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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. But occasionally, that process attracts controversy — as it did this week.
A guide to Australia Day honours and how the selection process works SatSaturday 23 updated SatSaturday 23 The Australia Day honours list is overseen by the Council for the Order of Australia. Share Print text only Cancel 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 ...
Court is an all-time tennis great who holds 24 major singles titles, but her views on homosexuality, same-sex marriage and transgender people have been labelled offensive and intolerant. There have been calls for the Margaret Court Arena at Melbourne Park to be renamed. Prime Minister Scott Morrison refused to comment on the honour, saying the Order of Australia was a “completely independent process”. Advertisement Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said Mrs Court had “already been honoured for her tennis prowess”. “She’s already an Officer of the Order of Australia,” he posted ...
Scott Morrison's first agenda item after his summer holiday was not a return to dealing with the coronavirus crisis from the confines of Parliament House, but a tour of outback communities.