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Friday, January 27, 2006

Aust Day honours recognise WA achievers

A total of 64 Western Australians from all walks of life have been recognised in this year's Australia Day awards.
The recipients include the former head of the Anti-Corruption Commission Terry O'Connor and asbestos victims' campaigner Dr Greg Deleuil.
Doris Pilkington Garimara, whose book inspired the film Rabbit Proof Fence, was honoured for service to the arts.
And the new Governor, Ken Michael, was awarded the nation's highest honour, a Companion of the Order of Australia.
He says there is a lot more he wants to achieve in coming years.
"An area that I want to encourage and certainly support is Indigenous communities and their history and culture and to understand that better as we move towards reconciliation," he said.
Dr Michael says he is honoured to be recognised for his service to the community.
"I believe that awards of this type are awards you share with others and when you look back and reflect on it like that, the 64 people represent a huge number of people who have taken part in making this country what it is and it just makes me feel very proud, very proud indeed to be part of it," he said.
Dr Deleuil, who has worked closely with asbestos victims for more than 20 years, was named a Member of the Order of Australia.
He says his mother's death from mesothelioma inspired him to help sufferers.
"If there's any sign in your life than this certainly was a sign as far as I'm concerned. Every time I lecture the last slide I show is a photo of my mother sitting next to asbestos louvres that we had in this house in Darwin and so that to me, it's not as clinical. It's also personal," he said.

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