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A Queensland mother, who aims to help 20 million of the world’s most underprivileged children learn to read, received the inaugural WiT Community Award, in 2019.

Modelling the future in safety tech

An elaborate haute-couture headdress was the inspiration for new wearable safety gear that can predict cognitive fatigue and heat stress to protect and save lives for astronauts and miners in high-heat and high-pressure environments.

Never too late for a new beginning

Megan Avard resigned her executive role to start a technology company in her late 40s despite being told that she would fail without a male co-founder. Two years later, her business is achieving award winning results.

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