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William Ton

TV and radio presenter named Vic Australian of the Year

Carrie Bickmore is Victoria's Australian of the Year for her advocacy for brain cancer research. (HANDOUT/SALTY DINGO)

Ten years ago, radio and television presenter Carrie Bickmore donned a blue beanie on national television while accepting her Gold Logie and asked Australians to do the same to start a conversation about brain cancer.

Brain cancer reaches one Australian every five hours, kills more children than any other disease and more people aged under 40 than any other cancer, including her late husband Greg, who died in 2010.

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