June 2024
King’s Birthday honours come to political chums at remarkable speed
Daniel Andrews locked down Melbourne for longer than it took to approve his AC honours.
- Hannah Wootton
‘An insult’: Andrews reignites fight over plaudits for politicians
There are calls for former Victorian leader Daniel Andrews to be stripped of the nation’s top honour.
- Andrew Tillett and Gus McCubbing
Businesswomen, pandemic premiers lead King’s Birthday gongs
Ex-KPMG chairwoman Alison Kitchen, Australian Payments Plus’ Lynn Kraus and UniSuper director Nicolette Rubinsztein are among high-profile women recognised in the King’s Birthday honours.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2023
Business leaders take out King’s Birthday honours
Entertainer Barry Humphries, long-time Labor MP Jenny Macklin and medical researchers Caroline Bower and Glenda Halliday topped the awards.
- Tom McIlroy
December 2022
Dishonourable discharge for Star directors
Will a Federal Court lawsuit inspire anyone to hand in their Order of Australia pin? We’ll die holding our breath.
- Michael Roddan
June 2022
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- Rear Window
Steve Harker’s service to Samoan banking
The former Westpac director was a model of support for Pacific engagement with his offshore super fund.
- Neil Chenoweth
Queen’s Birthday honours for impact investing pioneer
Impact investor Andrew Kuper and corporate veteran Leigh Clifford, along with pandemic leaders, scientists and politicians, were recognised for their work in the Queen’s Birthday awards.
- Edmund Tadros and Tom McIlroy
COVID heroes, business figures lead Queen’s Birthday honours
Former Qantas chairman and Rio Tinto chief executive Leigh Clifford, former deputy prime minister John Anderson and Queensland Governor Jeannette Young each received Australia’s highest civilian honour.
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- Tom McIlroy
April 2021
Phoslock fraud worth an Australia Day honour
Brenda Shanahan is just the latest Australia Day honours recipient whose citation demonstrates the sheer ludicrousness of the system.
- Joe Aston
June 2020
Black Lives Matter hearing a supreme hit on YouTube
The NSW police bid to stop the Black Lives Matter rally ended up being a YouTube hit.
- Michael Pelly
How watching Alzheimer’s battle inspired Ryan Stokes
Seven Group Holding managing director Ryan Stokes has balanced his business career with a long-term commitment to improving mental health care and understanding in Australia.
- Brad Thompson
Belinda Hutchinson receives highest level of Order of Australia
Belinda Hutchinson, Naomi Milgrom and Tony Abbott will be appointed Companions of the Order of Australia as part of the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours list.
- Sally Patten
Men set to dominate Queen's Birthday honours, again
In 2020, less than a third of Order of Australia nominations from Western Australia are for women.
- Tom McIlroy
February 2020
Senate condemns Bettina Arndt over remarks about family murderer
One Nation was the only party to oppose a motion condemning Arndt after she suggested a killer who set his own family alight might have been "driven too far" by his estranged wife.
- Tom McIlroy
September 2019
Apartment gimmicks that make this developer sick
"That stuff makes me sick." Property developer Paul Hameister eschews the "tinsel" so many other developers use to attract buyers, he tells Lunch with the AFR.
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- Larry Schlesinger
June 2019
Record number of women get Queen's Birthday Honours
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove recognised a record number of women including Sharan Burrow, Rosie Batty, and Leigh Sales and Ita Buttrose of the ABC.
- Rebecca Gredley and Caroline Schelle
Men take home 70pc of Order of Australia honours
Since the Order of Australia was established in 1975, men have dominated the national honours, prompting calls for corporate bosses to do better.
- Tom McIlroy