KATRINA Fanning AO PSM has been named Canberra Citizen of the Year 2023 for her dedication to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Ms Fanning – a Wiradjuri woman – contributed to the community Head of Secretariat at the Coalition of Peaks on Closing the Gap, director at Coolamon Advisors, a past chair of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body as well as her contribution to rugby league at a local, national and international level.

Following success as a rugby league player, she was appointed chairperson with the Australian Rugby League Indigenous Council in 2012, was the president of Australia Women’s Rugby League, has been a director of the Canberra Raiders since 2018 and is president of the Canberra Women’s Rugby League.

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