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This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Ceyockey (talk | contribs)at03:12, 9 February 2024 (Importing Wikidata short description: "Australian activist"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.
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Hetty Johnston
Born

Hetty Margarete van Velsen


(1958-09-27) 27 September 1958 (age 65)
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Known forChild Protection Activism
TitleFounder of Bravehearts
Political partyIndependent (since 2001)
Other political
affiliations
Democrats (1996-2001)

Hetty Margarete Johnston AM (born 27 September 1958), is the founder of Bravehearts Inc., an organisation advocating for better child protection in Australia. She remains a lobbyist who often highlights and promotes action against paedophilia within media, families, schools and in the general community.[1][2]

Johnston has published a book detailing her beliefs called In the Best Interests of the Child.[3]

Politics[edit]

Johnston was the Australian Democrats candidate for Fadden at the 1996 federal election, and she was an independent Senate candidate for Queensland at the 2004[4] and 2019 federal election. At the 2001 Queensland state election, Johnston stood as an independent in the electorate of Springwood.[5]

She ran for Mayor of Logan City in October 2015, but she withdrew to care for her elderly mother.[6][7][8] Johnston also unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate for the seat of Macalister in the 2017 Queensland state election.[9]

Honours and awards[edit]

Johnston was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2014, for service to the community through a range of organisations promoting the welfare and rights of children.[10] In 2015, she was named the Queensland Australian of the Year.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garcia, Jocelyn (9 March 2021). "'We broke the silence': Hetty Johnston steps down from Bravehearts". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  • ^ Perkin, Corrie (24 February 2002). "The passion and the pain of Hetty Johnston". The Sunday Age. p. 6. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  • ^ Souter, Fenella (23 October 2004). "The Kids' Crusader". Good Weekend. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. p. 27.
  • ^ "Senate Results Qld". Australia Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • ^ "Springwood - 2001". Election Archive. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • ^ Atfield, Cameron (6 October 2015). "Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston to run for Logan mayor". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  • ^ "Hetty Johnston withdraws as candidate for Logan mayor". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  • ^ "Hetty Johnston withdraws from Logan mayoral race". Brisbane Times. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  • ^ "Queensland Votes - Electorate: Macalister". ABC News. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  • ^ "Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for Mrs Hetty Margarete Johnston". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2021. For significant service to the community through a range of organisations promoting the welfare and rights of children.
  • ^ "2015 Queensland Australian of the Year Award Recipients Announced". Australian of the Year Awards (Press release). National Australia Day Council. 24 October 2014.

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