is Liz Cambage. Born to a Nigerian father, she is 6 feet 8 inches tall and is therefore not to be trifled with on the basketball court or, so it seems, when she takes on collective responsibility for all black basketball players she thinks are being subjected to racial vilification.
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