Scott Morrison leads King's Birthday honours list

Former premier curate Scott Morrison has been handed nan highest nickname successful this year's King's Birthday honours list.

Morrison is 1 of 14 group to beryllium made a Companion of nan Order of Australia, on pinch nan likes of movie head Baz Luhrmann and his costume designer woman Catherine Martin, businesswoman Jennifer Westacott and erstwhile CSIRO chair Kathryn Fagg.

"These honours recognise nan selfless service, integrity, achievement, creativity, and attraction that flourish crossed our country," Governor-General Samantha Mostyn said.

See nan afloat database of grant winners successful nan King's Birthday honours database below.

"I spot nan values of care, kindness and respect successful nan galore Australians who are honoured today, and successful those who person been recognised passim nan 50-year history of our Australian honours system."

Morrison was handed nan honour "for eminent work to nan group and parliament of Australia... to notable contributions to world engagement, to activity of nan nationalist COVID-19 response, to economical initiatives, and to nationalist information enhancements, particularly done activity of Australia's publication to AUKUS".

He served arsenic premier curate from 2018, erstwhile predecessor Malcolm Turnbull was replaced successful a Liberal activity spill, until nan Coalition mislaid nan 2022 national election.

Under his leadership, nan Liberals and Nationals were victorious successful what was wide considered to beryllium an unwinnable 2019 election, earlier nan authorities formed nan multibillion-dollar AUKUS pact pinch nan United States and United Kingdom successful which Australia is scheduled to person nuclear-powered submarines.

The federation besides recorded 1 of nan lowest fatality rates successful nan world from nan COVID-19 pandemic during his clip successful power.

However, Morrison also received important disapproval for immoderate of his actions arsenic premier minister, including his ill-timed family vacation to Hawaii during nan Black Summer bushfires followed by nan infamous "I don't clasp a hose" comment, and nan slow procurement of vaccines during nan pandemic.

Morrison was besides societal services curate erstwhile nan robodebt scheme was created, and nan royal committee into nan programme recovered he "failed" his work and "allowed furniture to beryllium misled" – findings he rejected arsenic "wrong, unsubstantiated and contradicted by clear documentary evidence".

His biggest contention though, didn't look until aft he had mislaid nan premier ministership, erstwhile successful 2022 it was revealed he had secretly sworn himself into 5 ministries during nan pandemic, astir of which were done without nan knowledge of nan ministers already overseeing those portfolios.

Since its inception successful 1975, it has been customary for erstwhile premier ministers to person nan Companionship of nan Order of Australia bestowed upon them.

Paul Keating is nan only 1 to not clasp nan honour, having turned it down successful 1997.

Joining Morrison connected nan honours database this twelvemonth are Luhrmann and Martin, nan powerhouse mates of Australian movie who were down blockbuster hits including Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, arsenic good arsenic section classical Strictly Ballroom.

Former Olympic medallist swimmer and ex-AFLW general head Nicole Livingstone was made an Officer of nan Order of Australia – nan second-highest honour – arsenic was main Nine Entertainment shareholder Bruce Gordon.

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