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MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

Mrs Shirley Dawn McCARRON, 5/102 Redwood Road, Kingston Tas 7050 For service to the community through the preservation and restoration of the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site, to women, and to the arts. Project Manager, Cascades Female Factory Historic Site, since 1999; oversaw the successful nomination of the site as a World Heritage Site, finalised in 2010. Under her leadership, significant archaeological and conservation work has been undertaken, buildings restored and guided tours established. Played a key role in the presentation of the program of events at the site and the establishment of a gallery space. Member, Ministerial Advisory Group, since 2006. Volunteers coordinator. Regional Convenor, North Western Regional Women's Consultative Committee, 1996. State Convenor, Tasmanian Women's Consultative Council, 1997. Board Member, Ten Days on the Island Festival, 2001-2007. President, Mersey Arts Council; Vice-President, North West Region Arts Council. Delegate, Tasmanian Arts Council. Member, Music Panel, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board (Ministerial appointment). Community Board Member, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Founding Member, Tasmanian Arts Industry Council; Board Member, Theatre Royal. Co-Founder and Administrator, Performance Tasmania Inc. Founder and Director, Goodwin McCarron; cultural tourism consultants. The Honourable Justice Peter David McCLELLAN QC, C/- Supreme Court of New South Wales, Queens Square, Sydney NSW 2000 For service to the judiciary through the Supreme Court of New South Wales, to environmental law, and to legal education. Chief Judge at Common Law, Supreme Court of New South Wales, since 2005; Judge, 2001-2005. Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court NSW, 2003-2005. Assistant Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption, 1992-1993. Acting Judge, The District Court of New South Wales, 1988-1989. Counsel assisting Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia, 1984-1985. Chairman, Sydney Water Inquiry Secretariat, New South Wales Premier's Department, 1998. Queen’s Counsel, NSW, since 1985. President, New South Wales Division, National Environmental Law Association, 1988-1991; involved in the establishment of the National Office in Canberra. Contributor, College of Law Continuing Legal Education Program, The Law Society of New South Wales, for 20 years.

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Dr Edwin David McINTOSH, Glebe NSW 2037 For service to medicine, particularly in the areas of vaccines and infectious diseases, as an academic, and to the community through the Glebe Music Festival. Global Scientific Affairs Senior Expert, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, since 2010. Honorary Paediatrician, Paediatric Infectious Disease and General Paediatrics, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK, 2006-2010. Honorary Professor, Scientific Centre for Children’s Health, Russian Academy of Medical Science, since 2010. Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK, since 2000. Visiting Lecturer, Department Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic, since 1996. Member, Royal College Paediatrics and Child Health Standing Committee on Medicines, since 2010. Member, Paediatric Formulary Committee, British National Formulary for Children, since 2010. Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK). Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (UK). Foundation Fellow, Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, 1990. Member, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. Artistic Director and Founder, Glebe Music Festival, since 1990. Fellow, St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, since 1988.

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Emeritus Professor John Alexander McKENZIE, Eaglemont Vic 3084 For service to higher education through administrative roles, to professional associations, and to the community. Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne, since 2009; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), 2006-2008; Dean of Science, 1998-2006; Personal Chair, Department of Genetics, 1994-2008. Deputy Chancellor, La Trobe University, 2010; Council Member, since 2009; Chair, Finance and Resource Committee. Council Member, Australian Academy of Science, 2002-2006; Member, Sectional Committee for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, since 2009; Secretary, Education and Public Awareness, 2004-2006; Member, Sectional Committee for Animal Sciences, 2000-2002; Fellow, 1999. Executive Member, Australian Council of Deans of Science, 1999-2002. President, Genetic Society of AustralAsia, 1998-2000; also served as Vice-President and Treasurer. Board Member, Botany Foundation, 1998-2006. Board Member, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, 2006-2008. Board Member, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 2006-2008. Board Member, Howard Florey Institute, 2006-2007; Chairman, Projects Committee. Board Member, National Vision Research Institute, 1998-2006. Board Member, Optometry Council of Victoria, 1998-2006. Board Member, Co-operative Research Centre for Industrial Plant Polymers, 1998-2000. Former Member, Animal Health Committee, International Wool Secretariat. Publications (single) include: Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects of Insecticide Resisitance, Academic Press 1996. Publications (joint) include: - Textbook for Year 11-12, Victoria. - Biology One, 1990, 1994, 1999 and 2005. - Biology Two, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2005. Over 100 articles in international journals. Judge, BHP Science Teacher Awards. Judge, Young Australian of the Year Award. Life Member, Rosanna Cricket Club. Life Member, Old Ivanhoe Grammar School Football Club. Member, Biology Examiners Panel, Victorian Certificate of Education. Member, Friends of Liver Transplants, Victoria. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001.

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Dr Gregory Maxwell McKEON, Stretton Qld 4116 For service to environmental science, to the development of sustainable resource management, and to research on the impact of climate change. Details not available at the request of Dr McKeon. Mr Robert John McLEAN, NSW For service to social welfare through leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector, to conservation and the environment through The Nature Conservancy (Australia), and to business. Founding Chairman, Social Ventures Australia, since 2002. Chairman, Australia Program Advisory Board, The Nature Conservancy (Australia), Trustee, Public Fund, since 2004. Current Member, Asia Pacific Council, The Nature Conservancy. Chairman, The Benevolent Society, 1997-2003. Director, The Centre for Independent Studies, since 1998. Established, The McLean Foundation. Member, Australian Payments Systems Board, Reserve Bank of Australia, since 2006. Non-Executive Director, L J Hooker. Managing Director, McKinsey & Co, 1989-1997; Senior Adviser, since 2006. Chairman, Elders Rural Services, 2006-2009. Dean, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales (UNSW), 2003-2006; Member, Deans’ Circle, UNSW Medicine.

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Mr David Hugh MACINTOSH, Collaroy Beach NSW 2097 For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to health care and medical research organisations, to surf lifesaving, and to business. Mr Macintosh has provided philanthropic contributions to, and undertaken fundraising efforts for, a range of charities and organisations since 1987. He established the Macintosh Foundation in order to facilitate his philanthropic endeavours. Founding Chairman and Trustee, Macintosh Foundation. Member, President's Council, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, for over 5 years; endowed the Macintosh Chair of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, 2005; appointed as a Benefactor, 2007; fundraiser, since 1987. Jointly donated funds for the purchase of the 'Da Vinci Robot' used in the Cardiac, Respiratory and Urology Departments, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, 2006. President, Australian Respiratory Council, since 2000; Director, since 1995; Life Governor, 2009. Member, National Council Executive Committee, Australian Lung Foundation, since 2007; Director, 1994-1999 and 2005-2009; instrumental in establishing the Strategic Plan for the organisation; organised fundraising for Rugby 7s, 1997-1999. Member, Board of Governors, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, since 2000; Chair, Finance Committee, since 2006. Philanthropic contributions, Melanoma Foundation and Melanoma Institute. Chairman, Expenditure Review Committee, Collaroy Surf Life Saving Club, since 2000; involved in youth development, for over 15 years; Member, since 1990; elected Distinguished Service Member, 2006. Vice-President, Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club, for over 25 years; Member, range of committees including the Finance Committee; instrumental in securing the Club's largest corporate sponsorship; Life Member, 2005; Patrol Member, since 1972. Member, Dee Why Surf Life Saving Club, ca1967. Elected Distinguished Service Member, Sydney Northern Beaches Surf Life Saving Branch, 2008. Author, The Quartered Cap, gifted to schools and Surf Life Saving Australia. Competed in world, Australian, state and metropolitan championships. Managing Director, Paynter Dixon Constructions Group, since 2001; Chairman, Paynter Dixon Queensland, since 2008; Director, since 1997. Chairman, Payce Consolidated Ltd, 1992-2010; Director, for 20 years. Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia, 2005.

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Mr Antony McDermott MACKEN, 53 Queen Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 For service to the community, particularly the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John at a national and international level. President, Australian Association, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM) (also known as the Order of Malta), since 2003; Chancellor, 1999-2003. Delegate to Chapter General, SMOM in Rome. Represents Australian Association of SMOM to Malteser International (an international aid relief organisation of the SMOM). Co-Chair, International Association of Catholic Bioethicists. Patron, 3 May 1791 Polish Constitution Commemorative Committee, since 2002. Involved in the setting up of boards, drafted and settled constitutions in many areas including constitutions for the governance of Jesuit schools, Society of Jesus in Australia, 1990s. Founding Member, Eastern Palliative Care, 1998. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, 2010. Knight Grand Cross, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, 2007.

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Dr Joseph MAGLIARO, SA For service to community health through the provision of psychological intervention and support programs, and support to personnel in the emergency services sector. Consultant Clinical Psychologist, since 1992. Involved in researching, developing and implementing, a Critical Incident Stress Management-Peer Support Program. Current Consultant Psychologist, Peer Support program. Senior Clinical Consultant, Psychological Services-Peer Support Program, 2005-2007. Director of Clinical Service, Peer Support, 2001-2005. Peer Support Program Consultant, 1992-2001. Member, Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation of Australia, for many years; Trainer, Group Crisis Intervention, for many years. Member, Australian Psychological Society, since 1990. Member, Institute of Private Practicing Psychologists, for many years. Associate Professor Bruce Atkinson MARSHALL, 3 Lorna Close, Bundanoon NSW 2578 For service to the humanities and to education, particularly through the Australasian Society for Classical Studies. Honorary Secretary, Australasian Society for Classical Studies, 1977-1987 and since 2003; Life Member, 2009. Associate Professor, Classics Department, School of Humanities, University of New England; Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts, for 12 years; Honorary Secretary, Museum of Antiquities Committee, for 10 years; Honorary Fellow, Classics Department, since 1995. Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, since 1995. Member, Management Committee, Macquarie Ancient History Association, for many years; Editor, Res Romanae: Essays on Roman History, 2009. Fostered Ancient History in schools and at tertiary levels in New South Wales through the outreach programs of the Ancient History Departments at the University of New England and Macquarie University. Organised 40th Anniversary Celebrations of the teaching of Ancient History at the Macquarie University, 2009. Organiser of the Macquarie Ancient Languages Summer School.

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Ms Mary Elizabeth MARTIN, 16 Ryhill Road, Sunnybank Hills Qld 4109 For service to the Indigenous community through the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, to the review of professional standards, and to community nursing. Involved in the establishment of the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, 1990; Inaugural Chairperson, 1993. Current Coordinator, General Practice Education and Training. Employee, Workforce Recruitment and Promotion Office, 1996. Involved in the establishment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health Education and Training. Honorary Member, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 2006. Current Review Chair, Aboriginal Health Curriculum for GPs. Chair, Indigenous Health Projects, National Rural Faculty, 2001-2002. Member, Joint Consultative Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Registered Nurse/Manager, Yulu-Burri-Ba Aboriginal and Islander Corporation for Health, Stradbroke Island, 1984. Registered Nurse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service, Red Hill, Brisbane, from 1976; Board Member. Chairperson, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Training Reference Group, General Practice Education and Training, 2002-2007. Member, Rural Health Advisory Committee, Queensland Health. Involved, Queensland Rural Medical Support Agency. Board Member, Central and Southern Queensland Training (GP) Consortium. Member, Health Consumers Queensland. Member, Ministerial Consumer Advisory Committee, Health Quality and Complaints Commission, Queensland. Co-Author, Binan Goonj: Bridging Cultures in Aboriginal Health.

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Ms Kumantjayi NAPANANGKA, deceased, Late of Alice Springs NT 0870 For service to the arts as a contemporary Indigenous artist, to women painters of the Western Desert Art movement, and to the community of the Northern Territory. Contemporary Indigenous Artist, 1995-2011. Director, Papunya Tula Artists (owned and directed by the Traditional Indigenous people of the Western Desert), 2006-2011. A leading figure in the emergence of women painters of the Western Desert Art movement in the mid 1990s. Featured 6 solo exhibitions in Australia and has been included in a 135 mixed exhibitions worldwide. Through her art sales provided funds for health, education and wellbeing initiatives for the Pintupi communities. Major Collections include: - Art Gallery of New South Wales. - National Gallery of Australia. - National Gallery of Victoria. - Queensland Art Gallery. - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. - Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs. Awards/recognition include: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2008. Nominated as ‘Top 50 of the Australia's Most Collectable Artists', Australian Art Collector magazine, 2003 to 2006. Ms Napanangka died on 9 January 2011; known as Makinti Napanangka prior to her death.

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Mr Denis John NELTHORPE, 18 Salisbury Street, Moonee Ponds Vic 3039 For service to social justice and advocacy for consumers' rights, to the development of national credit legislation, and to the provision of legal services to the disadvantaged through a range of community organisations. Consumer Board Member, Financial Ombudsman Service, since 2009. Consumer Representative, Insurance Ombudsman Service, 2002-2006. Board Member, Energy and Water Ombudsman, 1994-2002. Founding Member, Electricity Industry Ombudsman (Victoria); Board Member, for 8 years. Current Council Member, National Pro Bono Resource Centre. Founding Executive Director, Consumer Law Centre of Victoria, 1993-1998. Co-Founder, Consumer Credit Legal Service, 1982; Director, 1986-1991. Director, Victorian State Insurance Officer, Consumer Appeals Centre, 1986-1992. President, Consumers Federation of Australia. Adviser, National Credit Regulator, South Africa. Co-Founder, Consumer Utilities Advisory Committee, Victoria. Board Member, Code Compliance Committee, Insurance Council of Australia, 1996-2006. Current Chief Executive Officer, Footscray Community Legal Centre. Current Special Projects Lawyer, West Heidelberg Community Legal Service. Board Member, Management Committee, Mooney Valley Legal Service, 2007-2010. Current Advisory Board Member, Queensland University of Technology. Co-Founder, Public Interest Law Clearing House. Member, Law Institute of Victoria, since 1978. Lawyer, since 1978.

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Associate Professor Lynne Douglas OLIVER, 149 Awaba Street, Mosman NSW 2088 For service to medical physics in the field of radiation oncology, and through executive roles with the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, and to professional associations. Director, Medical Physics, Radiation Oncology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, 1990-2010. Associate Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney, since 2004. Fellow, Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM), 2007; Chair, Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Accreditation Panel, 2008-2010; Head of Operations, 2006-2007; President, 2004-2005; Vice-President, 2002-2003; Inaugural Honorary Secretary, 1978-1982; Member, Steering Committee, 1975-1977. Representative to Radiation Oncology Reform Implementation Committee, since 2003. Representative to Triparlite Committee (comprised of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists, Australian Institute of Radiography and ACPSEM), 2000-2006. Representative to Equipment Specifications Working Party, Department of Health and Ageing, since 2003. Member, Working Party on Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, since 2002. Expert Lecturer and Adviser, International Atomic Energy Agency, since 1999. Member, Health Physics Sub-Committee, NSW Radiation Advisory Council, 1991-2000; Member and Chairman, Medical Radiation Sub-Committee, 1991-2000; Member, 1980-2000. Founder, NSW Hospital Radiation Safety Officer's Group (now NSW Hospital and University Radiation Safety Officer's Group), 1984; Chairman, 1984-1988. Mr Douglas William PALING, 1 Foreshore Vista, Yanchep WA 6035 For service to the community through executive roles with Foodbank Western Australia, and to the promotion and development of healthy eating programs for children. Inaugural Chief Executive Officer, Foodbank WA, since 1994; Director of Foodbank Australia in its formative days. Foodbank WA commenced the ‘School Breakfast’ program in 2003, and now provides breakfasts at 250 schools as well as healthy food awareness sessions through its School Community Garden Projects. Foodbank delivered a ‘train the trainer’ program in partnership with the WA Health Department.

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Professor Kerryn Lyndel PHELPS, Double Bay NSW 2028 For service to medicine, particularly through leadership roles with the Australian Medical Association, to education and community health, and as a general practitioner. President, Australian Medical Association (AMA), 2000-2003; established AMA Presidential Taskforce on Indigenous Health (2000) and Expert Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicine (2000); commissioned report on Australian General Practice Workforce by Access Economincs, 2000. Fellow of the AMA; Delegate to the World Medical Association. President, Australian Medical Association, New South Wales, 1999-2000. President, Australasian Integrative Medicine Association, 2009-2011. Member, Australian Medical Council, 2001-2003. Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Adjunct Professor, Discipline of General Practice and the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, since 2003. Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, since 2010. Author, General Practice: The Integrative Approach; medical textbook. Chair, Review of NSW Cancer Council, 2005. Member, AIDS Council of New South Wales, 1994; Member of the Executive. Health and fitness editor, Today Show, Channel Nine, 1991-2003. Presenter of ABC medical program, EveryBody, 1990. Medical Consultant, Good Morning Australia, Channel 10, 1985-1990. Columnist, The Australian Women's Weekly, since 1991. Columnist, Medical Observer. General Practitioner, Cooper Street Clinic, Double Bay, since 2001; a teaching practice for the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. Founder and principal Uclinic integrative health clinic in Surry Hills, Sydney, since 2006. Founder and principal, group general practice, Mosman, Sydney, 1985-2000. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Inducted into the AMA Roll of Fellows, 2003.

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Mr Chad Mark REED, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327 For service to motorsports as a professional supercross motorcycle rider at national and international levels, and to the community. Professional Supercross Motorcycle Rider, since 2001. Supercross Champion, American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2009. 2nd Place, AMA/World Supercross, 2009. 3rd Place, AMA Supercross, 2006. 2nd Place, AMA Supercross, 2005. 2nd Place, AMA Supercross Series, 2003. 125cc AMA East Coast Lites Supercross Champion, 2002. 3rd Place, AMA 125cc Motorcross Series, 2002. King of Bercy Supercross Champion, 2007. World Supercross GP Champion, 2003. Winner, 125/250 Moto MX des Nations, 2001. 2nd Place, World Supercross Series, Europe, 2001. Bronze Medal Winner, X-Games Supermoto, 2005. Co-Founder, Super X - The Australian Supercross Championships, since 2008. Super X Pro Open Champion, 2008-2009. Monster Energy Triple Crown Motocross Champion, 2009. Australian Supercross Champion, 1999 and 2000. Australian Junior Motocross Champion, 1997. Supporter, Red Dust Role Models, since 2009. Supporter, Police Citizens Youth Club, Lucas Heights, 2004. Advocate and Mentor, Australian Supercross/Motocross Riders, ongoing. Awards/recognition include: Athlete of the Year, American Motorcyclist Association, 2009.

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Professor Susan RICHARDSON, Glenelg SA 5045 For service to the social sciences, particularly in the field of labour market economics as an academic and researcher, and through contributions to the development of socially inclusive public policy. Director, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, 2000-2008; Principal Research Fellow, since 2009. Scholar, teacher, researcher at the University of Adelaide (economics), for 30 years. Council Member, University of Adelaide, 1997-2001; Member, Finance Committee, 1997-2001; Convener, Academic Board, 1994-1997; Member, Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, SA. President, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, 2004-2007; former Chair, Research Committee; Fellow, 1994. Part-time Member, Minimum Wage Panel, Fair Work Australia, 2009. Academic Adviser, Social Inclusion Unit, Department of Premier and Cabinet, SA. Commissioner, Essential Services Commission of South Australia, 2004-2009. Associate Commissioner, Industry Commission (currently the Productivity Commission), 1994-1997. Member, Ministerial Inquiry, Skills for the Future, SA. Member, Information Economy Advisory Board, SA. Member, SA Population Advisory Committee. Chair, Thematics Foresighting Cluster, Prime Minister's Science Engineering and Innovation Council, 2008-2009. Director, Don Dunstan Foundation, 2000-2003. Board Member, Enterprise Investments Ltd, 1984-1995. Board Member, Pipeline Authority, 1985-1995. Board Member, Flinders Technologies. Co-Editor, The Economic Record. Publications include: - Reshaping the Labour Market; Regulation, Efficiency and Equality in Australia, 1999. - Living Decently, 1993. - Economics: Australian Edition, 1992. - No Time to Lose, 2005. - Children of the Lucky Country?, 2005. Also numerous book chapters and journal articles.

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Mr Trevor Clarence ROOCKE, Booleroo Centre SA 5482 For service to local government in South Australia, to emergency services and agricultural advisory boards, and to the rural community. Mayor, District Council of Mount Remarkable, 1983-2010; Councillor, since 1982. Deputy Chair, Central Local Government Region of Councils. Member, Booleroo Centre Civic Centre Committee, since 1978. Member, State Executive Committee, South Australian Local Government Association. Chairman, Northern Community Passenger Transport Network Management Committee. Chairman, Mount Remarkable Federation Committee. Local Government Representative, State Bushfire Coordinating Committee. Chairman, Mount Remarkable Bushfire Prevention Committee; Member, since 1984. Chairman, Mount Remarkable Country Fire Service Group; Member, since 1985. Presiding Officer, South Australian State Bushfire Prevention Advisory Committee; Member, since 1990. Chairman, Region 4 Bushfire Prevention Advisory Committee; Member, since 1998. Member, Emergency Services Funding Transitional Advisory Committee, 1999-2002. Chairman, Booleroo Centre Country Fire Service Management Committee. Member, South Australian Advisory Board of Agriculture, 1982-1986. Presiding Officer, Lower Flinders Animal and Plant Control Board, 2000-2006; Member, 1984-2000. Member, South Australian Rural Advisory Council, 1985-1986. Inaugural Chairman, Flinders Ranges Land Management Consultative Group, 1985-1990. Deputy Chairman, Southern Flinders Ranges Development Board, since 1993. Inaugural Chairman, Flinders and Pastoral Rural Counselling and Information Service, since 1994. Chairman, Secretary and Life Member, Wepowie Agricultural Bureau. Chairman, Booleroo Centre and Districts Ambulance Service Board; Member, since 1975. Member, Booleroo Centre and Districts Hospital Board Executive Committee, 2002-2006. Member, Mid North Health Advisory Committee. Member, Flinders Mobile Library Service Board of Management, 1997-2000 and 2006-2010. Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, Southern Flinders Lutheran Parish Council. President, Booleroo Centre Bowling Club; Member, Management Committee. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001.

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Professor Jeffrey Victor ROSENFELD, Caulfield North Vic 3161 For service to medicine through clinical leadership and academic roles, particularly in the field of neurosurgery as a researcher and author, and to professional associations. Professor and Head, Department of Surgery, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Monash University, since 2006. Professor and Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Alfred Hospital/Monash University, since 2000. Professor and Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 1996-2000; Neurosurgeon, since 1988. Adjunct Professor, Centre for Military and Veterans Health, University of Queensland, since 2006. Honorary Professor of Surgery, University of Papua New Guinea, since 2000. Associate Professor, Paediatrics and Surgery, University of Melbourne, 1997-2000. Deputy Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1993-2000; Head, Neurotrauma Service, Clincial Neuroscience Centre, 1994-1998. Inaugural Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Monash Medical Centre and Prince Henry's Hospital, 1990-1993. Co-Author, Neurosurgery in the Tropics: A Practical Approach to Common Problems, MacMillan, 2000. Author, of more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, reviews, abstracts and invited papers (national and international). Editor, Journal of the Australian Defence Force Health Service, 2004; Chair, Editorial Board, 2010. Member, Editorial Boards, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience; Journal of Emergencies, Trauma & Shock; American Journal of Disaster Medicine; and Injury: Journal of Care of the Injured. Reviewer, numerous Australian and international medical journals. Honorary Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow, UK; and College of Neurosurgeons, Thailand. Fellow, Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, 1996. Examiner in Neurosurgery, Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS), since 2005; Member, Court of Examiners; Member, International Committee, since 1999; Deputy Chairman, Victorian State Committee, 2000-2002; Member of State Committee, 1998-2002; Supervisor, RACS Neurosurgical Training at Royal Children's Hospital, 1996-2000, at Monash Medical Centre, 1992-1993, and at Alfred Hospital; Member, Management Committee, Pacific Island Project, since 1999; extensive Committee involvement at state and national levels. Member, National Board of Neurosurgery, 1999-2005. Ethics Committee Member, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, since 2006; Member, Trauma Committee, since 2010. Executive Member, Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 1999-2004; Chairman, Trauma Committee, 2001-2004. Member, Psychosurgery Review Board, Victoria Government, since 2009. Member of a range of other Australian and international medical societies, for many years. Major General, Australian Army Reserves, since 2009; Member, since 1984. Surgeon General, Defence Health Reserves, since 2009; Assistant Surgeon General, 2007-2008. Director-General Health, Army Reserves, 2007-2008. Clinical Policy Consultant to Director-General, Defence Health Service, 2003-2007. International Operational Deployment seven times as Neurosurgeon to Iraq, Rwanda, Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and East Timor. Chair, General Surgery Consultative Group, 2001-2007. Member, Research Advisory Board, Defence Health Foundation, since 2010. Board Member, Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Medical Research Foundation, since 2009. Member, Victorian Committee, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1999-2007. Commissioner, St John Ambulance Australia (Victorian Division), 2002-2005; State Medical Officer, 2000-2005; Corps Surgeon, 1991-2000. Vice-President, United Nations Association of Australia, 2001-2004; President, Victorian Division, 2001-2004. Committee Member, Hadassah International Medical Relief Organisation, since 2004. Member, Medical Standards Committee of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service, since 2004. Member, Consultative Committee on Road Traffic Fatalities (Victoria), since 1992. Board Member, Brainwave (Children's Charity), 1997-2003. Patron Victorian Association of Jewish Ex and Serving Men and Women. Patron, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, Victorian Branch. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Appointed Commander of the Venerable Order of St John, 2006. Victorian of the Year, 2002.

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Professor Perminder Singh SACHDEV, Vaucluse NSW 2030 For service to medical research in the field of neuropsychiatry, as a clinician and academic, and to professional associations at a national and international level. Clinical Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, since 1987. Professor of Neuropsychiatry, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, since 1999; Convenor, Brain and Ageing Program; Convenor, Neuropsychiatry Interest Group. Executive Director, Stem Cell Laboratory. Founding Chair, Section of Neuropsychiatry, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2006-2007; Member, Committee on Psychotropic Drugs and Other Physical Treatments, 1996-1998; Fellow. Medical Adviser, Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia, since 1989. Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, Garvan Institute, 1996-1998. Member, Australian Society of Psychiatric Research. Member, Australian Society of Biological Psychiatry. Member, Alzheimer's Association. Member, Australian Brain Foundation. Vice-President, Indo-Australasian Psychiatry Association, 2005-2006. President, International Neuropsychiatric Association, 2004-2006; Convenor, Biennial Congress, Sydney, 2006; current Executive Member; also served as Assistant Secretary/Treasurer; Founding Member, 1998. Member, Neurocognitive Disorders Work Group, American Psychiatric Association. Founding Member, International College of Geriatric Psychopharmacology; Convenor, 8th Annual Meeting, Sydney, 2008. Member, Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy, Neuropsychobiology Commission, since 2010. Awards/recognition include: NSW Scientist of the Year (Biomedical), 2010. Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales, 2009. Australian Rotary Health Dissemination Award, Australasian Society of Psychiatric Research, 2009. Outstanding Academician Award, Indo-Australian Psychiatric Association, 2004. Organon Senior Research Award, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 1995. Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council’s Academy, 2011.

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Mr John Erik SCANLON, International Environment House, 11-13 chemin des Anemones, 1219 Chatelaine-Geneva, Switzerland For service to environmental law nationally and internationally, particularly with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the United Nations Environment Programme, and to the advancement of biodiversity conservation. Current Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Geneva, Switzerland. Principal Adviser, Executive Director on Policy and Programme, and Team Leader of the Strategic Implementations Team, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007-2010. First Independent Commissioner (representing South Australia), Murray-Darling Basin Commission, 2006-2007. Chair, NSW Environment Protection Authority Board, 2006-2007. Director, International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management, 2006. Deputy Director-General, NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, 2005. Director, Environmental Law Centre and Head, Environmental Law Program, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 2001-2005. Special Adviser, World Commission on Dams, 2000-2001. Chief Executive, South Australian Department of Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs, 1997-2000. Lead Commissioner, Murray-Darling Basin Commission; (representing South Australia). Participant, two missions to the Mekong River Basin, AusAID. Environmental law and policy consultant, 1996-1997. Chief of Staff, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, South Australian Government, 1995. Founding Chair, Environmental Law Community Advisory Service (now the Environment Defender's Office SA), 1992. President, South Australian Division, National Environmental Law Association, 1992-1994.

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Mr Robert Leslie (Bob) SEIDLER, Mosman NSW 2088 For service to the international business community, to the development of Australia-Japan bilateral commercial relations, and through the generation of new business opportunities. Executive Committee Member, Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee, since 2008; Leader, Infrastructure Initiative, since 2007; also served as Nominated Representative for various organisations. Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Phillip Japan, since 1997. Partner, Blake Dawson, 2004-2010; Board Member, 2006-2009; Commercial Lawyer and Consultant, since 2010. Member, Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, Australian Government, since 2001. Alternate Director, Leighton Holdings, since 2003; also Board Member, Leighton International Ltd and Leighton Properties Pty Ltd. Non-Executive Director, Valad Property Group, since 2005. Current Member, Investment Advisory Board, Australian Prime Property Fund, Lend Lease. Member, Import Board, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan, 1990s. Board Member, Mitsubishi Bank of Australia, ca1980s; also served as Attorney/Adviser during deregulation of Australian financial market. Solicitor/Commercial Lawyer, since ca1972. First registered Australian lawyer in Japan, 1992. First Australian Member, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, Japan. Managing Partner, Coudert Brothers, Tokyo, Japan, 1980-1982. Establishing Partner, The Seidler Law Firm. Previously Partner, Moore & Bevins.

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Dr Roger Neil SEXTON, SA For service to business and to the investment banking sector as a contributor to a range of government, trade, and economic development organisations in South Australia. Executive Chairman, Beston Pacific Asset Management, since 2007. Chief Executive, Beston Parks Management, 2004-2007. Chief Executive, Challenger Beston, 1997-2002. Deputy Chairman, Beston Wine Industry Trust, 1997-2002. Managing Director, Beston Pacific Corporation, 1992-1994. Chairman, KeyInvest, since 2003; Chairman, Remuneration and Nomination Committee; Director/Trustee, 1998-2002. Deputy Chairman, IOOF Holdings, since 2002. Deputy Chairman, Australian Wealth Management, 2009-2010. Chairman, Thomas Bryson International, since 2008. Director, TWT Group, since 2008. Current Director, Perennial Investment Partners. Director, IBIS World, since 1989. Deputy Chairman, Korvest, 1997-2002. Executive Director, Asset Management and Corporate Division, Beneficial Finance Corporation, 1989-1992; Chairman, Beneficial Finance Joint Venture Companies. Executive Director, Investment Banking and Head, Privatisation Unit, Morgan Grenfell Australia, 1985-1988. Executive Chairman, Morgan Grenfell Barnes Milner Stockbroking, 1985-1989. Director, Hyundai Automotive Distributors Australia. Director, Audi German Automotive Distributors. Director, Chrysler/Jeep Automotive. Founding Chairman, South Australian Division, Australian Business Economists, 1982-1983. Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors; Member, since 1982. Senior Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Australia, 2009; Member, since 1988. Fellow, Australian Institute of Management. Chairman, Venture Capital Board in South Australia, 2003-2008. Board Member, Motor Accident Commission of South Australia, 2004-2007. Chief Executive, Department of Trade and Economic Development, South Australia, 2002-2004. Founding Member, Economic Development Board, South Australia, 2002-2004. Executive Chairman, South Australian Asset Management Task Force, 1994-1997. Executive Director, Department of State Development, South Australia, 1983-1985. Deputy Director of State Development, Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Australia, 1981-1983; Director, Cabinet Office, 1980-1981. Manager, Development Policy Unit, Department of Urban and Regional Affairs, South Australia, 1978-1979. Consultant, United Nations Asian and Pacific Development Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, 1979-1980. Chair, Flinders University Foundation, 1991-1999; Chair, Fundraising Advisory Committee, since 2005. Co-Chair, Flinders Ambassadors in the Community (FACes) business sub-group, since 2004. Inaugural Chair, Flinders Cancer Centre Appeal. Current State Advisory Member, Committee for Economic Development of Australia. State Coordinator, HRH Duke of Edinburgh Sixth Commonwealth Study Conference, Australia, 1986. Founding Chairman, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, 1983-1985. Deputy Chairman, Interim Council, Craigburn Primary School.

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Professor Kadambot SIDDIQUE, 25 Lilian Avenue, Applecross WA 6153 For service to agricultural science as an academic and researcher in the area of crop improvement and agronomy and through contributions to professional associations. Director, The UWA Institute of Agriculture. Chair in Agriculture and Winthrop Professor (Crop Science), since 2006. Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, since 2009. Professor in Crop Science and Director, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, 2001-2006. Developed the International Centre for Plant Breeding, Education and Research within the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Has developed relationships with agricultural agencies within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Middle East and Asia) and the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (West Asia and North Africa); collaborative initiatives are aimed at improving the agricultural productivity of developing countries. Other collaborations between the University of Western Australia and the WA Department of Agriculture and Food, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (India and Africa), the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Council of Grain Grower Organisations, and Grains Research and Development Corporation. Leader, Pulse Agronomy Group, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, 1994-1999; Crop Agronomist, 1986-1994; researched wheat initially, then pulses. Researcher, International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, 1980s. Honorary Professor, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences; and Hauzhong Agricultural University, Wuhan; both in the People’s Republic of China. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra, Malaysia; and the Guangzhou University, People’s Republic of China. Adjunct Professor, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, Lanzhou University; and Beijing Forestry University; both in the People’s Republic of China. Visiting Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Associate Editor, Crop and Pasture Science, since 2009. Chair, Editorial Advisory Board, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2004-2009; Member, 1999-2009. Editorial Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Agronomy, since 2009. Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Plant Production, since 2006. Editorial Board, International Journal of Post-Harvest Technology and Innovation, since 2005. Advisory Board, Agriculture and Marine Sciences Journal (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman), since 2005. Editorial Advisory Board, European Journal of Agronomy, since 2003. Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Biological and Environmental Sciences (Turkey), since 2005. Author, over 158 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals in Australia and internationally, 29 book chapters and over 180 technical and conference papers. Chair, International Steering Committee, 5th International Food Legume Research Conference and 7th European Grain Legume Conference (Turkey, 2010). Member, Western Australian Committee of the Crawford Fund; supports training of scientists and farmers from developing countries and oversees their training in Western Australia. Fellow, Australian Institute of Agriculture, Science and Technology, 2005. Member, Australian Society of Agronomy. Director, Canola Breeders WA Ltd, since 2008. Member, WA Pulse Council, 1998-2006. Member, Grains Research Development Corporation, 1998-2001. Awards/recognition include: Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2005. Gold Medal, Indian Society of Pulse Research and Development, for his worldwide contribution to agricultural science and education, 2009. Urrbrae Award for his outstanding contribution to Australian agricultural science and industry, Urrbrae Memorial Trust, 2001. Innovation and Technical Excellence Award, Agriculture Western Australia, 1999.

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Mr Shane David SIMPSON, Woollahra NSW 2025 For service to the law and to the arts through leading roles in intellectual property and entertainment law, and as a contributor to a range of cultural organisations. Founder and Inaugural Director, Arts Law Centre of Australia, 1983-1986; Board Member, 1992-1997. Founder and Principal, Simpson's Solicitors, 1986-2007; Special Counsel, since 2008. Visiting Lecturer, Australian Institute of Music, since 2006. Industry Partner and Chief Investigator with the National Association of Visual Arts, University of Sydney and the Art Gallery of NSW, ‘Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project’, (Australian Research Council Strategic 'Partnership with Industry' grant), 1999-2001. Industry Partner (with the National Association of Visual Arts and the University of Sydney), on the ‘Visual Arts: Useful Law for a Changing Industry’ project (Australian Research Council Strategic 'Partnership with Industry' grant), 1999-2001. Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, 1994-1996 Academic Adviser, School of Contemporary Arts, University of New England, 1989-1991. Lecturer (part-time), City Art Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of New South Wales, 1985-1994. Chairman, Bundanon Trust, since 2011. Chairman, The Peggy-Hicks Composers' House Trust, since 1991. Board Member, Australian National Maritime Museum, since 2010. Board Member, The Australian National Academy of Music, since 2009. Chairman, Aboriginal Benefits Foundation, since 2007. Trustee, Freedman Foundation (travelling scholarship for emerging artists). International Advisory Board Member, National Institute of Entertainment and Media Law, Southwestern University, California, USA, since 2001. Past Board Memberships include: Chairman, The Song Company. Chairman, NSW Film and Television Office, 1999-2005; (appointed by the Premier). Chairman, Museums and Galleries NSW, 1999-2001. (appointed by the Premier). Board Member, Dictionary of Sydney; a joint project involving the University of Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, City of Sydney, State Record NSW and the Historic Houses Trust to create an on-line resource that tells the story of Sydney. Board Member, New Zealand Film Commission, 2006-2009; (appointed by the Minister). Board Member, Australian Writers' Foundation, 2006-2009. Board Member, National Association of the Visual Arts, 1998-2005. Board Member, Copyright Agency Ltd 1999-2004; (appointed by the Australian Society of Authors). Executive Board Member, Music Council of Australia, 1998-2002. Board Member, Craft Council of Australia, 1989-1992. Member/Deputy Chairman of Council/Committee Chairman, Cultural Grants Advisory Council, Ministry of the Arts, NSW Government, 1980s; (appointed by the Premier). Author, 8 books on Arts Law topics including: - The Visual Artist and the Law in Australia (2nd edition). - Law Book Company, 1989; and Music Business (3rd edition), Omnibus Press, 2006. Many articles in books and law journals; articles in arts, entertainment and museum periodicals; lectures, seminars and conference presentations.

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Professor Malcolm Douglas SMITH, Rheumatology Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Daws Road, Daw Park SA 5041 For service to medicine in the field of rheumatology as a clinician, academic and researcher, and through contributions to professional organisations. Head, Rheumatology Unit, Flinders Medical Centre; Senior Consultant, from 1990. Current Senior Consultant, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide. Visiting Clinician, Port Pirie and Clare Valley. Current Honorary National Secretary, Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA); current Chair, Scientific Programs Committee; current Member, Research and Program Committee. South Australian Representative to ARA National Council, since 2006. Committee Member, Scientific Programs Committee, ARA (SA), since 1990. President, ARA (SA), 1996; Secretary, ARA (SA), 1992-1995. Professor in Medicine, Flinders University. Involved in undergraduate and post graduate teaching at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, and the Repatriation General Hospital, since 1980. Established the South Australian Synovial Tissue Bank, Repatriation General Hospital, 1996. Member, Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials Committee; Member, Synovial Special Interest Group. Active Member, European Synovitis Group. Founder, Australian Synovitis Group. Author of over 200 publications, 120 abstracts and four book chapters. Vice-President, Arthritis Australia (SA), since 1996; Chair, Medical and Scientific Committee, 1992-1994. Awards/recognition include: Parr Prize, for contribution to rheumatology research in Australia, Australian Rheumatology Association, 2007. Dr Anthony SPRENT, 26 Hinsby Road, Taroona Tas 7053 For service to the community through the promotion, design and implementation of technical solutions for people with disabilities, and to spatial science and astronomy. Chairman, TADTAS, since 2004; technical aids for people with disabilities, Tasmania. Technical Coordinator, since 2003; Member/volunteer, since 1990s. Head, School of Surveying, University of Tasmania (UTAS), 1990-1996; Staff Member, 1978-2004; served on the University Council, 1995-1997. Member of UTAS Astronomy Research Group and current member of a team managing the establishment of a new astronomical observatory. Staff Member, Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, 1972-1978. Played a key role in the design of Bachelor of Surveying and central role in the transfer of that course to UTAS, 1978.

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Ms Natasha Jessica STOTT DESPOJA, Henley Beach SA 5022 For service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as a Senator for South Australia, through leadership roles with the Australian Democrats, to education, and as a role model for women. Senator for South Australia, 1995-2008. Served on various Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees during the period between 1996 and 2002, including employment, education and training, legislation, foreign affairs, defence and trade, constitutional references and community affairs legislation. Served on several parliamentary committees including: - Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, 2002-2008. - Education Advisory Committee, 2006-2008. - Joint Standing Committee on National Capital and External Territories, 1996 and 2002-2008. - Information Technologies Committee, 1997-1998 and 1999-2000. - Joint Select, Republic Referendum Committee, 1999. - Joint Statutory for National Crime Authority Committee, 1996-2000. Member of various Parliamentary delegations. Leader, Australian Democrats, 2001-2002; Deputy-Leader, 1997-2001. Representative, South Australian State Council. Office Bearer, Young Democrats, since 1993. Spokesperson on various policy debates including Higher Education, Foreign Affairs, Status for Women, Science and Biotechnology, Work and Family, Privacy, and the Republic. Member of various party committees including Attorney-General's (including Privacy); Foreign Affairs; Science and Biotechnology; Research and Higher Education; Women (including Work and Family); Electoral Matters; Employment and Training; Housing; Transport; Young Australians; Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Consumer Affairs; Trade; Information Technology and Information Economy; Prime Minister and Cabinet. Visiting Research Fellow, School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide, since 2008; President, University of Adelaide Students' Association, 1991; Member, University Union, 1989-1991. Women's Officer for South Australia, National Union of Students, 1991. Ex-Officio Executive Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 2000-2002. Director, Australian Republican Movement National Council, 2001-2002 and 2004-2006. Patron, SA Republican Movement, since 1995. Member, Diabetes Transplant Advisory Board, 2006-2009. Patron, SA Women’s Football League, ca2002-2007. Author, various books and articles. Director, beyondblue, since 2008. Member, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, since 2011. Director, SA Museum, since 2009. Director, Burnet Institute, since 2008. Director, Australian Defence Association, since 2011. Member, Advertising Standards Board, since 2008. Awards/recognition include: Selected as a 'Global Leader for Tomorrow' by World Economic Forum, 2001. Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding services to privacy protection, Australian Privacy Foundation, 2005. ‘The Stott Despoja Scholarship’, University of Adelaide, since 2005; funds female first year BA students for a year. Finalist, Young South Australian of the Year Awards, 1997. Apppointed delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1998. Appointed as International election monitor in Nigeria for the National Democratic Institute, April 2011.

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Mr Edgar Norman SWANE, 500 Galston Road, Dural NSW 2158 For service to horticulture and to business, to the development and promotion of the Australian native plants export trade, and through executive roles with a range of industry-based organisations. Nurseryman, Swane Bros Pty Ltd, 1944-2001; nursery. Discovered the famous ‘Swane’s Golden Pencil Pine’ (Cupressus Sempervirens Stricta ‘Swane’s Golden’), Canberra, 1947. Member, Horticultural Group, Australian Trade Mission to the Sultanate of Oman, 1983. Member, Horticultural Group, Australian Trade Missions to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, 1981. Executive Member, Australian Citrus Propagation Association Inc (Auscitrus), for over 40 years; current Secretary. Current representative of the Nursery and Garden Industry to the Auscitrus Management Committee, the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, and the NSW Department of Industry and Investment. Board Member, Nursery and Garden Industry Australia, for many years; President, 1986; Life Member,1989. Board Member, Nursery and Garden Industry, NSW and ACT Ltd, for many years; Life Member, 1999. Council Member, Royal Easter Show, Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, since 1981; current Honorary Councillor; Chairman, Horticulture Committee, 1992-1998; Member of a range of committees; Life Member,1989. Founding Member, International Plant Propagators' Society, 1951. President, Australian International Plant Propagators' Society, 1982-1983. Member, Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR) Committee, Department of Primary Industries, for 20 years; Member, PBR Act Advisory Committee, for 15 years. Charter President, Rotary Club of Dural Inc, 1967-1968; Member, since 1967. Member, Hornsby Rotary Club. Member, Rydalmere Rotary Club, 1963. District Coordinator, Red Shield Appeal, The Salvation Army, 1983-1985; current volunteer, fundraising. Awards/recognition include: Waratah Award, Nursery and Garden Industry, NSW and ACT Ltd, 2008. Graham Gregory Award for outstanding achievements in horticulture, Horticulture Australia Ltd, 2005. Plant Breeders' Rights Registrars Award in recognition of his outstanding vision and contribution, Department of Primary Industries, 1995.

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Mr Maxwell Henry (Max) WALKER, Vic For service to cricket at a national and international level as a player and commentator, and to the community through a range of youth and social welfare organisations. Test cricketer, Australian Cricket Team, 1972-1979; 38 matches. Player, World Series Cricket, 1977-1979. Player, Sheffield Shield Cricket, 1979-1981; 70 matches. Member, Crusaders Cricket team, ongoing. Cricket commentator, ABC Radio, 1981-1985. Television sporting commentator, National Nine Network, 1985-1999; and the Seven Network, 1982-1985. Current Patron, The Lighthouse Foundation; the Foundation provides long-term accommodation for youth aged between 15 and 22 years; supporter, since 1984. National Patron, Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children, since 1988. Patron, Victorian Blind Cricketers Association, since ca2000. Current Patron, Disaster and Australia; organisation responds with shelter and essential equipment to people affected by natural or man-made disasters. Current Patron, Light Up The World Organisation; organisation utilises renewable energy and new technology to provide affordable, safe, healthy illumination options for those populations without access to power. Current Patron, North Balwyn Junior Cricket Club. Past National Patron, Breaking the Cycle; program to place disadvantaged young people into jobs; organisation closed in 1998. Past President, The Carbine Club, Victoria; racing club that supports various young Australian sports people and disabled athletes. Committee Member and Compere for fundraising events, The Association for the Blind (now known as Vision Australia Foundation), 1994-1995; major contribution was for the Centenary Appeal which raised over $8.5 million. Trust Member, Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, 1995-2004. Player, AFL Football, Melbourne Football Club, 1967-1972. Awards/recognition include: Current Ambassador, Australia Day Celebrations (Victoria). Current Ambassador, 'Movember'; Men's Health project. Current Ambassador, National Gallery of Victoria. Current Ambassador, Bowel Cancer.

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Professor Sally Ann WALKER, Vic For service to the higher education sector through leadership and administrative roles, to the advancement of women, and to the law as an academic. Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University, 2003-2010; established Medical School, 2006. Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne, 2000-2002; President, Academic Board, 1999-2000; Pro Vice-Chancellor, 1997-2000; Hearn Professor of Law, 1993-2000; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, 1985-1992; Lecturer, 1980-1985. Member, Innovation Economy Advisory Board, Business Victoria, 2003-2010. Academic Secretary, Law Reform Advisory Council, Victorian Attorney-General, 1993-1995. Member, Board of Directors, Australasian Communications and Media Association, 1990-1992. Member, Communications Committee, Law Council of Australia, 1991-1996; Member, Trade Practices Committee, 1985-1991; Member, Felton Bequests Committee. Publications include: - Law of Journalism in Australia. - Media Law: Commentary and Materials. - Editor and Principal Author of Communications Title for The Laws of Australia. - Joint Author, The Law of Securities; 5th edition. Awards/recognition include: Judges’ Award for Contribution to the Advancement of Women, Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Awards, 2005.

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Emeritus Professor Christopher Keith WALLACE-CRABBE, 7 De Carle Street, Brunswick Vic 3056 For service to the arts as a leading poet, critic and educator, and as an ambassador and advocate for the humanities both nationally and internationally, and through support for emerging writers. Emeritus Professor, The Australian Centre, Melbourne University, since 1998; Founding Director, 1989-1994; Professorial Fellow, since 1998. Personal Chair, Department of English, 1987-1997; Head of Department, 1974-1976 and 1984-1985; Reader, 1977. Visiting Professor, University of Venice, Italy, 1973 and 2005. Visiting Professor, Australian Studies, Harvard University, USA, 1987-1988. Visiting Fellow, University of Exeter, UK, 1973. Harkness Fellow, Yale University, USA, 1965-1967. Lockie Fellow in Australian Literature and Creative Writing, Melbourne University, 1961-1963. Fellow, The Australian Academy of the Humanities, since 1984. Founding Chair, Australian Poetry Centre, since 2007. Current Patron, Meanjin; an Australian literary journal; Member, Editorial Advisory Board, for many years. Board Member, The Harvard Chair of Australian Studies, USA, 1992-2008. Board Member, Australian Book Review, 1993-1999. Publications include: - 16 volumes of poetry, 1959-2008; including Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw, 2008. - Novel, Splinters, 1981. - General Editor, the Oxford Australian Writers series, 1990-1996. - Associate Editor, The Oxford Literary History of Australia, 1998. - A series of 8 artist’s books, with painter Bruno Leti, 1994-2008. - Editor or Co-Editor, 12 volumes on topics ranging from contemporary poetry to multicultural Australia. Awards/recognition include: Centenary Medal, 2001. Doctor of Letters honoris causa, Melbourne University, 2006. The Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal, Mildura Writers’ Festival, 2002. The D J O'Hearn Prize for Poetry, 1996. The Age Book of the Year, 1995. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Poetry Award, 1992. The Dublin Prize for Arts and Science, 1987. The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, 1986.

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Mr John Ernest WALSH, 1 Pengilly Street, Riverview NSW 2066 For service to the community, particularly in the areas of disability and health policy, to people with a spinal cord injury, and to the actuarial profession. Associate Commissioner, inquiry into a national disability support scheme, Productivity Commission, 2010-2011. Member, Disability Investment Group, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, since 2008. Member, Committee on Australian and International Disability Data, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1997-2007. Involved in the development of a national register of spinal cord injury, 1986-1991. Chair, Independent Panel, ‘Caring Together: The Health Action Plan for New South Wales’, NSW Health, 2009-2012. Chair, Implementation Committee, Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, 1986-1987; Chair, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Advisory Group. Board Member, Australian Institute of Health Policy Studies, since 2005. Member, Finance Advisory Committee, Sisters of the Good Samaritan Congregation, 1995-1999. Role in the design and establishment, Lifetime Care and Support Scheme, Lifetime Care and Support Authority, 1997-2006. Board Member, New South Wales Home Care Service, 1993-1997. Board Member, Paraquad, 1981-1988. Member, Management Committee, ACROD, 1985-1988. Board Member, New South Wales Motor Accident Authority, 1989-1992; Member, Review Committee that recommended the introduction of the Motor Accidents Act, 1988. Partner, Advisory Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, since 1993; Member, National Health Practice. Consultant Actuary, NSW Workcover, 1992-1996 and 2001-2004; provided input into the design of new legislation. Consultant Actuary, NSW Workers Compensation Rating Bureau, 1997-2000.

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Ms Barbara Kay WARD, Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 For service to business and commerce through a range of executive positions with private, public and professional organisations. Chair, Country Energy, since 2001. Director, Qantas Airways Ltd, since 2008. Other Director appointments include: - Lion Nathan Ltd, 2003-2009. - Allens Arthur Robinson, 1998-2005. - Multiplex Ltd, 2003-2007. - Allco Finance Group Ltd, 2005-2008. - Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1994-2006. - Rail Infrastructure Corporation , 1998-2003. - Data Advantage Ltd, 1998-2001. Trustee, Sydney Opera House Trust, 1999-2009. Member, Australia Day Council of New South Wales, 1997-2009. Chief Executive, Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, 1993-1997. Director, Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd, 1992-1996. Director, Policy and Planning, TNT Ltd, 1992-1993; General Manager, Finance, 1988-1992. Group Liabilities Manager/Financial Analyst, 1985-1988. Member, Institute of Company Directors, since 1992.

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Mr Steven Monteith WILSON, Qld For service to business, and to the financial services industry in Queensland, and to the community through leadership roles in cultural heritage, sport, and social welfare organisations. Director, City of Brisbane Airport Corporation, 1995-1997. Director, Telstra Corporation, 1991-1996. Member, Council for Economic Development of Queensland, 1990-1995; Committee Member, 1988-1990. Deputy Chairman, Tourism Queensland, 1985-1990. Group Managing Director, Wilson HTM Investment Group. Director, Pinnacle Investment Management Ltd, since 1998; part owned by Wilson HTM. Chairman, Hyperion Flagship Investments Ltd, 1997-2009. Member, Queensland Science and Technology Council, 1987-1989. Chairman, South Bank Corporation, since 1996. Chairman and Director, St John's Cathedral (Brisbane) Completion Fund, 1997-2010; achieved the necessary funds for the completion. Councillor, Australian Business Arts Foundation, 2005-2007. Director and Acting Chairman, Queensland Rugby Union, 2006-2010. Instrumental in establishing the University of Queensland Rugby Foundation, 1976; Trustee, since 2004. Member, The Salvation Army Business Advisory Committee, 1989-1992. Foundation Director, Nona Badu Aboriginal Children’s Foundation, 2004-2007. Foundation Director, Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation, 2002-2004. Foundation Director, Brisbane Institute, 2001-2003. Member, Council of the Queensland University of Technology, 1993-1995. Director, Centre for Independent Studies, since 2004.

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Emeritus Professor Richard Stafford WRIGHT, 72 Campbell Street, Balmain NSW 2041 For service to Indigenous and forensic archaeology and anthropology, to education, and to professional associations. Emeritus Professor Wright serves as an Anthropologist, specialising in Prehistoric Australia, and as a Forensic Archaeologist, specialising in mass grave forensic archaeology, and has been called upon to unearth evidence of mass murder nationally and internationally. Forensic Archaeologist, Fromelles Project (Pheasant Wood), Recovering Overseas Australia's Missing Inc, since 2006. Senior Forensic Archaelogist and Adviser, Fromelles Project (Pheasant Wood), Oxford Archaeology, 2009-2010. Team Leader, Yagan Grave Search Project, Western Australian Aboriginal Affairs, 1999-2000. Chief Archaeologist, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 1997-2000. Anthropologist, Excavation of the former Randwick Destitute Children's Asylum Cemetery, NSW, 1990s. Forensic Team Leader, Special Investigations Unit, Federal Attorney General's Department, 1990-1991. Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Sydney, since 1990; Professor of Anthropology, 1982-1990; Associate Professor, 1975-1981; Senior Lecturer, 1966-1975; Lecturer, 1961-1966. Current Member, Australian Archaeological Association, for several years.

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Mr Peter Wilson YATES, Hawthorn Vic 3122 For service to education, to the financial services industry through the development of the Australian Financial Management Association of Australia, and to a range of arts, science and charitable organisations. Director, The Centre for Independent Studies, since 2006. Current Member, International Advisory Board, Graduate School of Business Sloan Program, Stanford University, USA; also served as President, Stanford Alumni Association of Australia. Inaugural Chairman, Business and Economics Board, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, since 2007. Co-Chairman/Co-Founder, Financial Management Association of Australia, since 1989. Current Chief Executive Officer, Roadknight Investments. Chairman, Peony Capital General Partnership, since 2007. Managing Director, Oceania Capital Partners, 2004-2007; Director, since 2007. Executive Director and other executive roles, Macquarie Bank, 1985-2001. Director, AIA Australia Ltd, since 2010; current Chair of the Board Audit Committee and the Business Risk and Compliance Committee. Non-Executive Director, MOKO.mobi Ltd, since 2008. Deputy Chairman, Asialink, since 2006, Director, since 2004. Deputy Chairman, Asia Society AustralAsia Centre, since 2009. Director, Australia Japan Foundation, since 2010. Co-Chairman, Melbourne 2010 Knowledge Cities World Summit. Director, Veda Advantage, 2006. Director, Foxtel Management, 2001-2004. Chairman, ninemsn Pty Ltd, 2003-2004. Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd, 2001-2004. Chairman, e-Corp, 2001-2003. Chairman, Ticketek, 2002-2004. Director, Australian Chamber Orchestra, since 2004. Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival, since 2009. Director, National Portrait Gallery, 2006-2009. Founding Chairman, Australian Science Media Centre, since 2004. Founding Chairman, Royal Institution of Australia, since 2009. Member, Chairman's Council, since 2002; also established Melbourne Chapter of Chairman's Council. Current Chair, Investment Committee, The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation; Director, since 2001. Treasurer, Victorian Division, Liberal Party of Australia, 2001.

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