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Australia's Local Hero for 2022 is Shanna Whan, founder of 'Sober in the Country'

Steve Evans
Updated January 25 2022 - 10:15pm, first published 7:45pm
Australia's Local Hero for 2022 Shanna Whan. Picture: Keegan Carroll
Australia's Local Hero for 2022 Shanna Whan. Picture: Keegan Carroll

Australia's Local Hero for 2022 is Shanna Whan. She founded "Sober in the Country" which helps people in country Australia deal with alcohol and its problems.

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Steve Evans

Steve Evans

Reporter

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

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