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Australian of the Year Grace Tame found out live on national television that she had been snubbed over a key government plan to combat child sexual abuse.
Ms Tame, a high profile sexual abuse survivor, smiled awkwardly - but visibly seethed - as she was asked on ABC News 24 what the government's National Strategy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse would include.
'No, I haven't been [involved],' a shocked Ms Tame said, shaking her head, and staring off screen. 'I haven't been involved in the drafting of that.'
'But I assume you would like to have been?' the ABC interviewer asked her.
Australian of the Year Grace Tame smiled awkwardly - but visibly seethed - while speaking about the matter
'Sure. I mean that's my job and I've been banking on about that all year, that we should be focusing on prevention.'
Ms Tame raised her hands in a 'surrender' motion and added 'I'm not going to be malcontented and complain that I haven't been invited to participate in that.'
'But they're making progress, that's
