PUBLICITY

Sam has been lucky enough to have had lots of public interest in his business. Below are some of the television, radio and newspaper articles about him and his business exploits. We hope you enjoy watching, listening and reading about him as much as he does running Sam's Popcorn. 

Television
 

• Interview by Behind The News on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 26 April 2018

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• Interview by Behind The News (BTN Newsbreak) on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 02 April 2019

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• Interview by Behind The News on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (FUN COPY) 30 April 2018

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• Interview by Get Off The Couch on Channel 44 Adelaide (TBA 2020)

Radio

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• Discussion about Sam’s Popcorn on NOVA 919 radio station (23 April 2018)

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• Interview with 5AA radio station (23 April 2018)

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• Interview with ABC radio station(23 April 2018)

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• Interview with HIT 107 radio station (15 May 2018)

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• Interview with NOVA 91.9 radio station (4 December 2018)

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• Interview with Fresh FM 92.7 radio station (25 July 2019)​

AWARDS and CERTIFICATES

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• Winner of the SA Fred Hollows Humanity Award and was announced as the SA Junior Ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation (16 November 2018)

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• Winner of the 7 News Young Achiever Award for South Australia - Leadership category.  I was the youngest ever winner of any category (open to all South Australians up to 29 years of age) (17 May 2019)

• Winner of the 7 News Young Achiever Award for South Australia - People’s Choice Award receiving 25% of the public’s vote (17 May 2019)

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• Winner of the The TTG Council Youth Achievement Award - Leadership category for 2019 (open to young people up to 25 years of age) (04 September 2019)

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• Winner of the Minister for Education Award 2019. The Minister for Education selects two primary school students from South Australia to present the award to

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• Winner of the Westfield Local Heroes Award 2020. Voted for by the public this award is provided by Scentre Group at each of it's shopping centre locations in Australia and New Zealand. 

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Letters

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• From the Honourable Frank Pangallo MLC to congratulate me on my entrepreneurial spirit and the success of my business (8 March 2018)

• From the Honourable Christopher Pyne MP to acknowledge my business success (30 April 2018)

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• From the Honourable Steven Marshall MP Premier of South Australia to congratulate me on my business success (17 July 2018)​​​​

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• From the Honourable Steven Marshall MP Premier of South Australia to congratulate me being invited to speak at APAC (13 March 2019)

• From Para Hills Community Centre sponsoring Sam (2 April 2019)

• From the Honourable Steven Marshall MP Premier of South Australia to congratulate me on winning 7 News Young Achiever Award (29 May 2019)

• From the Honourable Frank Pangallo MLC to congratulate me on winning SAYAA (30 May 2019)
   

• From the Governor of South Australia His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le and Mrs Lan Le (02 September 2019)

• From Stefan Horvath the Director of Finance and Business (Gospel Business Australia) to congratulate me on winning Youth Achievement Award (04 September 2019)

• From the City of TTG Mayor Mr Kevin Knight to congratulate me on winning Youth Achievement Award (04 September 2019)

• From the Honourable Steven Marshall MP Premier of South Australia to congratulate me on Sam's Popcorn's continued success (03 October 2019)

Newspaper and Press

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• Article in the Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper (23 April 2018)

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• Article in the Eastern Courier Messenger (25 April 2018)

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• Article in the North East Courier Messenger (25 April 2018)

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• Article in the Perth Newspaper (10 July 2018)

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• Article in the Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper (10 July 2018)

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• Article in the Eastern Courier Messenger (11 July 2018)

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• Article in the North East Courier Messenger (11 July 2018)

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• Article in the Melbourne Herald Sun (01 March 2019)

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• Article in the Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper (02 March 2019)

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• Article in the Eastern Courier Messenger (02 March 2019)

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• Article in the North East Courier Messenger (02 March 2019)

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• Article in the Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper (27 March 2021)

OTHER INTERVIEWS and MEDIA EVENTS

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• Eastside Business Enterprise Centre (Facebook live interview and promotional video recording) (14 August 2018)

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• Documentary about Sam and his business filmed by a University of SA journalism student (October 27 2018)

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• Autism SA News interview (14 March 2019) 

• Fresh 92.7 FM radio station Facebook post about winning the 7 News Young Achiever Award for South Australia - Leadership category. (17 May 2019) 

• Fresh 92.7 FM radio station press release about 7 News Young Achiever Award for South Australia. (22 May 2019) 

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• 7 News Young Achiever Award for South Australia - Leadership category testimonial

• Burnside City Council News Hub interview (05 September 2019)

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• The Honourable Peter Malinauskas MP breakfast awards Facebook post  (22 September 2020)

• House of Assembly Question Time Hansard of the Honourable John Gardner MP Minister for Education regarding the Children's Week Awards (20 October 2019)

• The Honourable Steven Marshall MP Premier of South Australia presentation of the Outstanding Community Service Award at East Adelaide School (11 December 2019) 

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• Kebloom interview (09 March 2020) 

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• Robo Labs USA interview (27 May 2021

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TELEVISION

ABC - Behind The News (BTN)

ABC - BTN NEWSBREAK

ABC - Behind The News (BTN)

RADIO

NOVA 919 Radio Station

NOVA 919 Radio Station

5AA Radio Station

ABC Radio Station

Hit107 Radio Station

Fresh FM 92.7

NEWSPAPER and PRESS

The Advertiser Newspaper

The Advertiser Newspaper

Perth Newspaper

(10 July, 2018)

Eastern Courier Messenger Paper

(11 July, 2018)

North East Courier Messenger Paper

(11 July, 2018)

North East Courier Messenger Paper

(25 April, 2018)

Eastern Courier Messenger Paper

(25 April, 2018)

The Advertiser Newspaper

(02 March, 2019)

The Herald Sun Newspaper 

(01 March, 2019)

Eastern Courier Messenger Paper

(02 March, 2019)

North Eastern Courier Messenger Paper

(02 March, 2019)

LETTERS

Premier of South Australia - Hon Steven Marshall MP

(17 July, 2018)

Hon Christopher Pyne MP

(30 April, 2018)

Full Gospel Business Australia - Stefan Horvath

(04 September, 2019)

Mayor of TTG - Kevin Knight

(04 September, 2019)

Governor of South Australia - His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC and Mrs Lan Le

(02 September, 2019)

Premier of South Australia - Hon Steven Marshall MP

(29 May, 2019)

The Advertiser Newspaper

(27 March, 2021)

Premier of South Australia - Hon Steven Marshall MP

(03 October, 2019)

Frank Pangallo MLC

(08 March, 2019)

AWARDS and CERTIFICATES

Winner of the 7 News Young Achiever Awards - Leadership Category and The People's Choice Award 2019

 (on 21 May, 2019)

Winner of the South Australian Minister for Education Award 

(on June 22, 2019)

Winner of the TTG Youth Achievement Award 2019 - Leadership Category

(03 October, 2019)

Winner of the Fred Hollows Humanity Award 2018

(16 November, 2018)

Winner of the Westfield Local Heroes Award 2020-Tea Tree Plaza

(29 October, 2020)

OTHER INTERVIEWS and MEDIA EVENTS

Winner of the Outstanding Community Service Award at East Adelaide School

(11 December 2019) 

House of Assembly Question Time Hansard and Video 

(20 October 2019)

Kebloom interview

(09 March 2020) 

Robo Labs USA interview
(27 May 2021)