{"id":7411,"date":"2019-01-25T14:50:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T03:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T05:12:32","slug":"news-that-time-i-received-an-australia-day-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2019\/01\/news-that-time-i-received-an-australia-day-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: That time I received an Australia Day Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7412 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Tait Australia Day Awards\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last night, I was honoured (also, astonished) to receive an Australia Day Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Culture at the 2019 Shoalhaven City Council ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Jane Sim who nominated me for the Award and to the community panel who chose me for this honour. Huge congratulations to all of the new citizens and other award winners.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Procrastipup, my constant writing companion, would like it known that he was there in spirit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7413\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FullSizeRender1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, I was honoured (also, astonished) to receive an Australia Day Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Culture at the 2019 Shoalhaven City Council ceremony. 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