Termination of Awards Order of Australia

4 September 2020

The Council of the Order of Australia takes great care in exercising its responsibilities, both in relation to appointments and in considering whether an appointment or award should be terminated or cancelled. The GovernorGeneral acts on its recommendations and does not independently make or terminate appointments. The Terminations and Cancellations Ordinance of the Constitution also includes a clause allowing for termination or cancellation where an individual has behaved or acted in a manner that has brought disrepute on the Order. In the Council’s view and as a general principle, for the Order to be brought into disrepute a conviction, penalty or adverse finding must have occurred. In essence, the Council recognises that the law prescribes behaviours, and expressions, which are abhorrent to society and therefore uses the law as the threshold for termination and cancellation.



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