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Since the murder of her daughter just over ten years ago by a man posing as a teenager online, Sonya has campaigned for stronger laws to protect young people online. She set up the Carly Ryan Foundation and in June, Federal Parliament passed ‘Carly’s Law’ to help protect children on the internet from online predators.

Human rights medal A stylized bronze figure stands on a round base, reaching up with one arm to hold a striped sphere. Two dotted circular patterns appear in the lower right corner on a white background. Nominees