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Kerry O’Brien
‘With regret, I have decided to reverse my decision to accept my appointment as an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia’.
So began the words of a strong message sent by local journalist Kerry O’Brien in an email to Paul Singer, the Governor-General’s secretary, last Saturday.
Mr O’Brien had previously accepted the award, but the news that tennis legend Margaret Court would receive an Order of Australia, an announcement that shocked many Australians, was enough to make him change his mind.
Eroding hard-fought gains of the LGBTQ+ community
‘I believe the decision to award Australia’s highest honour to Margaret Court may serve to erode the hard-fought gains made over decades in reducing the impact of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community discrimination that has caused immense pain to untold people and destroyed lives.