Queen's Birthday Honours
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Sister Brigid's work with refugees
Having spent most of her life teaching and helping refugees and asylum seekers, Sister Brigid Arthur has received a Queen's Birthday award.
‘He would have hated it’: TV legend David Leckie receives top honour
Once one of the most powerful figures in Australian television, David Leckie, has posthumously been made a Member of the Order of Australia.
- by Zoe Samios
‘We have got to open up quickly’: Business leader Leigh Clifford warns of skills crisis
Former Qantas chairman and Rio Tinto chief executive Leigh Clifford has been made a companion of the Order of Australia. In receiving the honour, he added his voice to the many business leaders calling out for a boost to immigration.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Gong for local legends inspired by the power of community
They care quietly for others and often, their hard work is unacknowledged. These are their stories.
- by Carolyn Webb and Carla Jaeger
Warne, Barty, Lanning recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Shane Warne and Ash Barty have each received due vice regal garlands in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, alongside Meg Lanning’s award for leading the world champion women’s cricket team.
- by Daniel Brettig
Order of Australia appointment for Queensland’s voice of COVID reason
Dr Jeanette Young, Queensland’s chief health officer during the tense years of the COVID-19 pandemic and now Queensland Governor will be been made a Companion of the Order of Australia.
- by Tony Moore
Murphy marvels at pace of early pandemic change
If there is one thing that sticks out to former chief medical officer Brendan Murphy, AC, about the early weeks of the pandemic in Australia, it was how fast everything changed.
- by Aisha Dow
Respected epidemiologist honoured on Queen’s Birthday reflects on shock diagnosis
It was 3am and Professor Mary-Louise McLaws was awake working, waiting for another online meeting to start with experts at the World Health Organisation, when she developed a sudden strange headache.
- by Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham
Queen’s honour is ‘icing on the cake’ for cooking guru Hay
Donna Hay, the bestselling cookbook author and television personality, says she is “overwhelmed and humbled” to be awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.
- by Bianca Hrovat