{"id":436884,"date":"2026-01-25T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436884\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:01:07","slug":"australian-of-the-year-aimed-for-the-stars-to-make-space-for-women-the-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436884\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian of the Year aimed for the stars to make space for women &#8211; The Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxQV2ZNUFZmZkE0clFvS0poNHprb0xXeVdSMlluLWkxWmJ2UnZuc0ZwWUdISWJ5amhjOHdJY3VHTnladWZlVjFDVXZMZlhqOERYem1qaHNyOUdseG93aDgyeUZYOVhTUHpBUk1WRXY0VUpHVHJZQkppLXU2elRfZGRYOUViaFM4aVZsbHRBbFYxWGVQMzZsNFZzVWRvakNSZlNkRjcwaTl1T0RrcEQtR0RpMnRBYjVpNnVlRXVNYjFEcU5hcXEyT1lzdUQ4b0FaeDF0aWJkbmk4dldwNEp6TDZvNXVqMDFWNzVZNEVNOVcwbWZVWmRwQ0RkaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian of the Year aimed for the stars to make space for women<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxQdUJoWG41LXFHQmM2N0FKYVBreDhtUEJoaWRCQ3oybGNxemNKdFFmbTgxalUtcTFRT1hfQlhNakZNQ0FQNzlLZi1VSXU2YWh5Y2lpblpmX195OGdfT0p1ODhKTFltYU55T09aTUtmWUNMcWxXaGdualpNdWN2aGRsUVdGTmIweVFPWWhz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Space industry trailblazer named Australian of the Year 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPU0dXbW12b2VSbmJDeEs5eUZFa1ZEVk9SdjBQSW5GVktIa0syNG5oTTNKb3Y1QTgyOUFwMHFZbVNfVDJlWVkwTkxhUHd2QjhMTWYyYnlUSnhxYUtQOG1SSEhwUVRSbFdLcUN5MUNqNlNMSENuX2tBeVE5LTd4U3Z1VTdOdlhDbFZ5YXdXMjdMekktQVR0UkZEWVN3cDFCbktnT21mLVJ4bFd2MmprX0tidFFLUVBzMFdGYXhQdVp4VzAwUnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg named Australian of the Year for 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogJBVV95cUxPcmhRb1lHMWdadDBVWE9LTjZ2Ni1TdnVOYzdxZVdGWHRiQ2FUVGxCUGl0Q1dId09IVmRvY0xscXA3TUlKSjBQVEJVTTFBcXNoczBQQXhWODZUX3Frd1JhMFVLVWt2bDgtNlZyY1luakJNRHktZC1SblpiT0dlZUtYazQ1cXVPT3RhMkI2VHl6cUd1T3F6M0k2X2VseXV6VmpPZlpJNVZoM0FXOXJoZ1BOdGNWS0pwMDJMa3FZejFGYV9URmxCaVlVWWpwSVU0MHNSTjktelVaNnRfN2V6VThHbkVjcGRHT2l1U2s4M09rY28zUXJiVjBaYVZ5QmRvdWM2akd2MjE1anJUUGJQYzJVX0hsT0FDSVRWMDBuQjRTazVmZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">We\u2019re leaving talent on the launchpad, new Australian of the Year says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQTEZCbktRSFZiQ2gzM0pta1VVRE03ZnRidk14MGFIY0hkMUl1RlRpSVNMeWdxR05tVm9ZNmkxZXppM0Zob2p5UURoa2dINGNMamRkSkxwcnNNSnZDclBkd1c1MEVnUWc4dG9ERGdQTHIyZUpzWjRFa01VbU9FU0FtTGV5VHQxNVB1OEc4ekNKdzhtYnRRaWJ0TE56VmRxZU9nUkJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Astronaut, distance runner win nation&#8217;s highest honours<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;canberratimes.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian of the Year aimed for the stars to make space for women&nbsp;&nbsp;The AustralianSpace industry trailblazer named Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-436884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}