Grace Tame blasts media who sought to ‘discredit’ her by publishing bong photo

Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has registered her disappointment at the media publication of an old photograph showing her with a bong.

"To every media outlet who sought to discredit me by publishing THAT photo," she began the lengthy series of posts. "Although my humour and strength remain intact, I'd be lying if I said it didn't let me down.

"Not just as an individual, but more so as an advocate of the survivor community."

Tame went on to say she had been consistently and "completely transparent about all the demons I've battled in the aftermath of child sexual abuse, drug addiction, self-harm, anorexia and PTSD, among others".

"You just clearly haven't been listening."

The rebuke came in response to coverage of the 2014 photo, which was taken from a now-deleted post on her Instagram account.

"Whilst we must acknowledge the harm that drugs can cause, if we want to have an OPEN and HONEST discussion about child sexual abuse in this country, we must also have an open and honest discussion about trauma and what that can look like," she wrote on Saturday afternoon.