Australia Day Honours awards
This year over twenty Cranlana Programme alumni were awarded Australia Day Honours, recognising their contribution to building a just, prosperous and sustainable society. We offer our warmest congratulations to each on these well deserved awards.
| Mr John King ATKINS | For distinguished service to the business and financial sectors, to the legal profession, and to the community. |
| Mr John Windsor BARRINGTON | For significant service to the community of Western Australia. |
| Mrs Elleni BEREDED-SAMUEL | For significant service to social welfare, and to the African community of Melbourne. |
| The Reverend Ronald Mark BROWNING | For service to the community. |
| Ms Kathryn Jane CAMPBELL CSC | For distinguished service to public administration through senior roles with government departments, and to the Australian Army Reserve. |
| Ms Helen COLEMAN | For service to the community through a range of organisations. |
| Air Commodore Barbara Ann COURTNEY | For exceptional service in combat support unit operations, organisational reform, major international engagement, and strategic capability development for the Australian Defence Force. |
| Mr Simon John DUFFY | For significant service to wildlife conservation, and to the rehabilitation of primates in Africa. |
| Mr Carrillo Baillieu GANTNER AO | For eminent service to the community through professional involvement in, and philanthropic support for, the performing and visual arts, and to Australia-Asia cultural exchange. |
| Professor Sandra Lee HARDING | For distinguished service to education at the national and international level, and to the community of Queensland. |
| Dr Craig Stephen HASSED | For service to medicine. |
| Mr Graeme Charles HEAD | For distinguished service to public administration, to diversity employment initiatives, and to environmental protection. |
| Mr Brian James LACY | For distinguished service to the public administration of Australia’s Indian Ocean territories, to industrial relations, and to the law. |
| Mr Bruce Le Ber LANGOULANT | For significant service to community health as an advocate for meningitis awareness and prevention. |
| Mrs Janet Osborn LIMB | For distinguished service to the community through philanthropic support for charitable, social welfare, and medical research groups. |
| The Honourable Warwick Leslie SMITH AM | For distinguished service to Australia-China business and financial relations, to education, and to the community. |
| Ms Magdalene Mary SZUBANSKI | For distinguished service to the performing arts as an actor, comedian and writer, and as a campaigner for marriage equality. |
| Mr Reynah Manhoi TANG | For significant service to the law, particularly through professional legal associations. |
| Mr Andrew Mark WAY | For significant service to medicine through administrative and advisory roles. |
| Ms Stephanie Bridget WOOLLARD | For service to the international community through humanitarian aid. |
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