The Queen's Birthday Honours 2007 for Australia.
Order of Australia Companion (AC) General Division Recipient CitationNorman Ross Adler For service to business and commerce, particularly through the promotion of international trade and as a contributor to company and commercialisation development in Australia, to the community through administrative roles with educational institutions, and as a supporter of the arts.Reverend Dr Peter Frederick Carnley For service to religion as Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, as a renowned theologian, and significant contributor to international inter-faith collaboration.David Michael Gonski For service to the arts through charitable support and the development of policy initiatives, to business and commerce as a company director, to education, and to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours.Justice Margaret Anne McMurdo For service to the law and judicial administration in Queensland, particularly in the areas of legal education and women's issues, to the support of a range of legal organisations, and to the community.Victor Smorgon For service to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a wide range of organisations, particularly in the areas of art, education and medicine. Ref:
Military Division Branch Recipient CitationArmy Lieutenant General Peter Leahy For eminent service to the Australian Defence Force in command of the Australian Army and strategic staff appointments. Ref:
Officer (AO) General Division Recipient CitationGary Ronald Banks For service to the community as an economist through the development of public policy, particularly in the area of microeconomic reform and regulation.Dr John Barton Best For service to medicine and to public health through support for strategic health research and policy development, and as a contributor to the development of rural and remote health services and medical education programs, particularly in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities and regional Victoria.Professor Judith Lee Black For service to medicine, particularly as a researcher and teacher in the field of respiratory pharmacology, and through executive and other roles in research related organisations.Mark Douglas Burrows For service to the corporate sector in leading the development of nationally uniform corporate law and financial market regulation, and to the arts through contribution to theatre.John Marcus Cassidy For service to university administration, to the civil engineering and construction industries, and to the community.Justice Alex Chernov For service to the law through a range of judicial and administrative roles with Victorian, national and Asia-Pacific bodies, and to education through the University of Melbourne.Professor Colin Nicholson Chesterman For service to medicine and medical research, particularly in the fields of vascular biology, to education, and to the support of national and international professional organisations.Ashley John Cooper For service to tennis through a range of organisations that administer and promote the sport, and as a player, coach and mentor to junior players.Sister Eileen Ann Daffy For service to education through leadership and development roles in Catholic secondary schools in Australia and Pakistan, and to the community through Caritas Pakistan.Emeritus Professor Peter LePoer Darvall For service to education, as Vice-Chancellor of Monash University and as an engineering academic and researcher.Professor Kenneth John Donald For service to medicine as an academic and administrator, particularly as a contributor in the fields of pathology and community health.Sister Regis Mary Dunne For service to medicine, particularly through promotion and support of bioethics in medical research, and as a researcher in the field of genetics.George Rex Edmondson For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through natural resource management organisations and the Landcare movement, and to local government.Dr Brian Stanley Fisher For service to agricultural economics, international trade and climate change through research and public policy analysis.Ian Charles Harris For service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly through the administration of the House of Representatives and its committees, to promotion of parliamentary practice and procedure, and to assisting the understanding of the functions of parliament internationally.Ivan David James For service to the manufacturing industry, particularly the automotive component sector and through the Australian Industry Group, and to the community through church and overseas aid organisations.Professor Anne Kelso For service to science, particularly in the field of immunology and vaccine research through contributions to a range of scientific organisations, and as an academic and mentor.Professor Iain Duncan McCalman For service to history and to the humanities as a teacher, researcher and author, and through administrative, advocacy and advisory roles in academic and public sector organisations.Professor Colin Patrick McKerras For service to Asian studies and international relations, particularly in the field of Chinese society, culture and language.Neil Mitchell For service to the print, radio and television media, and to the community through a range of charitable institutions.Allan James Myers For service to the community through support and sponsorship of a range of educational, Indigenous, heritage and art organisations, to the law, and to business.Maria Josephine Myers For service as a philanthropist supporting and endowing a range of charitable, Indigenous, heritage and art organisations.Mark Ian Paterson For service to business and industry through policy development and economic research, to the resources sector in the areas of energy regulation and marketing, and to tourism development.William Francis Robinson For service as one of Australia's most distinguished landscape artists, for support and philanthropy to Australian art, and for the encouragement and education of young and emerging artists.Emeritus Professor Jillian Isobel Roe For service to the community through the promotion of Australian history as a researcher and author, through executive roles in professional organisations particularly as chair, editorial board, Australian Dictionary of Biography, and to education.Justice Geza Kim Santow For service to the judiciary and to the law; to education, particularly in the area of university governance; and to the arts.Dr Beth Schultz For service to conservation and the environment in Western Australia, particularly through the protection of the South West old growth forests.Donald Malcolm Talbot For service to swimming, particularly through the development and implementation of innovative coaching programs.Michael John Taylor For service to the management of natural resources and industry policy development at the Federal level and also in Victoria, particularly in the area of agriculture, and through contributions to transport, water, food and safety standards.Dennis John Trewin For service to statistics as the Australian Statistician, particularly through the reform of reporting standards and practices and support for a range of national and international professional organisations, and to the community.Alan Brian Whelpton For service to the community, particularly through the promotion of surf lifesaving at state, national and international levels, and as an administrator in a range of roles related to sport.Roger Bruce Wilkins For service to public administration in New South Wales, particularly as a contributor to a range of new policy initiatives, and to arts administration.Warwick James Wilkinson For service to the professional and business communities, particularly as a contributor to a range of regulatory and competition policy organisations, and to the pharmacy profession and the pharmaceutical industry.
Military Division Branch Recipient CitationArmy Major General John Patrick Cantwell For distinguished service as the Director of Strategic Operations for the Multi-National Force – Iraq.Major General Mark Evans For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force in senior command and staff appointments.Air Force Air Vice-Marshal John Nicholas Blackburn For distinguished service to the Royal Australian Air Force as Commander of the Integrated Area Defence System and Deputy Chief of Air Force.
Member (AM) General Division