Once homeless, he lived with 25 families. Now he has a message for children addicted to their phones
1Every time 17-year-old Prem Kultonik sees children sitting at the dinner table, absorbed in their phones while their parents try to make conversation, he is reminded of something he spent years longing for. Named the 2026 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year, Prem is now teaching hundreds of teenagers
In RiotACT’s words.2



