Teresa Gambaro (Brisbane, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Settlement) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I wish to congratulate and pay tribute to a number of constituents in my Brisbane Electorate who received Order of Australia awards on Australia Day: Mr Simon Bartlett, for services to engineering, particularly to the electricity supply industry; Mr Michael Baumann, for services to the community of Queensland as a magistrate and through contributions to court procedures and practices; Mr Robert Brice, for services to the tourism industry; Mr David Russell QC, for services to the National Party of Australia and to politics, taxation law and legal education and the community; Mr James McGowan, for services to public administration, through the development and implementation of public sector management and training reforms; Dr Edward Street, for services to dentistry and to the dental profession, to medicine and to the international community.

I also congratulate Professor The Hon. Michael Lavarch, for distinguished services to the law and legal education, particularly in the areas of native title, human rights and constitutional law. Acknowledgements must also go to Dr Ernest Cramond MBE, for services to medicine as a general practitioner and through his great work through the AMA; and Mr Peter Brooke, for services to the community as a pilot with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

As in previous years, this year's Order of Australia recipients have been recognised for their outstanding achievements and contributions in a broad range of fields and endeavours. I wish to congratulate each and every one of you for your contribution, as well as all past recipients. (Time expired)