2024 Australia Day Honours List

January 31, 2024

Congratulations to our members who were among those recognised in the 2024 Australia Day Honours List, on Friday 26 January by the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd).

Copyright Agency member recipients include:

One appointment as Companion of the Order (AC)

  • Professor Deborah Jane Terry – For eminent service to tertiary education as an institutional leader and academic, to the strengthening of higher education through collaboration and innovation, and to the community.

Five appointments as Officers of the Order (AO)

  • The Honourable Justice Jenny May Blokland – For distinguished service to the judiciary, to the law, to professional associations, and to the community.
  • Deborah Ann Cobb-Clark – For distinguished service to economic research, to tertiary education, and to the social sciences.
  • Bill Henson – For distinguished service to the visual arts as a photographer, and to the promotion of Australian culture.
  • Lindy Lee – For distinguished service to contemporary visual arts as a sculptor and painter, and to arts administration through leadership roles.
  • Dr Grahame Webb – For distinguished service to environmental conservation, and to wildlife preservation, particularly crocodiles.

15 appointments as Members of the Order (AM)

  • Pamela Allen – For significant service to literature as an author.
  • Dr June Factor – For significant service to literature, to history, and to the community.
  • Dr Dorothy Erickson – For significant service to jewellery design, and to the arts in Western Australia.
  • Kate Llewellyn – For significant service to literature as an author and poet.
  • Colin Steele – For significant service to librarianship, and to digital information sharing.
  • Cressida Campbell – For significant service to the visual arts.
  • Distinguished Professor Anna Haebich – For significant service to literature as an author, historian and academic.
  • Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore – For significant service to tertiary education.
  • Emeritus Professor Roy Green – For significant service to business, and to tertiary education in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
  • Emerita Professor Lesley Hitchens – For significant service to tertiary education, and to the law.
  • Dr Evelyn Hovenya – For significant service to medicine through health informatics, and digital transformation.
  • Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan – For significant service to science education through research into animal behaviour.
  • Professor Donna Lee Pendergast – For significant service to tertiary education.
  • Dr Brett Summerell – For significant service to the environment through plant pathology and mycology.
  • Amanda Gome – For significant service to media, to business, and to women.

14 members were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

  • Chris Pash – For service to the media and communications sector. Chris served on the Board for Copyright Agency from 2016-2019.
  • Kenneth Martin – For service to community music.
  • Daryl Binning – For service to the film industry.
  • Dr Judith McKay – For service to the museums and galleries sector.
  • Timothy McLeod – For service to music through pipe bands.
  • Susan Smith – For service to the visual arts as an artist and administrator.
  • Dr John (Jack) Bana – For service to tertiary education.
  • Dr Joan Benjamin – For service to tertiary education.
  • Dr Barry Elsey – For service to tertiary education.
  • Prof Paul Harpur – For service to people with disability.
  • Dr Brian Hoepper – For service to education.
  • Daniel Oakes – For service to journalism.
  • Peter Waterman – For service to the media as a journalist.
  • Gail Eastaway – For service to the print media, and to the community.

 

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