Late last week, The Mighty broke the news that the 31-year-old mental health advocate had died, and it is no exaggeration to say hundreds of thousands of people across the world felt the weight of this.
After boarding Qantas flight 838 on 2 February 2015, the Victoria University student refused to take her seat until a Tamil asylum seeker being transferred and deported to his homeland of Sri Lanka was taken off the plane.
Stefanovic undoubtly crossed the line with his comments, for which the Australian public rightly held him accountable. However, his apology is something we can all learn from.
