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Hundreds recognised in Australia Day Honours list

This year, the Australia Day Honours list recognised hundreds for service to community, social policy, multicultural support and volunteering, including OAM recipients in the Top End and healthcare by Dr Felix Ho to remote communities.
A 6000-strong backlog of nominations and the gender split in nominations over the last 12 months of about two-thirds men and one-third women contributed to a stark gender disparity, while Carol Kiernan warned funding alone won't fix representation and Patrick Gorman called the imbalance unacceptable.
Satwant Singh Calais, who arrived in Hobart aged 16, founded a refugee‑resettlement service and says the honour recognises everyone who supported the organisation.
The federal government announced an extra $6 million over two years, Minister Gorman urged Australians to nominate women, and the Council of the Order of Australia said `The Council hopes a prompt for community action` this year.
The Thom review recommended reverting to date-of-receipt assessment and recruiting about 18 additional staff for two years to address backlog in the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General.

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