{"id":5363,"date":"2020-03-05T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2020-03-05T17:59:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:59:11","slug":"cancer-researcher-maria-kavallaris-am-named-nsw-premiers-woman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/05\/cancer-researcher-maria-kavallaris-am-named-nsw-premiers-woman-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"CANCER RESEARCHER MARIA KAVALLARIS AM NAMED NSW PREMIER\u2019S WOMAN OF THE YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internationally renowned scientist Professor Maria Kavallaris AM has been named the 2020 NSW Premier\u2019s Woman of the Year \u2013 the top honour at the NSW Women of the Year awards.<br \/>\nProf. Kavallaris accepted the award from Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor at the WOTY Awards ceremony in Sydney today.<br \/>\n\u201cMaria is a remarkable achiever whose ground-breaking research has led to more effective therapies for aggressive childhood cancers,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\nA further six outstanding women from across NSW took out the top spot in their nominated category, ranging from community heroes to lifetime achievers.<br \/>\n\u201cCongratulations to all the incredible women who have deservedly been recognised; their achievements are an inspiration to women who want to make a difference.\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\nMrs Taylor said this year\u2019s awards program attracted an unprecedented number of nominations and more than 7,000 votes in the publicly decided categories.<br \/>\n\u201cBe it science, industry, business or community; every part of NSW has benefited from the outstanding contributions made by women,\u201d Mrs Taylor said.<br \/>\n\u201cYou can\u2019t be what you can\u2019t see; so please join me in celebrating these women and sharing their stories of success to help improve the lives of girls and young women across our state.\u201d<br \/>\n2020 NSW Women of the Year Award winners are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Premier\u2019s Award for Woman of the Year \u2013 Professor Maria Kavallaris AM<\/li>\n<li>Aboriginal Woman of the Year \u2013 Kirli Saunders<\/li>\n<li>Rex Airlines Regional Woman of the Year \u2013 Krystaal Hinds<\/li>\n<li>First State Super Lifetime Achievement Award \u2013 Christine Strachan<\/li>\n<li>Harvey Norman Young Woman of the Year \u2013 Hannah Beder<\/li>\n<li>Community Hero Award \u2013 Justine Lorenz<\/li>\n<li>NSW Business Woman of the Year &#8211; Anneke van den Broek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internationally renowned scientist Professor Maria Kavallaris AM has been named the 2020 NSW Premier\u2019s Woman of the Year \u2013 the top honour at the NSW Women of the Year awards. Prof. Kavallaris accepted the award from Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor at the WOTY Awards ceremony in Sydney today. \u201cMaria is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/05\/cancer-researcher-maria-kavallaris-am-named-nsw-premiers-woman-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CANCER RESEARCHER MARIA KAVALLARIS AM NAMED NSW PREMIER\u2019S WOMAN OF THE YEAR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}