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Advertisement A church leader says Margaret Courtâs âbad theologyâ is his reason for joining the growing list of Order of Australia members who are returning their awards in protest against her elevation to the countryâs highest civilian honour. A number of recipients, including retired broadcaster Kerry OâBrien and acclaimed artist Peter Kingston, have either returned or refused awards and others say theirs have been tarnished. The Reverend Alistair Macrae is returning his Officer of Order of Australia award. Credit:Eddie Jim In this weekâs Australia Day awards, Court was elevated from an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) to a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for her sporting success. ....
A third Australian legend has handed back his Order of Australia award after selectors also acknowledged controversial tennis star Margaret Court for the top honour. Renowned artist Peter Kingston was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012, but has since returned his medal. The painter, most famous for capturing Sydney Harbour, stood in solidarity with veteran television journalist Kerry O Brien and general practitioner Clara Tuck Meng Soo, who both returned their medals. Court was one of four people made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2021 - the highest honour in the nation. She was given the top gong for eminent service to tennis as an internationally acclaimed player and record-holding grand slam champion, and as a mentor of young sportspersons. ....
Veteran journalist Kerry O’Brien has rejected an Australia Day award to protest the decision to give Margaret Court the country’s highest honour. O’Brien wrote to the governor general’s secretary on Sunday explaining there must be something “fundamentally wrong” with the honours system given the “deeply insensitive and divisive decision” to appoint Court a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). He cited Court’s “hurtful and divisive. ....
O Brien, a legendary ABC reporter with more than 50 years experience, was to be appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia - the second highest honour. But he has now turned it down. ....
Clara Tuck Meng Soo has returned her medal after learning that Margaret Court would also be honoured (SBS News/Getty) A trans doctor who was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia has handed it back after learning homophobic tennis star Margaret Court would be honoured. Clara Tuck Meng Soo was given the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2016 for her work as a medical practitioner with LGBT+ and HIV positive communities. She has now returned it in protest after learning that Court will be promoted on Australia Day to a Companion of the Order of Australia, the highest civilian honour, and the second time Court has received such an award. ....