Citizen of the Year nominees ‘ignored’ during Australia Day Award ceremony

By Ruby Pascoe
Updated January 31 2019 - 11:55am, first published 11:50am
Citizen of the Year nominee Andrew Mercado holding his reserved and misspelt sign from the awards. Photo: Andrew Mercado
Citizen of the Year nominee Andrew Mercado holding his reserved and misspelt sign from the awards. Photo: Andrew Mercado

A GROUP of locals nominated for Citizen of the Year have been left gobsmacked after they were ‘forgotten’ at the Australia Day Award Ceremony on Friday.

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