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The Governor-General shares congratulations to the 2025 Australia Day honour recipients
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1/25/2025
Governor-General Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC thanked Australia Day honour recipients for their contribution to communities across the country.
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Hello, everyone. This Australia Day, I'm speaking to you from Admiralty House in Sydney, on
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the lands of the Cammeraygal people. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present,
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and I extend that respect to First Nations people on lands across Australia. As 2025
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begins, Australia has so much to celebrate. Our story is the story of who we are and the
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nation we continue to shape and build, including 65,000 years of continuous Indigenous culture,
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our democracy and our institutions of government, and our modern chapter of success, optimism,
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belonging and progress, underpinned by over half a century of remarkable multiculturalism.
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That story is reflected in the depth and diversity of the extraordinary people from
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across the nation who are recognised in today's Australian Honours list. Congratulations to you
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all. Thank you for your work of care and service to our nation. To read your stories is to be
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reminded that care, kindness, respect and love, and contribution to communities across the country
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are what matter most to all Australians in every sphere of life. Caring for children and young
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people, walking alongside the most vulnerable and marginalised, working in business and industry,
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the creative arts and the defence forces, in sport and science and so much more, to underpin
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our hopes for the future. As writers, teachers, doctors, athletes, actors, scientists, public
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servants, soldiers and volunteers, you inspire pride and contribution in others, because you
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embody the best of us, and we are grateful to you all. This year we mark the 50th anniversary of
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Australia's Honours and Awards system. Make sure to look out for events happening across the country
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to celebrate five decades of uplifting and honouring great Australians. I hope to see
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many of you there. An Honours and Awards system is only as good as the people it recognises,
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just like the extraordinary Australians we recognise today. I'm so optimistic for what
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the next 50 years of Honours and Awards will reflect about our modern and diverse Australian
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community. Nominating and honouring our fellow Australians is a meaningful way of saying as a
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nation, thank you, just as we do today. Congratulations to all of the 2025 Australia
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Day Honours recipients. With all Australians today, we celebrate you.
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