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The 2010 Mother of the Year is Kaye Worth of WAThursday 6 May 2010 Tonight, at a gala dinner held at the Ivy in Sydney, 68-year-old Kaye Worth of Western Australia beat seven other amazing mums to become Barnardos Australia's Mother of the Year for 2010. Kaye, whose dedication to the many vulnerable babies whose health and wellbeing she has restored impressed our judges, was called an inspiration by The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women who presented her with the award. |
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Monika Schaefe is the NT's Mother of the YearWednesday 14 April 2010 This morning at a morning tea ceremony in Darwin Monika Schaefe of Moulden was named the Northern Territory's Mother of the Year. She was presented with her award by The Hon Kon Vatskalis MLA, Minister for Children and Families. |
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Kaye Worth named the WA Mother of the YearMonday 12 April 2010 This morning at a morning tea ceremony in Perth Kaye Worth of Gosnells was name the Barnardos Western Australian Mother of the Year and presented with her award by Minister Robyn McSweeney. |
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Curly Corlett is SA's Mother of the YearFriday 9 April 2010 Curly Corlett of Flagstaff Hill was today named the South Australian Mother of the Year and presented with her award at a morning tea ceremony in Adelaide by Senator Simon Birmingham. |
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Victoria's Mother of the Year is Gina ScuffinsWednesday 7 April 2010 Today, at a morning tea ceremony in Melbourne, Gina Scuffins from Ross Creek was presented with the Barnardos' Victorian Mother of the Year Award. She was presented with her award by Li Cunxin, the 2009 Father of the Year, and author of the best selling autobiography Mao's Last Dancer. |
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The TAS Mother of the Year is Jenny PiemonteseTuesday 6 April 2010 At an emotional ceremony in Hobart today Jenny Piemontese of Sandford was presented with the Barnardos' Tasmanian Mother of the Year Award by Senator David Bushby. |
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Charmaine Mann is QLD's Mother of the YearWednesday 31 March 2010 Today at a ceremony proudly sponsored by the Queensland Government and presented by Minister Phil Reeves, Minister for Child Safety and Sport, Charmaine Mann of Tannum Sands was named the Queensland Mother of the Year. |
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The NSW Mother of the Year is Sandra HuntMonday 29 March 2010 At a morning tea at Parliament House in Sydney today Sandra Hunt from Bolwarra Heights was named the Barnardos' NSW Mother of the Year and presented with her award by The Hon Kristina Keneally MP, Premier of NSW. |
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Jakelin Verran is the ACT Mother of the YearFriday 26 March 2010 At a morning tea ceremony today in Canberra, Jakeline Verran of Casey was named the Barnardos ACT Mother of the Year. |
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Meet the 2010 state and territory finalistsThursday 25 March 2010 Choosing our finalists from thousands of inspiring entries from around the country is not an easy task, but our judges rose to the challenge. After deliberating for hours they chose three women from each state and territory to represent their state at a morning tea ceremony where the state winner will be announced. |
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Car of the year for our mother of the yearFriday 19 February 2010 City Ford Sydney has again very generously donated a brand new Ford Fiesta CL 5 Door as the major prize for Barnardos Australia’s Mother of the Year 2010. |
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A tough task for this year's judgesWednesday 17 February 2010 On Thursday, 11 February 2010 the judging panel met in Sydney to perform the incredibly difficult task of sorting through the nominations to select this year's state and territory finalists. |
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Damien Leith believes Australian mums are the real idolsWednesday 27 January 2010 With just five days to go before nominations close, we are delighted to announce that multiple ARIA Award winner, Damien Leith, has become an ambassador of Barnardos Australia's Mother of the Year Awards. |
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Nominations open for the 2010 Mother of the YearSunday 1 November 2009 Do you know a great mum? Nominations for the 2010 Barnardos Australia Mother of the Year open today and close at midnight, 31 January 2009. So nominate a great mum you know today and show her how much she's appreciated. |
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