A guide to Australia Day honours and how the selection process works
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The Australia Day honours list is overseen by the Council for the Order of Australia.
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Every year, hundreds of people are acknowledged for their achievement or service to the community through the Australia Day honours list.
What are the Australia Day honours?
According to the Governor-General, General David Hurley, they re given to people whose efforts make our communities and our nation a better place .
The Order of Australia is just one set of awards that gets handed out, alongside:
Australian Bravery Decorations
Order of Australia Medial recipient Clara Tuck Meng Soo says she believes Margaret Court's award reinforces harmful attitudes towards LGBTIQ+ community amid calls for the Australia Day honours process to be reformed.
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Margaret Court s Australia Day honour has already ignited controversy, with the embargoed news broken four days before it was to be made public. Prime Minister Scott Morrison refused to comment on Ms Court s award, saying he was not aware of who was being recognised on Australia Day. I can t comment on an award that s done through an independent process that hasn t been announced or I have no official knowledge of those, Mr Morrison said. This is a completely independent set of processes. It is an announcement that will be announced on that day. It is a system that recognises the full spectrum of individuals across this country. I comment on that.
Premier Daniel Andrews has savaged a decision to honour Margaret Court in this year s Australia Day honours. Mr Andrews said Ms Court did not exhibit the values or hold the attitudes supported by the majority of Victorians. Describing Court s views as hateful Mr Andrew s said he was sick of talking about that person every summer . Do we really have to do this every single summer? Others have saw fit to honour her, they re not decisions I make, he said. The details of those being honoured on Australia Day are issued under embargo to media outlets. Daniel Andrews savaged the decsion to grant Court Australia Day honours. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Crosling