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Australia Day 2020 Honours List

On 26 January 2020, the Governor-General and Chancellor of the Order of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), announced 1099 awards in the 2020 Australia Day Honours List.

Included in the list are:

  • 837 recipients of awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia (5 AC, 59 AO, 224 AM and 549 OAM)
  • 26 recipients of awards in the Military Division of the Order of Australia (1 AO, 13 AM and 12 OAM); and
  • 236 meritorious awards.

The List includes the highest ever percentage of women recipients in the General Division of the Order of Australia - 41.6 per cent.

Read biographical notes for each recipient in the Australia Day 2020 Honours List below. Alternatively, the complete Gazette (which includes summaries of all appointments or awards in the Order of Australia - both General and Military divisions) is also available, as is the Gazette of meritorious awards)