More than 1,000 people have been recognised on the inaugural King’s Birthday Honours list. Here are some of them:
Author Tim Winton and late entertainer Barry Humphries are among the over 1,000 Australians recognised on the King's Birthday Honours list.Late entertainer Barry Humphries has been posthumously awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia .Tim Winton, Marina Prior, Jenny Macklin, Clover Moore and many other Australians have been recognised.
The awards were issued for a diverse range of contributions to society, including sport, health, science, philanthropy, the arts, politics, COVID-19 and community outreach. After almost 40 years as a singer and performer in musical theatre, Marina Prior was awarded a member of the Order of Australia.After almost 40 years as a singer and performer in musical theatre, Marina Prior was awarded a member of the Order of Australia for her significant service.
In politics, former Labor Minister Jennifer Macklin was one of six, including Mr Humphries, to receive an AC. "We invite our non-muslim brothers and sisters to talk about the values that we all share in common from every faith. We share a meal together, we talk about how we can strengthen our relationship," he said.
"We start to organise a lot of functions, you know and for that reason we start steady, steady to build our community and today I'm proud and everybody from our community members they are very proud of what we've done," Mr Angelkov said.
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