Talk:Australian honours and awards system/Archive 1

message: Should we mention the Australian of the Year here?  If so, does something like the following belong, or is that too extensive? --Robert Merkel 02:18, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Are the awards still given out on the Queen's Birthday and Australia Day?Ozdaren 13:33, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awarding 

message: == Dates of awards ==
Yes, honours lists are still published on Australia Day and the Queen's Birthday each year.  The following awards are announced on those days:
* awards in the Order of Australia
* Distinguished and Conspicuous Service Decorations, Nursing Service Cross and Meritorious Unit Citations
* meritorious awards (Public Service Medal, Australian Police Medal, Australian Fire Service Medal, Ambulance Service Medal, Emergency Services Medal)
Awards of Bravery Decorations are also made twice a year, but not on Australia Day and the Queen's Birthday.  No fixed dates are used, but typically they occur about March and August.
The award of the Australian Antarctic Medal is always announced on midwinter's day.
The Order of Australia (apart from the OAM) and the meritorious awards are all subject to quotas.  The annual quota is therefore split between the two lists in each calendar year, and there is no carry-over of surplus awards to the next calendar year.
== Australian of the Year ==
The Australian of the Year is not an Australian honour or decoration.  Awardees do not receive any insignia, and hold the title only for the calendar year.  The Australian of the Year awards are organised by the Australia Day Council, not the Australian Honours Secretariat, and it is quite separate to the honours system.
Guran70 23:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Answers to questions 

message: Are they added after the name, as per the norm with the OBE, CBE and MBE?Londo06 09:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the postnominals (if the award has them) are written after a person's name PalawanOz (talk) 12:25, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Letters after name

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replies: text: Ribbon Changed PalawanOz (talk) 11:50, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
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message: G'day, it is good to see more work being put into this article. At the moment it seems that there is a decent amount of content, but the article still lacks a lead summarising it. A couple of paragraphs of three or four sentences would probably be sufficient. Does anyone have any plans to write something for this? Once this is added, it might be beneficial to put it up for peer review to get a few extra hands working on it, or some extra suggestions for improvement. I'd also suggest adding a few more citations and possibly tweaking the heading levels for the Awards section. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:08, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: 1-3) I agree.  4) No, I do not have any plans to write something for this.  5+) I agree. Pdfpdf (talk) 07:00, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: G'day, I might see if I can put something together, but I am by no means an expert on this topic, so feedback/help/fixing would be great. BTW, thanks also for fixing my earlier error. I had a bit of a laugh at your edit summary ;-) AustralianRupert (talk) 07:57, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: (I should have said: "Is that a reflection of the fact that the two parties have become indistinguishable?") Pdfpdf (talk) 08:41, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow! (You didn't waste any time before doing that, did you!) Pdfpdf (talk) 09:05, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: G'day, it could do with expansion, but it is probably beyond me, though. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 10:01, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead and other suggestions

message: Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia#Order of Australia says: "The disc is surmounted by an enamel Crown signifying the position of The Order of Australia as an Australian Royal Honour."
:a) Is this true?
:b) What is "an Australian Royal Honour"?
Also, who are "The Council for the Order of Australia"?
Also, I guess that one of the implications of my questions is that the section is "under-referenced". Pdfpdf (talk) 12:42, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure about the first 2 questions. But, "The Council for the Order of Australia" are the group of people that actually decide who is appointed to what grade within the Order, They are sort of like the backbone I suppose?!?. Nford24 (Want to have a chat?) 12:52, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Do you have URL to a reference? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:47, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australian Royal Honour? 

message: Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia#Order of Australia says: "The disc is surmounted by an enamel Crown signifying the position of The Order of Australia as an Australian Royal Honour."
:a) Is this true?
:b) What is "an Australian Royal Honour"?
Also, who are "The Council for the Order of Australia"?
Also, I guess that one of the implications of my questions is that the section is "under-referenced". Pdfpdf (talk) 12:42, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure about the first 2 questions. But, "The Council for the Order of Australia" are the group of people that actually decide who is appointed to what grade within the Order, They are sort of like the backbone I suppose?!?. Nford24 (Want to have a chat?) 12:52, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Do you have URL to a reference? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:47, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australian Royal Honour?