Ben Fordham has paid a touching tribute to a variety of personnel who have lost their lives this year as well as weighing in on how Australia bounced back from COVID.

This year we lost Shane Warne, Olivia Newton-John and Queen Elizabeth II just to name a few.

“As we head towards 2023, we reflect and pay our respects to all the special people who we’ve farewelled this year.

“In 2022 we’ve won back our freedoms and finally learned to live with this ‘pain in the backside’ virus,” Ben said.

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