Subhead:The former Australian of the Year revealed the limits of the activism that propelled her to national prominence.# YouTube-embed:uzJ2Y9fGar0 Grace Tame’s latest remarks during an interview on the ABC expose a glaring contradiction in the activism that helped elevate her to national prominence. Tame rose to fame as an outspoken advocate for survivors of sexual abuse, building much of her public platform around the slogan “believe all women”. Her activism was widely credited as a key reason she was awarded Australian of the Year. But after listening to her latest interview with ABC host Hamish Macdonald, Australians really need to reconsider whether that reputation still holds up. “Mentally Deranged Australian of the Year” In my honest opinion, I believe Grace Tame is in the running for “Mentally Deranged Australian of the Year” She seemingly claims that Israeli women being raped by Hamas terrorists is “propaganda” pic.twitter.com/9iRXDjWDrd — Menachem Vorchheimer (@MenachemV) March 16, 2026 Even if you previously thought Tame didn’t deserve to lose her Australian of the Year honour, including after she led a ‘globalise the intifada’ chant in Sydney shortly after, and not far from, the Bondi attack, her latest comments raise serious questions.