When Australia’s east coast was recently devastated by floods, everyone was debating about who needed to do what and the radio crackled with the sound of discontent – a voice broke through all of that saying something like “the people need us, so we are going”.
It was at once such a simple and pragmatic statement of fact that was impossible to ignore. The voice belonged to Dr Daniel Nour, mostly unknown until his recognition as the 2022 Young Australian of the Year.