OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE … · For distinguished service to medicine, particularly in the area of emergency medicine as a clinician, to medical administration

OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

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Professor Christopher James BAGGOLEY, Belair SA 5052 For distinguished service to medicine, particularly in the area of emergency medicine as a clinician, to medical administration and public health care, and to education. Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Ageing, since 2011. Chief Executive, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 2007-2011; Inter-jurisdictional Committee Member, 2006-2007. Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director, Public Health and Clinical Coordination, South Australian Department of Health, 2005-2007. Board Member, International Agency for Research in Cancer, since 2012. Board Member, International Federation for Emergency Medicine, 1996-1999. Chair, National Expert Panel on national emergency access and elective surgery targets, since 2011. Chair, Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, since 2011. Chair, Standing Committee on Screening. Member, National Health and Medical Research Council. Member, National Lead Clinicians Group. Chair, Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges, 1999-2001; Vice-Chair, 1998-1999; Member, 1996-2001. Chair, National Institute of Clinical Studies, 2004-2007; Director, 2001-2007; Member, various committees including Audit Committee, Emergency Medicine Community of Practice Steering Committee, Mental Health/Emergency Department Interface Project and Advisory Committee - National Emergency Medicine. President, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 1996-1999; Vice-President, 1995-1996; Councillor for South Australia, 1995-2001; Censor for South Australia, 1992-1995; Deputy Censor-In-Chief, 1989-1992; Member, Court of Examiners, 1989-1999; Member of various committees; Fellow, since 1986. Professor of Emergency Medicine, Adelaide University, 2003-2005. Director of Emergency Department, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 2003-2005. Adviser in Emergency Medicine, Department of Health SA, 2003-2005. Executive Director - Medical Services and Director of Emergency Services, Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance, 2000-2003. Director of Emergency Services, Ashford Private Community Hospital, 1995-2002. Director of Emergency Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, 1990-1999. Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, since 2005; Professor of Emergency Medicine, 2003-2005. Professor, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, since 2005; Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Senior Lecturer, 1995-2002. Senior Instructor, Early Management of Severe Trauma, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1994-2000. Coordinator and Lecturer in Emergency Medicine Update, Course for Rural GPs, South Australian Health Commission, 1994-1999.


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The Honourable Justice John Harris BYRNE RFD, Indooroopilly Qld 4068 For distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, particularly in Queensland, as a leading contributor to legal education and reform, and to professional development and training. Supreme Court of Queensland involvement includes: Senior Judge Administrator, Trial Division, since 2007; Head of 21 Judges and responsible for the administration of the Division. Judge, since 1989. Joint Convenor, Annual Seminar, 1995-1998; responsible for the design and delivery of educational activities. Joint Convenor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Awareness Programs, 1995; delivered to Queensland Judges and Magistrates. Barrister, 1973-1989; Queen's Counsel, 1982. President, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA), 2004-2006; Judicial Member, 1997-2006; Convenor, Education Committee, 1998-2004. Member, Steering Committee, Supreme Court and Federal Court Judges' Conference, 1998-2003. Chair, National Judicial College of Australia, since 2012; Appointed by the Council of Chief Justices. Chair, Committee of Judges, 2012; developed a program to improve Judges' skills in managing juries. Member, Working Group, Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, 2000-2002; the National Judicial College was established in 2002 and took over much of the AIJA's role in the area of judicial education. Member, Consultative Committee, 2002-2004. Current Presenter, National Judicial Orientation Program, for many years; Member, Steering Committee, 1998-2010. Member, Beijing based Consultations with the Judiciary of the People's Republic of China, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2002. Member, Jakarta-based Training Needs Analysis, Judicial Cooperation Program with the Supreme Court of Indonesia, Federal Court of Australia, 2001. Queensland Member, Law Admissions Consultative Committee, Council of Chief Justices of Australia and New Zealand, 1998-2011. Member, Queensland Litigation Reform Commission, 1994-1996. Member, Law School Visiting Committee, Griffith University, 1994-1999; Chairman, Law School Advisory Committee, 1990-1991. Member, Law School Advisory Committee, Bond University, 1994-1999. Member, Law Faculty Board, University of Queensland, 1982-1988. Member, Bar Association of Queensland, 1974-1989; served on a number of specialist sub-committees; contributed to the development of the Code of Conduct; was involved in the training and professional development of newer members, the Bar Practice Course and advocacy training. Honorary Secretary, Queensland Council of Social Service, 1975-1983. Member, Board of Governors, Australian Council of Social Service, 1976-1977. Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Australian Infantry, Army Reserve, 1982-1985. Chief Instructor, First Training Group Officer Cadet Training Unit, 1982-1985. Member, Queensland University Regiment, 1968-1985. Awards/recognition include: Reserve Force Decoration, long service award presented to officers in the Reserve elements of the Australian Defence Force.


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Ms Barbara Amy CAIL AM, 42 Melbourne Road, East Lindfield NSW 2070 For distinguished service to public health through advocacy and advisory roles for people with Alzheimer's disease, to the advancement of social welfare and equity, and to the arts. Chair, Advisory Council, Alzheimer's Australia NSW, since 2004; Director, Alzheimer's Australia, 2000-2004. Councillor, Chief Executive Women, 1986-1994 and since 2006; Founder and Inaugural President, 1986. Member, Council of Governing Members, Smith Family, since 2001. Director, Media Board, The Salvation Army, 2002-2005; Member, Red Shield Appeal, 1991-1999. Board Member, Union Club of Sydney (now University and Schools Club), 2004-2006. Member, National Advisory Board, Association for the International Exchange of Students in Economics and Commerce Australia, 1992-1999. Member, Strategic Advisory Board, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 2006-2011. Current Member, Mosman Art Society. Policy Adviser, Taxation Reform Summit (business component), since 1999. Mentor, Magabala Books, Indigenous Mentoring Program, Artsupport Australia, Australia Council for the Arts, 2005-2009. Chair, Consumer Services Panel, Australian Securities Investment Commission, 1998-2004. Chief Executive, Rala Information Services, since 1974. Director, Metema Holdings, since 1985. Current Mentor, McCarthy Mentoring. Columnist, The Australian newspaper, since 1986. Awards/recognition include: Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 1997 Honours List for her service to business and management, particularly as an advocate for women as entrepreneurs in business. Centenary Medal, 2001.


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Dr Kenneth Willis CATO, 10 Gipps Street, Collingwood Vic 3066 For distinguished service to the graphic design profession as a practitioner, and through education and development roles both nationally and internationally. Dr Cato has been involved in the graphic design industry, both nationally and internationally, for over 40 years. Founder and Chairman, AgIdeas/Design Foundation (design conference held annually in Melbourne as part of International Design Week), since 1991. President, Alliance Graphique Internationale, 1997-2000; current Director of Education; Member, since 1978. Has compiled approximately 10 major design publications and reference works. Has been an invited guest speaker at over 50 design and marketing conferences and has featured in over 20 exhibitions in Australia, South Africa, America, New Zealand, Germany, Czechoslavakia, Poland, Japan, Mexico, France, Argentina, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Spain and China. Founder and Chairman, Cato Purnell Partners Identity Management and Design Firm, since 1970. Honorary Fellow, Monash University, 2012. Awards/recognition include: Honorary Bachelor of Design, Sydney Graphics College, 2003. Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Design, Swinburne University, 1995. Has received over 50 Design industry awards including: Lifetime Achievement Award, International Council of Graphic Design Association, 2009. Victorian Premier’s Design Award for Design Leadership, 2006. Member, Hall of Fame, Australian Graphic Design Association, 2012. Member, Hall of Fame, Design Institute of Australia, 2005.


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Professor Simon Fenton CHAPMAN, Stanmore NSW 2048 For distinguished service to medical research as an academic and author, particularly in the area of public health policy, and to the community. Professor Chapman is a world leading academic, researcher, writer, commentator and public health policy advocate, particularly relating to tobacco control. Has played a major role in reducing smoking incidence in Australia from 45% in men and 30% in women in 1978 to 15.1% in adults today. University of Sydney: Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, since 2000. Current Director of Research. Current Associate Dean Communications. Senate Fellow, 2008-2011; Chair, Appointments Committee; Chair, Advisory Committee for Honorary Awards. Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, 1995-2000. Senior Lecturer, 1989-1994; Lecturer, 1988-1990. Lecturer, Public Health Advocacy and Tobacco Control, Master of Public Health Program, since 1991. Has led training workshops in Australia and internationally in media advocacy for public health, since 1991. Media Commentator on public health matters and advocacy, for many years. Expert Consultant, Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health, World Health Organisation, 1985, 1987 and since 2000. Current Honorary Consultant on Tobacco, International Union Against Cancer; Consultant, 1982-1985. Current Honorary Consultant, Consumers International; active in antismoking campaigns, in the 1980s; Life Member, 2003. Member, Expert Committee on Tobacco, Australian National Preventative Health Agency, since 2011. Member, Tobacco Working Group, National Preventative Health Taskforce, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, until 2009; advice instrumental in the development of the Preventative Health Taskforce Strategy, 2008; significant independent contributions to the passage and implementation of the world's first law that saw the introduction of plain packaging legislation for tobacco in Australia. Member, Tobacco Issues Committee, Cancer Council NSW, since 2000; Deputy Chairman, 2003-2006; Board Member, 1997-2006. Chief Investigator, NHMRC funded grants, National Health and Medical Research Council, since 2000; voluntary Peer Reviewer, since 2006; Member, Grant Review Panel for Public Health, prior to 2006; Member, Peer Review Assigners' Panel, prior to 2006; Neil Hamilton Fairley Research Fellow, 1984-1985; research published in Ten of the Best publication, 2005. Current Chair, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Board Member, Cancer Australia, 2008-2011. Co-Chairman, NSW Population Health Priority Taskforce, NSW Department of Health, 2005; Member, NSW Public Health Forum, 2002-2003, Chair, Australian Consumers' Association, 1997-2001; Board Member, 1982-1984 and 1987-2002; Life Member, since 2002. Chairman, Action on Smoking in Health, 1996-2001. Consultant, Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, 1987-1988. Director, Health Promotion Board, South Australian Health Commission, 1985-1987. Currently involved in research regarding Wind Turbine Syndrome and wind technology in Australia. Co-Convenor, National Coalition for Gun Control, 1992-1997; laid the groundwork for the legislation of gun law reform, 1996. Member, Rock Bank 'The Original Faux Pas'; raised over $70,000 for charity, since 2005. Published over 18 books and major reports including: Co-Author, Let sleeping dogs lie? What men should know before getting tested for prostate cancer, 2010. Public Health Advocacy and Tobacco Control: Making Smoking History, 2007. Over our Dead Bodies: Gun Law Reform after Port Arthur, 1998. Tobacco in the Third World: a resource Atlas, 1990; significant contributions in supporting tobacco control in developing countries. Published over 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Current Editor Emeritus, British Medical Journal’s specialist journal Tobacco Control; Editor, 1999-2008; Deputy Editor, 1992-1998. Awards/recognition include: NSW Premier's Medal, for outstanding cancer research through the Cancer Institute NSW, 2008. Sidney Sax Medal, Public Health Association, 2008. President's Award, Thoracic Society of Australia, 2006. Luther Terry Award, for outstanding individual leadership in Tobacco Control, American Cancer Society, 2003. Named as one of the 10 smartest, most creative and innovative people in Australia, Bulletin magazine, 2003. Regional Medal for Public Health, World Health Organisation, 1999; World No Tobacco Day Medal, 1997. Human Rights Award, for advocacy of gun law reform, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1996. President's Award, British Medical Association, 1985.


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Mr Ronald William CLARKE MBE, 10 Bayview Street, Runaway Bay Qld 4216 For distinguished service to the community through a range of leadership roles with local government and philanthropic organisations, and to the promotion of athletics. Mayor, Gold Coast City Council, for 2 terms between 2004 and 2012. Co-Founder and President, Council for the Encouragement of Philanthropy in Australia, 2001-2004; the Council organised donations of over $25 million to 65 different charities. Founder, RW Clarke Foundation, 1980; established to support the development of young Australian athletes. Founder and Patron, Athletics International, since 1969. Silver Medal, 10,000 metres, Edinburgh 1970 Commonwealth Games. Silver Medal, 3 miles, Kingston 1966 Commonwealth Games; Silver Medal, 6 miles. Silver Medal, 3 miles, Perth 1962 Commonwealth Games. Bronze Medal, 10,000 metres, Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. During his athletics career Mr Clarke set 17 world records. Co-Founder, Lifestyle Australia, 1974. Managing Director, Adidas Australia, 1968-1974. General Manager and Company Director, Marathon Footwear (Adidas), 1964-1968. Head Office Accountant, Lamson Paragon, 1962-1964; Victorian Accountant, 1959-1962. Corporate Secretary and Chartered Accountant, Kent Brierley and Fisher, 1957-1959. Awards/recognition include: Appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1966; in recognition of his service to athletics. Australian Sports Medal, 2000. Centenary Medal, 2001. Senior Australian of the Year, 1995. Victorian Corporate Citizen of the Year, 2002.


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Mr Robert Henry DICKERSON, 34 Queen Street, Woollahra NSW 2025 For distinguished service to the visual arts as a figurative painter, and to the community through support for a range of cultural, medical research and social welfare organisations. Mr Dickerson is a figurative painter and has been involved in the visual arts since 1956. During the late 1950s he was part of the figurative art movement known as The Antipodeans, which paved the way for Australian art on the international scene. Throughout his career Mr Dickerson has been represented in numerous major national galleries and collections as well as holding over 120 solo exhibitions nationally and internationally. His latest exhibitions include: Rex Irwin Gallery Woollahra, Sydney, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Shoalhaven City Regional Gallery, 2011. Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. Stafford Studios, Perth, 2003 and 2009. Dickerson Gallery, Sydney, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Schubert Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 2000 and 2007. Stafford Studios, Perth, 2005. Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, 2002 and 2003. Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane and Greythorn Galleries, Melbourne, 2000. Since the early 1960s Mr Dickerson has supported a range of cultural and community organisations donating his artwork as well as providing financial contributions. Benefactor, National Gallery of Australia, 2010; donated five major paintings valued (then) at $500,000. Patron and Benefactor, Opera Australia, since ca2000. Patron and Benefactor, The Australian Ballet, since 2003. Benefactor, Newcastle Hospital, in the 1970s; donated entire exhibition proceeds to purchase a laminar flow bed for burns victims. Benefactor, Shoalhaven Linear Accelerator Appeal; donated his artwork to raise funds for the purchase of a grand piano. Current Benefactor, Artist Program, Bundanon Trust. Benefactor, University of Western Sydney; annual donation. Benefactor, Shoalhaven School and Bexley Hill School, on a regular basis. Benefactor, Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation. Benefactor, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Centre. Benefactor to other organisations including Queensland Ballet; Vision Australia; Garvan Institute; Bell Shakespeare Company; Exodus Foundation; Anglicare; The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia; Rural Fire Service; Beyond Blue; and the Red Cross Tsunami Appeal.


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Professor Graham Douglas FARQUHAR, 702 Burra Road, Burra NSW 2620 For distinguished service to science in the areas of plant physiology and climate change as a leading researcher, academic and author. Distinguished Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, since 2003. Associate Director, Research School of Biological Sciences, 2005-2008; Leader, Environmental Biology Group (currently called 'Coordination of CO2 Fixation and Transpiration in Plants Group'), since 1994; Group Leader, Plant Environmental Biology, 1988-1989. Member, Senior Advisory Board, Bio-Solar Project, 2007-2008. Board Member, Institute for the Environment, since 2005. Member, Research Committee, since 2009. Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Program Leader, Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, 1998-2001; Member, Management Team, 2002-2006; Board Alternate, 2001-2006. Member, Academic Board, 2002-2005. Current Reviewer, Working Group 2, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Reviewer, Fourth Assessment Report, 2006-2007. Convening Lead Author, Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry, 1988-2000. Lead Author, Third Assessment Report, 1998-2001; Second Assessment Report, 1994-1996. Member, Organising Committee, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture: Meeting the Challenges of Food Security and Climate Change, Royal Society, UK, 2010-2011; Member, Theo Murphy Fund Advisory Board, since 2007. Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, since 2004. Member, American Society of Plant Physiologists, since 1991. Member, American Society of Plant Biologists. Member, American Geophysical Union. Member, International Scientific Board, Joint Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology/European Plant Science Organisation, Plant Biology Congress, since 2010. Member, International Organising Committee, Fourth InterDrought Congress, Perth, WA, since 2010. Science Adviser and Australian Delegate, Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of Parties, Kyoto, Japan, 1997. Chairman, Australian Committee, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, 1994-1996; Member, Scientific Committee, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, 1990-1993; Member, International Coordinating Panel on Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle, 1989-1990. Vice-President and Secretary (Biological Sciences), Australian Academy of Science, 2007-2011; Member, Video Histories Committee, 2007-2011. Member, High Level Steering Committee, National Carbon Accounting System, Australian Greenhouse Office, since 1998. Australian Reader, Australian Research Council, 2005-2008; Member, Biological Panel, Research Grants Committee, 1990-1993. Member, Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries Committee, Land and Water Australia, Australian Government, 2007-2008. Member, Australian Society of Plant Scientists. Published over 290 scientific publications and presented numerous lectures and talks. Served on many journal editorial and review boards including the Australian Journal of Plant Physiology; Australian Journal of Scientific Research; Oecologia; Ecohydrology; and Functional Plant Biology. Fellow, Royal Society, London, since 1995. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, since 1988. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Nobel Peace Prize (shared), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007. RM Johnston Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania, 2006.


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Mr James Malcolm (Jim) FREEMANTLE, 498 Mount Battery Road, Mansfield Vic 3722 For distinguished service to the community of Western Australia as a contributor to social welfare, church and sporting organisations, through senior business and financial roles, and to the arts. Director, MDA National Insurance Ltd, since 2003; Chairman, Capital Management Committee, since 2003. Director, Local Government Insurances Services, since 2008. Chief Executive, Home Building Society (now BOQ), 1995-2003. Director, Management and Financial Consulting Group, Corporate Strategy Pty Ltd, 1990-1994. Executive Director, Finance Group and Pastoral Group, Elders IXL Ltd, 1985-1989. Associate Director and General Manager, Western Australia, Australia Bank Ltd (now National Australia Bank), 1981-1985; State Corporate Manager, Victoria, 1981; Regional Manager, 1979-1980; Manager, Perth, 1977-1979; Assistant Manager, Sydney, 1976; Assistant Manager, London, 1973-1975; employee, since 1964. Chairman, Ocean Springs Pty Ltd, Banksia Grove Pty Ltd and Dalyellup Beach Pty Ltd, since 1998. Chairman, Association of Permanent Building Societies, 1996-2001. Chairman, Dairy Western Australia, 2005-2008. Chairman, Liquor Commission of Western Australia, since 2008; Chairman, Independent Enquiry into Liquor Licensing Act, 2004-2005. Deputy Chairman, Racing and Wagering Western Australia, since 2003; Chairman, Integrity Assurance Committee, since 2003. Vice-President, Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1982-1984. Member, Perth Waterfront Taskforce, 2009-2012. Member, Central Perth Planning Committee, Western Australian Planning Commission, 2003-2012. Member, Confederation of Western Australian Industry and Business Council, 1982-1984. Trustee, Anglican Diocese of Perth, since 2001; Deputy Chairman, since 2009; Chair, Anglican Community Fund, since 2011; Board Member, since 2001; Member, Investment Committee and Property Committee, since 2001; Board Member, Cathedral Square Foundation, since 2001; Board Member, St George's Cathedral Heritage Precinct Committee, for many years; Lay Canon, Chapter of St George’s Cathedral; Member, Diocesan Synod. Deputy Chairman, Good Samaritan Industries, 1997-2002. Member, Archbishop's Winter Appeal Committee (Anglicare), 2002-2005. Member, Organising Committee, Murdoch International Theologian Appeal, 2003. Member, Board of Management, John Wollaston Anglican Theological College, 1999-2005. Chairman, Western Australian Division, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, 2004-2010; Member, National Board, since 2004. Chairman, His Majesty's Theatre Foundation, since 2005. Chairman, Swan River Trust, 2008-2010; Member, 2003-2012. Chairman, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation, 1987-1989. Inaugural Chairman, Baseball Western Australia, 1999-2000. Life Member, Western Australian Rugby Union, 2004. Member, Historical Society, Mansfield, Victoria, since 2008. Member, Parkerville Children's Home, 2003-2004. Benefactor, St George's Cathedral Perth; New Norcia Benedictine Community; Ormond College, University of Melbourne; and the Lauriston Girls School, Malvern, Victoria. Senior Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australia, 2006; Member, since 2001. Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors; Member, since 1994.


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Ms Jennie GEORGE, Mollymook NSW 2539 For distinguished service to industrial relations, to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community. Federal Member for Throsby, 2001-2010. Chair, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and Arts, 2008-2010. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Heritage, 2005-2007. Member, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage, 2002. President, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), 1996-2000; Vice-President, 1987; Assistant Secretary, 1991-1996; Member, ACTU Executive, 1983. Assistant and National Director, Australian Trade Union Training Authority, 1989-1991. Acting National President and Deputy President, Australian Teachers Federation. President, NSW Teachers Federation, 1986-1989; General Secretary, 1980-1982. Director, Illawarra Shoalhaven Medicare Local, since 2012. Inaugural Chair, Illawarra Apprenticeship and Traineeship Committee, 2001-2010. Inaugural Patron, Southern Youth and Family Services, since 2009. Board Member, Delta Electricity, 2000-2001. Director, Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia, 2000-2001. Awards/recognition include: Elected a 'Living National Treasure', 1998. Mr Petro GEORGIOU, Hawthorn Vic 3122 For distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to multiculturalism and human rights advocacy, and to the community. Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Fellow, Monash University and University of Melbourne, since 2011. Federal Member (Liberal) for Kooyong, Parliament of Australia, 1994-2010; Chair, Joint Standing Committee, Science and Innovation Committee; Chair, Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters; Deputy Chair, Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit. State Director, Liberal Party in Victoria, 1989-1994. Director, Liberal Policy Unit, 1985-1989. Senior Adviser to the Leader of the Federal Opposition, 1985. Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister, 1975-1979. Current Board Member, State Library of Victoria. Founding Director, Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, 1980-1985. Secretary, Ethnic Television Review Panel, 1979-1980; helped to establish SBS Television. Awards/recognition include: Missen Prize for Parliamentary Integrity, Accountability Round Table, 2010.


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Ms Fiona Margaret HALL, SA For distinguished service to the visual arts as a painter, sculptor and photographer, and to art education. Ms Hall is a contemporary Australian artist, who works across a range of media through painting, photography, sculpture and installation. Her work has been collected by the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the Queensland Art Gallery. Exhibitions include: dOCUMENTA (13), Germany, 2012. The Biennale of Sydney, 2000 and 2010; Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1997. The Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2009. Fiona Hall: Force Field, Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney (touring New Zealand), 2008. DeOverkant Downunder, Den Haag Sculpture, The Netherlands, 2007. The Art of Fiona Hall, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2005. Prism, Contemporary Australian Art, Bridgestone Museum, Tokyo, 2006. Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, National Gallery of Victoria, 2002. Repesented by Roslyn Oxley 9 Studio, since 1995. Commission Artist, Adelaide Botanic Gardens, since 2004; Sydney Sculpture Walk, 2000; National Gallery of Australia, 1998; and Museum of Sydney, 1995. Educator, Australian National University; and South Australian School of Art. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Australian Council Visual Atrs Laureate Award, 2011. Visual Arts Board Fellowship. Studio Residencies, New York and London. Contempora 5 Art Award, 1997. Clemenger Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria, 1999.


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Mr Peter Noel HARRIS, Melbourne Vic 3000 For distinguished service to public administration through leadership and policy reform roles in the areas of telecommunications, the environment, primary industry and transport. Chair of the Productivity Commission, since 2013. Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 2009-2012; involved in a range of telecommunication reforms, including responsible for the structural separation of Telstra and the creation of the universal service obligation entity Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency. Secretary, Department of Sustainability and Environment (Vic), 2006-2009. Former Commissioner, Murray Darling Basin Authority. Secretary, Department of Primary Industries (Vic), 2004-2006. Director, Public Transport (Vic), 2002-2004. Vice-President, Government and International Affairs, Air New Zealand/Ansett Group, 2001. Deputy Secretary, Department of Transport and Regional Development, 1994-2001; led a number of major transport reform initiatives, including rail and airport reform. Head, Industries Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, ca1992-1994; two years on exchange in Canada in the Office of the Privy Council. Senior Private Secretary to the Honourable Robert Hawke AC, former Prime Minister of Australia, 1989-1991; involved in road transport and telecommunications reforms and in the establishment of the Hilmer Inquiry into National Competition Policy. Current Task Force Member, International Centre for Complex Project Management. National Fellow, Institute of Public Administration Australia, 2012.


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Dr Gabrielle Beryl (Gabi) HOLLOWS, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Locked Bag 5021, Alexandria NSW 2015 For distinguished service to public health as an advocate for the eradication of blindness, particularly for Indigenous Australians and people in the developing world. Founding Director, The Fred Hollows Foundation, since 1992; Patron, Fred Hollows Miracle Club. Orthoptist, National Trachoma and Eye Health Program, 1976-1978. Director, Sarah-Grace Sarcoma Foundation. Patron, Life Force Cancer Foundation, since 1993. Honorary Doctor of Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 2012. Honorary Member, Rotary International, since 2006. Inaugural Board Member, Music Outback Foundation, since 2006; uses music and its related art forms to improve a wide range of outcomes in Indigenous communities in remote Australia. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. University of Sydney Health Services Alumni Award for Community Achievement, 2011. Named as one of the National Trust of Australia's ‘100 National Living Treasures’, 1997. Advance Australia Award for Community Service, 1993. Current New South Wales Ambassador, National Australia Day Council. Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International.


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Professor Garry Lawrence JENNINGS AM, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne Vic 3004 For distinguished service to medical research, particularly the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes, to professional associations, and to education. Service to the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute includes: Chief Executive Officer and Director, since 2008; led the merger of the Baker Medical Research Institute and the International Diabetes Institute. Director, Baker Medical Research Institute, 2001-2008. Chair, Nucleus Network; established, 2002; not-for-profit clinical research and education company. Established the Healthy Lifestyle Research Centre; combines epidemiological, clinical, behavioural and translational research. Initiated the establishment of the Central Australia Indigenous Health Program, 2007; involved in the establishment of the W and E Rubuntja Research and Medical Education Building, Northern Territory Rural Clinical School, Flinders University, 2010. Head, World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Cardiovascular Health, since 1990. Initiated partnership, National Heart Centre, Singapore General Hospital, 2010. Established, Perspective Series; forum that encourages public discussion. Director, Alfred Baker Medical Unit, since 1990. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University. Former Director of Cardiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne; former Chair, Division of Medicine; Cardiologist; Chairman, Medical Research Committee, 1994; Member, Alfred Medical Research Council, 1998. President, Asia Pacific Society of Hypertension, 2011-2013; Foundation Trustee Member, International Society of Hypertension; Chair, 2012 Scientific Meeting. Past President, Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes; current Board Member. Board Member, National Heart Foundation, since 2002; Chair, Cardiovascular Health Advisory Committee, since 2001; Chair/Member, number of planning and advisory committees, since 1993. Involved, National Health and Medical Research Council. Board Member, Research Australia, 2007-2012. Chair, Research Review Committee, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, 2012. Fellow, Council for High Blood Pressure Research; former President; Foundation Trustee. Fellow, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia; former President. Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London. Fellow, American Heart Association. Fellow, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Fellow, Council for High Blood Pressure Research, USA. Member, International Society of Hypertension. Member, International Society for Heart Research. Member, National Service Improvement Framework for Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing; report published in 2006. Member, Australian Division, World Action on Salt and Health. Serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Hypertension and Therapeutic Guidelines; Associate Editor, Hypertension; published five books and over 400 papers. Ambassador, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Member, Rotary Club of Melbourne, since 1997. Awards/recognition include: Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2005 Honours List for his service to medicine in the areas of cardiothoracic research and public health, to the Baker Heart Research Institute and The Alfred Hospital, and to professional and health-related organisations. Research Medal, National Heart Foundation, 2009. Kempson Maddox Award, World Congress of Cardiology, 2004. Ralph Reader Prize, Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand.


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Dr Simon Allen LONGSTAFF, Cremorne NSW 2090 For distinguished service to the community through the promotion of ethical standards in governance and business, to improving corporate responsibility, and to philosophy. Executive Director, St James’ Ethics Centre, since 1991; Director/Leader, Vincent Fairfax Fellowship, 1994-2007. Deputy Chair, Global Reporting Initiative, since 2009. Current Fellow, World Economic Forum. Current Chair, International Advisory Board, Genographic Project. Member, Ethics Committee, Fonterra, New Zealand, since 2004. Member, Forum on Corporate Responsibility, BHP Billiton, since 1999. Current Member, Principles for Social Investment. Current Director, Our Community. Member, Corporate Governance Committee, Australian Institute of Company Directors, since 2006. Member, Judging Panel, Indigenous Governance Awards Program, Reconciliation Australia, since 2005. Chairman, Cambridge Australia Trust, 2001-2009. Current Chair, Corporate Responsibility Panel, Woolworths Ltd. Current Member, Socially Responsible Investment Advisory Council, AMP Capital. Current Member, Advisory Board, AFG Venture Group. Member, Steering Committee, Australian Davos Connection, since 2002. Member, Steering Committee, National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development, since 2000. Member, Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, 2005-2007. Member, National Engineering Registration Board, 1996-2007. Inaugural President, Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, 1994-1995; Founding Member, 1993. Board Member, Credit Union Services Corporation Australia; former Chairman, Dispute Resolution Centre. Independent Chairman/Member, NSW Bioethics Committee, 2002-2005. Independent Chairman, Code of Conduct Committee, MLC Life, 1997-2003. Member, NSW Community Cultural Development, 2006-2007. Member, Ethics Committee, Law Society of New South Wales, 1994-2000. Member, Ethics Committee, NSW Department of Corrective Services. Council Member, Knox Grammar School, since 2003. Associate Professor John Clark McBAIN, Armadale Vic 3143 For distinguished service to reproductive medicine as a gynaecologist, particularly in the area of infertility, to medical education as an academic, and to professional organisations. Details not available at the request of Associate Professor McBain.


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Professor Shirley Elizabeth McKECHNIE OAM, 13/33 Dickens Street, Elwood Vic 3184 For distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly dance, to the education and development of dancers and choreographers, and to research. Professor McKechnie has made contributions to Australian dance as a researcher, educator, advocate, writer and mentor. Lead Chief Investigator, for choreographic cognition in dance research projects, Australian Research Council, 1999-2009; projects included: Intention and Serendipity: Investigating Improvisation, Symbolism and Memory in Creating Australian Contemporary Dance, 2005-2008; Conceiving Connections, 2002-2005; and Unspoken Knowledges, 1999-2001. Consultant, National Dance Research Conference, 2012. Interviewer and researcher, National Library of Australia, during the 1980s and 1990s; current Consultant, development of dance resources. Founder of the first tertiary degree in dance studies in Australia, Victoria College, Deakin University. Patron, Australian Choreographic Centre, 1996-2007. Founder, Green Mill Dance Project, 1993-1997; also known as the Melbourne Festival of Choreography and Dance. Co-Founder and National President, Australian Dance Council (Ausdance), 1992-1994. Consultant and advocate for dance in Australia, including providing policy advice to government through the Australia Council. Contributed chapters to Shaping the Landscape: Celebrating Dance in Australia, 2011; Contemporary Choreography, 2009; the International Handbook of Research in Arts Education, 2007; Tanz im Kopf: Yearbook 15, German Dance Research Society, 2004. Current Consultant, Brolga; an Australian journal about dance; Ausdance. Co-Editor, The Critical Review. Guest Artist, Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1992. Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities. Honorary Professorial Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, since 1998; Professor of Dance. Honorary Fellow, for her exceptional contribution to contemporary dance in Australia, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian National University, 1998. Awards/recognition include: Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in The Queen's Birthday 1987 Honours List for her service to dance, particularly as a teacher. Centenary Medal, 2001. Honorary Doctorate of Visual and Performing Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, 2007. Lifetime Achievement, Australian Dance Awards, Ausdance, 2001; and Award, Services to Dance Education, 1997. Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts, Victorian Arts Centre Trust, 1993.


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Emeritus Professor Thomas Alexander McMEEKIN, School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, PO Box 54, Hobart Tas 7001 For distinguished service to science, particularly in the discipline of agricultural microbiology, as an academic and author, and to the development of food safety standards and education. Emeritus Professor, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, since 2007; Personal Chair, Professor of Microbiology, School of Agricultural Science, 1992-2007; Senior Lecturer, Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Science, 1976-1982; Reader, Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Science, 1982-1991. Involved in establishing and developing the Australian Food Safety Centre of Excellence, 2003; Co-Director, 2003-2007. Executive Board Member, International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, since 1996. Associate Editor in Chief and Australasia Editor, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 1996-2011. Consultant, Risk Assessment, World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, since 2011. Has authored and co-authored over 250 academic papers that have appeared in peer reviewed publications in Australia and internationally, and has made over 30 international conference and workshop presentations. Chair, Food Safety Information Council, 2004-2007. Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering; the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Food Standards Australia New Zealand. Member, Australian Society for Microbiology. Awards/recognition include: International Leadership Award, International Association of Food Professionals, 2002. Award of Merit, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, 1998.


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Professor Robert John NORMAN, 39 Brookside Avenue, Tranmere SA 5073 For distinguished service to medicine in the field of reproductive health through significant contributions as a researcher and clinician. Director, Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide, since 2008; expert in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine. Medical Director, Fertility (SA), since 2009. Head, Repromed Pty Ltd, 1998-2004. Head, Scientific Advisory Board, Fertility Society of Australia. Chair, Australian National PCOS Alliance. Member, South Australian Council on Reproductive Technology. President, Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction, since 2012. Member, WHO Expert Working Group on Infertility, since 2012. Premier's Science Advisory Committee (South Australia), 2010-2011. Member, Research Embryo Research Licensing Committee, National Health and Medical Research Council; President, since 2010. President, Androgen Excess and PCOS Society, 2007. Secretary, Australasian Menopause Society, 1994-1997. Has also contributed to the Research Committee, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Awards/recognition include: South Australian Scientist of the Year, 2009. SA Great Award for Health, 2009. SA Great Award for Science, 2009. Novo Nordisk Award, Australasian Menopause Society, 2001.


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Ms Margaret O'DONNELL, New Farm Qld 4005 For distinguished service to public administration in Queensland, particularly in the arts sector, to the community through leadership roles in cultural, public health and social welfare organisations, and to legal education. Chair, Visiting Committee, Griffith Law School, Griffith University, since 2005. Chair, Breast Cancer Network Australia, since 2009; Board Member, since 2006. Chair, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, 2004-2008. Chair, Legal Aid Queensland, 2004-2011; Board Member, 2001-2011. Legal Ombudsman, Victoria, 1996-1998. Chair, Queensland Disaster Relief Fund, 1999-2001. Chair, Tobacco Advertising Working Party, Queensland, 1993-1995. Chair, Health Rights Advisory Council, Queensland, 1992-1996. Member, Advisory Committee, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, for several years ca2003. Director-General, Arts Queensland, 2001-2004; served as the State Government representative on the Boards of Queensland Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, State Library of Queensland, and Queensland Theatre Company. Member, Playing Australia Committee, Office of the Arts, Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. Director-General, Queensland Department of Equity and Fair Trading, 1998-2001. Director-General, Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development, 1995-1998. Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Queensland Department of Justice and the Attorney-General, 1990-1996; formerly known as the Community Justice Program. Current Mentor, McCarthy Mentoring Program. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001.


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Ms June OSCAR, PO Box 43, Fitzroy Crossing WA 6765 For distinguished service to the Indigenous community of Western Australia, particularly through health and social welfare programs. Current Chief Executive Officer, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre. Current Ambassador, Western Australia Commission for Children and Young People. Current Member, Fitzroy Valley Futures Governing Committee. Australian Delegate, UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, New York, 2009-2012. Council Member, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, since 2010. Led successful campaign to restrict the sale of full strength takeaway alcohol, Fitzroy Valley, 2007. Appointed to the Federal Government, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, 1990-1993. Deputy Director, Kimberly Land Council, 1996-2002. Chair, Kimberly Language Resource Centre, 1997-2005 and 2007-2012. Member, Kimberly Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre, since 1990. Director, Bunuba Films Pty Ltd, since 1992. Chairperson, Bunuba Cattle Company Pty Ltd, since 2005. Kimberly Member, Indigenous Women's Congress, 2000-2003. Committee Member, Fitzroy Valley Girls Academy, since 2012. Member, Western Australia Pastoral Lands Board, 2010-2012. Founding Partner, Yiramalay Wesley College Studio School, since 2009. Chairperson, Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation, since 2012. Chief Investigator, Liliwan Project Research into the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Fitzroy Valley, since 2009.


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Dr Michael PEARSON, 84 Ballarat Street, Fisher ACT 2611 For distinguished service to cultural heritage conservation and management, through contributions to professional organisations, and as an educator and researcher. Chairman, Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts, Research School of Humanities, Australian National University, since 2008; Adjunct Visiting Academic, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2011-2012. Adjunct Professor, Cultural Heritage Management, University of Canberra. Managing Director, Heritage Management Consultants, since 1993. Deputy Executive Director, Australian Heritage Commission, 1991-1993; Director (Historic Environment), 1985-1991. Head, Historic Resources Unit, National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, 1983-1985; NPWS Historian, 1976-1985. Founding Member, International Polar Committee, International Council for Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), since 2000. Member, International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage, since 2008. Member, Kyushu Yamaguchi Consortium (World Heritage Advisory Committee), Japan, since 2009. Member, World Heritage Expert Panel, 1996-1998; appointed by the (then) Department of Environment Sport and Territories. Member, joint survey and excavation program in Antarctica, Chilean National Museum of Natural History, since 2005. Chairman, Australia ICOMOS, 1984-1986; Vice-Chairman, 1982-1984; Committee Member, 1980-1986; Australian Representative at UNESCO World Heritage Centre Conference, Paris, 2006; Member, since 1978. Chairman, ACT Heritage Council, 2005-2011; Member, since 2002. Member, Interim Namadji Advisory Board, 2001-2006; comprised five Aboriginal and five non-Aboriginal members appointed for their individual areas of expertise by the (then) Department of Territory and Municipal Services. Research independent of heritage projects has included work in polar exploration history and technology; maritime history including exploration, shipping, whaling and sealing; and mining history and rural technology. Author and Co-Author, many journal articles, book chapters, reviews and consultancy reports. His best known publication is the book Looking After Heritage Places: The basics of heritage planning for managers, land owners and administrators, Co-authored with Professor Sharon Sullivan AO, 1995, re-printed in 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Fellow, Federation of Australian Historical Societies, since 2012.


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Ms Heather May RIDOUT, 3 Little Street, Mosman NSW 2088 For distinguished service to business and industry through significant contributions to the development of economic and public policy. Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group, 2004-2011; Deputy Chief Executive, 2002-2004; Director, NSW Board, 1996-1999. Executive Director, Publishing Policy and Communications NSW. Instrumental in the creation of and Director, AustralianSuper, since 2007. Director, Electrolux Home Products, since 2003. Member, Business Advisory Group on Workplace Relations, since 2008. Board Member, Reserve Bank of Australia. Member, Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research, since 2009. Ambassador, Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, since 2009. Board Member, Pacific Friends of the Global Fund, since 2009. Member, External Advisory Committee, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, since 2008. Director, ASX Ltd. Director, Sims Metal Management Ltd. Panel Member, Henry Review into Australian Tax System, 2008. Member, Manufacturing Taskforce. Member, Business Roundtable on Climate Change. Member, Advisory Council, Infrastructure Australia, since 2008. Member, Taskforce on Food Recovery. Chair, APEC Women Leaders Network, since 2007. Member, Skills Australia, since 2008. Member, National Workplace Relations Consultative Council, since 2004. Member, Climate Change Authority. Board Member, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, 2009-2012. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001.


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Emeritus Professor Alan David ROBSON AM, 20 Taylor Road, Nedlands WA 6009 For distinguished service to tertiary education through governance and administrative roles, to the advancement of scientific and medical research, and to the community. Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia, 2004-2011; Deputy Vice-Chancellor, 1993-2004; Chair, Raine Medical Research Foundation Committee, since 1993; Hackett Professor of Agriculture; involved in the development of 'In the Zone' forum for dialogue between the public, private and academic sectors. Deputy Chair, Universities Australia Board, 2005-2011; involved in the leading of a national review of student finances, 2006. Chair, Worldwide Universities Network, 2010-2011. Chair, Group of Eight Australia (Go8), 2007-2010; the coalition of leading Australian universities. Member, Australian Universities Teaching Committee, 2000-2004. Involved in the development of the Matariki Network of Universities. Chair, Executive Advisory Board, LH Martin Institute, University of Melbourne, since 2012. Chair, Higher Education Council, since 2012. Inaugural Chair, Advisory Council of the Science and Industry Endowment Fund, since 2009. Deputy Chairman, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, since 1999. Member, Premier's Science Council Western Australia, 2002-2010. Leading CEO for the Advancement of Women in the Workplace Agency, 2011. Member, Western Australian Science Council, 2003-2009. Board Member, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 2003-2008; Member, Board Remuneration Committee, 2003-2008. Deputy Chair, Research Grants Committee, Australian Research Council. Current Chair of Trustees, Western Australian Museum. Chair, Metropolitan Local Government Review Panel, Western Australia, 2011. Deputy Chair, National Library of Australia, 1999-2005; Council Member, 1997-2005; Chair, Fellowship Committee. Chair, Ministerial Taskforce on Sustainability of Pastoralism Western Australia, 2002-2004. Chair, Pastoral Lands Board Western Australia, 2003-2004. Chair, Western Australian Biosecurity Council, since 2012. Director, Sir John Monash Scholarship Foundation. Fellow, Australian College of Educators, since 2008. Current Fellow, Australian College of Educational Leadership. Current Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Member, Australian Soil Science Society, since 1968. Member, Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, since 1967. Awards/recognition include: Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2003 Honours List for his service to education, particularly in the field of agricultural science, and to the development of agricultural research through a range of research committees and councils. Centenary Medal, 2001. Citizen of the Year Award, Professions Category, Government of Western Australia, 2009. National Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award, Diversity at Work, 2009; for his strong personal commitment to equity and social justice. Fiona Stanley Medal, 2006; for his outstanding commitment to health and medical research.


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Mrs Mary Cornelia SALCE, PO Box 565, Maffra Vic 3860 For distinguished service to women, particularly in rural communities, through leadership and advocacy roles, and to water conservation and management. Founding and President, Gippsland Women’s Network; Chair, Women Who Mean Business Project. Founding President, Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women (FAAW), 1995. Gippsland Women’s Network Representative, Women and Water Forum, New England, 2004. Chair, Women in Rural Communities Taskforce, 2001. Committee Member, Ministerial Advisory Committee for Victorian Communities, 2001. Inaugural Steering Committee Member, Rural Women for Community and Economic Development Inc, 1999-2000. Chairperson, National Reference Group – Rural Women for Cultural and Community Leadership, 1996-1998. FAAW Representative, National Rural Women’s Coordinator Selection Panel, Department of Primary Industry and Energy, 1995. Member, Steering Committee, 1st National Rural Women’s Forum, 1995. Speaker, Swan Hill Women on Farms Gathering, 1995. Coordinator, Achieving Your Goals Seminar for Women, Bairnsdale, 1996; from this seminar the East Gippsland Business Women’s Group was established. Involved in formation, Victoria’s Rural Women’s Network, 1985; with the support of the state government. Organiser, Victorian Women on Water Forum. Keynote Speaker, 4th World Congress of Rural Women, Durban, South Africa, 2007. Member, Organising Committee, 3rd International Congress for Rural Women, Madrid, Spain, 2002. Facilitator and Opening Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Women in Agriculture, Washington DC, USA, 1998. Presenter and Workshop Facilitator, Women in Agriculture and their Participation in Development of Agriculture Technologies Conference, Beijing, China, 1995. Guest Speaker, 6th National Canadian Farm Women’s Network Conference, 1993. Gippsland Women’s Network Representative, 5th National Canadian Farm Women’s Network Conference, 1991. Head, Steering Committee and Convenor, 1st International Women in Agriculture Conference, Melbourne, 1994. Member, Southern Rural Water Licensing Business Forum. Member, Southern Rural Water Avon River Stream Management Plan Project Group. Member, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Board, 2006-2009. Deputy Chairperson, Lake Wellington Rivers Authority, Victoria, 1995-1998. Member, Avon-Macalister Implementation Group, 1995-1998. Member, Avon Macalister River Management Board, 1991-1995. Member/River Management Representative, Gippsland Water Quality Group, 1993-1995. Member/River Management Representative, Gippsland Lakes Implementation Council, 1992-1994. Committee Member/Community Representative, Lake Wellington Catchment Salinity Management Plan Community Working Group, 1993. Community Development Officer, Wellington Shire Council, 2009-2010. Member, Victoria Division, Women Chiefs of Enterprise International. Member, A Future for Rural Australia Inc, 1998. Member, Steering Committee, Achieving Your Goals, Victorian Eastern Development Association, 1995-1998. Committee Member, Gippsland Community (SCOPE) Leadership Program Steering Committee, 1995-1997. Member, Federal Special Rural Task Force – Impact of Assets Tests on Rural Customers, 1997. National Chair, Uniting Our Rural Communities Cultural and Community Leadership Project, 1997. Inaugural Secretary, Sale Branch, United Dairy Farmers of Victoria, 1976; Member, 1976-1990; also served as Vice-President, District Delegate and State Conference Delegate. Board Member, Victorian Dairy Industry Authority, 1987. Finance Chairperson, Business and Professional Women’s Association, 1985. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. International Women in Agriculture Award for Vision, Courage and Leadership, 2002. Inducted into the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll, 2001. Listed in Who’s Who in Agriculture Top 100, Australian Farm Journal, 1996.


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Mr Gregory John VICKERY AM, PO Box 7404, East Brisbane Qld 4169 For distinguished service to the international community through leadership and governance of humanitarian aid organisations. National Chairman and President, Australian Red Cross, 2003-2011. Australian Representative, Governing Board, International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2005-2011. Chairman, Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements, since 2011; second Australian to hold the position. Chairman, Organising Committee, 2013 International General Assembly and Council of Delegates, Sydney, since 2011. Chairman, Legal Sub-Committee, Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, since 2011; Member, since 2005. Chairman, Indonesian Queensland Advisory Committee, Queensland Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations, 2008-2010. Member, Australian Film Finance Commission, 1999-2005. Supporter of several performing arts organisations including: Opera Foundation. Opera Queensland. Queensland Theatre Company. Queensland Ballet. Queensland Shakespearean Ensemble. Harvest Rain. Metro Arts. Camerata of St John. Member, The National Trust’s St John's Cathedral Completion Fund, Brisbane, 2002-2009. Special Counsel, Norton Rose Australia, since 2010. Awards/recognition include: Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2000 Honours List for his service to the community, particularly the Australian Red Cross, to the law, and to legal education. Centenary Medal, 2001.


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Ms Barbara WIELAND, Prospect SA 5082 For distinguished service to public administration in, and to the community of, South Australia through the delivery and reform of mental health services. Ms Wieland left Health SA during 2012 after 40 years’ distinguished service in the public mental health sector in South Australia. General Manager, Rehabilitation and Recovery Services, Central Northern Adelaide Health Service, Health SA. Service Director, North Western Adelaide Mental Health Service. Director of Nursing of the SAMHS; among other roles. After leaving Health SA Ms Wieland completed a contract in the Office of the Public Advocate, and is currently employed in Aged Care. Her achievements include: Introduction of people with a 'lived experience' of mental illness (consumers or carers) into the mental health services workforce. Advocated for legislative reform in the area of Mental Health Services. Key role in establishing the first public mental health service related Consumer Advisory Group, later replicated across each mental health area service. A leader for over 20 years in developing and improving quality in public, integrated community mental health services. Developed the only metropolitan Adelaide Aboriginal Mental Health liaison program with Indigenous peer workers. Promoted and supported ongoing professional development, leadership and enhancement of allied health professional roles and structures within mental health services. Convenor, Mental Health Services Conference of Australia and New Zealand (TheMHS), when held in Adelaide. TheMHS is an international mental health education forum and organises two major mental health events annually, the Conference and the Summer Forum. TheMHS Conference is the largest meeting of mental health professionals, consumers and carers in Australasia. Awards/recognition include: Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Achievement Award, TheMHS.

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