EXTRACT: I learned that one can just step off the conveyor belt of life and exercise choice outside of societal expectation. In those months I learned something experientially deep about choice and about an ‘I can’ attitude. About chutzpah.

The National Museum of Australia profiles Rosie Martin, Tasmanian Australian of The Year, who has been helping prisoners crack the code of reading through the Just Sentences pilot program.

Australian of The Year Awards 2017 – National Museum of Australia