has received Australia’s highest civilian honour, joining pandemic leaders, scientists and politicians among the biggest names in Monday’s Queen’s Birthday awards.
Others heavily involved in the pandemic response, including Queensland governor and former long-serving chief health officer Jeannette Young, have also been awarded high honours. Shane Warne and Ash Barty have each received due vice regal garlands as Order of Australia recipients in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, alongside Meg Lanning’s award for leading the world champion women’s cricket team.In the military division, Vice Admiral Lance Johnston was appointed AC as a highly-skilled strategic military planner and a champion of the Defence Capability System.
unlike Ash, I cannot quit caring for my terminally ill wife... whether I abandon her, or battle to the bitter end, there's no pile of cash or trophies, no fancy trinket from a foreign monarch waiting for me... ASH IS A QUITTER ashbartyquitter