Clean Up Australia founder Ian Kiernan dies

Updated October 17 2018 - 9:22am, first published 9:20am
Ian Kiernan, the founder of Clean Up Australia, has died from cancer at the age of 78.
Ian Kiernan, the founder of Clean Up Australia, has died from cancer at the age of 78.

It was while sailing around the world that Ian Kiernan - "an average Australian bloke" - decided something needed to be done to clean up the oceans.

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