Some dropped everything to help the vulnerable and others stood up for our natural wonders.This Australia Day, 845 people are receiving the country's highest honours, including Order of Australia awards, meritorious awards and distinguished and conspicuous awards.
"I'm sort of proud to have survived all of that and come out at the end with a well-functioning team and really have contributed, in whatever small way, to the fantastic place that Australia finds itself in. "They come away with a feeling of achievement in their own right, but they also come away with a different mental approach than they might have had before and that comes from inclusivity, it comes from all the challenges that get thrown at them, particularly on a voyage."Aunty Frances Mathyssen has worked to improve Indigenous lives for decades.
"I'm happy today to say that I got recognised but I didn't do it to get recognised, I did it for my people," she said.And at 91 years old, she doesn't intend to stop. But it is the changes introduced to the Marriage Act during his time in the top job of which he is most proud. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she could often be found in the arrivals terminal of Melbourne Airport at 3:00am welcoming displaced migrants and refugees, weary from hours of travel and anxious of what may lie ahead.
"It's caused me to reflect on these awards and right now, I would give 10 or 12,000 of them to firefighters, health workers, migrants, all the other people that are bending their backs to support our country in this time of stress," Dr Reichelt said. Ms Court said she was "honoured" to learn she would receive the award and wanted people to focus on her tennis achievements as opposed to her personal beliefs.sparked public debate due to her previous criticisms of the LGBT community and same-sex marriage"I represented my nation, I always stand for my nation and I love my nation," she said.Anne Burgess Advocating for the vulnerable is front and centre of Anne Burgess' philosophy.
Australia was formed on 1 January 1901 when the States formed a Federation. It’s time we recognised 1 January as the day on which Australia was actually formed. 26 January was the day on which the colony of NSW came into existence. Hardly relevant to wider Australia.
So what did Margaret Court actually get an award for then?
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