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The ABC is proud to announce these emerging leaders from across the country as participants of the 2025 Trailblazers program!
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The ABC is calling on individuals or groups of up to three, aged 18-28, who have started social, educational, environmental, and economic development projects in their regional communities.
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Think you've mastered adulthood? Alyssia Moolenschot, who runs a program that helps young people navigate life after school, wants to put your practical knowledge to the test. 
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A 23-year-old ecologist known as "The Bee Man" is on a mission to conserve solitary pollinators by building them structures where they can nest — and he's urging others to do the same.
A photo of Clancy Lester holding a net. He's standing alongside three Indigenous rangers who are also holding nets.

Every project starts with an idea and the drive to make a change. But how do you even start? Five young people give advice on how to get started and how to turn an idea into reality.
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Luke's parents had to leave the house to gamble, but his generation has a casino in its pocket. He worries about the impact.
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Generation Z has the most debt, least savings and highest costs. But experts say there are ways to help them get more financially savvy. 
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A comic writer, an Indigenous artist and an app developer are just some of the inspiring young Australians who have won this year's Heywire Trailblazer competition.
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Isolated from the world around him, Dean Baron found a lifeline in a different reality. Now he's determined to ensure others don't have to go it alone.
Dean Baron, pictured with his mum when he was a child.

Faced with no opportunities in aviation, Hayden decided to make his own. He's flying solo around Australia to show others that the sky's the limit.
A young man and his dog pose in front of a light aircraft in regional WA.

Do you love learning? Miss Hobbs does — and she wants to put you to the test.
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