Bungle on stage accidentally stripped 2026 South Australian Senior of the Year of award

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Citizen scientist Malcolm Benoy was announced as the winner of the award, before the presenters then announced sound designer James Currie as the winner. Moments later, the hosts revoked their error and returned the award to Malcolm Benoy.

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00:00All right, it is now time to announce the recipient of this very prestigious award,

00:05the 2026 Senior South Australian of the Year for South Australia is Malcolm Benoy.

00:12Congratulations, Malcolm.

00:30The judges are conferring for a second.

00:57Just hold that thought for just a moment.

01:00It's been a controversy.

01:03Is this like the Oscars?

01:04It is a little bit like the Oscars.

01:11Wait to see what the authorities tell us should happen on this moment.

01:16A bungle on stage at the 2026 South Australian of the Year led to the rightful winner of the Senior

01:22Australian of the Year award being strict of the honour before it was restored only moments

01:27later.

01:28Citizen scientist Malcolm Benoy was announced as the winner of the award before the presenters

01:33then announced sound designer James Currie as the winner.

01:37I'm sorry we have to make an apology and particularly to you Malcolm Benoy.

01:41the wrong winner was in the envelope and we do apologise for that.

01:47A lot of amazing work that Malcolm has done there is no doubt about that but we can announce that the

01:52senior Australian Australian of the Year of the Year of the Year of the Year is in fact

02:00James is it James?

02:01It is James.

02:02James Currie.

02:03James Currie.

02:04James Currie.

02:04Congratulations James and we apologise to Malcolm for that mispronunciation.

02:20I am right now.

02:31Speaker 2

02:33just hold we need to hold for a second it's a bit like a quiz show when there's needs to go

02:44upstairs okay all right we're moving along as we hear this now apparently it's our notes that

02:50are incorrect and we will let's scrub the last five minutes let's start all of again

02:56open the uh the card again and announce that the 2026 senior australian of the year for south

03:06australia is mac benoy it is okay that's a roller coaster everyone let's do that all again

03:15ladies and gentlemen please uh excuse us for a few moments my name is mark fraser i'm the ceo of the

03:22national australia council uh based in canberra that is just a miscommunication we had it right

03:28all the way along i don't know what has transpired behind the scenes but it's incorrect information

03:32the trophy is correct the press release is correct it is malcolm benoy i'm terribly sorry for the

03:38embarrassment thank you very much well done malcolm

03:41an extra round of applause for malcolm that was a real journey he went on there

03:48well malcolm oh my goodness that wasn't it can i make a comment yes i'm glad there's a doctor in the

04:06house in fact there's several thank goodness is there that much stress involved in meteorology

04:14normally sorry is there that much stress in meteorology normally i cannot say anything about

04:20meteorology because i'm not a meteorologist i've only worked at the weather bureau as a volunteer

04:24for 20 years but i can't speak for you

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