Australian of the Year set to be crowned

By Matt Coughlan
Updated January 25 2020 - 3:33am, first published 3:30am
A doctor who fled Iraq rather than carry out mutilations could be named Australian of the year.
A doctor who fled Iraq rather than carry out mutilations could be named Australian of the year.

A refugee who fled Saddam Hussein's brutal regime to fulfil his boyhood dream of making "terminators" as an orthopaedic surgeon could win Australia's top award.

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