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From loss to leadership, how WA's 2026 Local Hero of the Year Frank Mitchell empowers First Nations communities

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Shaped by grief and suicide, Western Australia’s Local Hero Frank Mitchell transformed his life, creating apprenticeships that prioritise First Nations people and women, reinvesting profits into community support, opportunity and hope for those facing hardship.
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