David Batt (Hinkler, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Australia Day Honours List for 2026 features great Aussies from my electorate of Hinkler, including one of my former teachers. A prestigious Member of the Order of Australia medal was awarded to Terry Doherty for significant service to basketball in administrative and referee education roles. Terry was the head of physical education at Bundaberg high, and while he developed some wonderful talent in the sport of basketball, he was no miracle worker. I certainly was not going to be a Boomer!

Following Terry's recognition, Basketball Queensland issued a congratulatory message saying, 'This national recognition reflects decades of leadership, service and commitment to the game.' Terry's more than 50 years of contributions to Queensland basketball have included refereeing, the education of referees and referee coaches and the development of referee and referee coach education. Throughout the seventies, eighties, and nineties, Terry was commissioner or referee coach at dozens of Queensland and Australian championships.

In 1985, Terry was appointed the inaugural Australian Basketball Referees' Commissioner. He was a pioneer in the education of basketball referee coaches. In 2017, International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame member and Basketball Australia Hall of Fame legend, the late Al Ramsay, described Terry's contribution to basketball refereeing, saying:

There are few, if any, who have given so much to basketball officiating in Australia.

Terry was an inductee into the Basketball Queensland Hall of Fame in 2024. Terry, congratulations on the Member of the Order of Australia medal.