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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Daisy Dumas

Grace Tame: ‘I’ve had such a strange life, really’

‘If you resist the forces outside of your control, they only hurt more’ … Grace Tame in Hobart, Tasmania.
‘If you resist the forces outside of your control, they only hurt more’ … Grace Tame in Hobart, Tasmania. Photograph: Remi Chauvin/The Guardian

There is barely a wrinkle on the surface of Frederick Henry Bay as Grace Tame stands still, slides her blue eyes right and reboots the side-eye that launched a thousand memes.

Tame’s snub of prime minister Scott Morrison – deployed at a photocall marking the end of her tenure in 2022 – is an image that came to outlast many from an entire year of official duties as 2021 Australian of the Year, and sent some into a tailspin.

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