In a move I am sure to regret, I’d like to make a serious prediction for Australia of the Year 2006.

In all seriousness I suspect that Ricky Ponting will be Australian of the year.

Why? Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor and Alan Boarder were all Australians of the year at some point, Punter is in peak form and he’s the Australian cricket captain (and we all know how the PM feels about that).

Of course if he isn’t then I blame the Ashes, and come to think of it Waugh was the 2004 Australian of the Year so it could be a little soon to have another Cricket captain receive the honour. Maybe I should start a campaign now for him to recieve the honour in 2007…