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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