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Abe Maddison

Emissions innovator, gold medallist feted in awards

Olympian Ariarne Titmus has been honoured as Tasmania's Young Australian of the Year. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A climate solutions innovator who has commercialised a new way to reduce methane emissions is Tasmania's 2025 Australian of the Year.

Sam Elsom, 43, founded Sea Forest, one of the first start-ups to turn asparagopsis, a native Australian red species of seaweed, into a livestock feed supplement. 

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