Four Redlanders have received the highest recognition for outstanding achievement and service at an Australia Day Honours ceremony on February 21.
They are Anthony Daniel, Terene Donovan, Christos Spero who received the Medal of the Order of Australia and Richard Wortley who received the Member of the Order of Australia.
Redland City Mayor, Karen Williams said the Australian honours system was a vital part of our social fabric and helped define, encourage and reinforce national aspirations, ideals and standards.
“Our local Australia Day 2018 Honours recipients join a prestigious list of people whose actions have set them apart and enriched our community across a broad range of professional, public and community service sectors,” Cr Williams said.
Mr Daniel OAM was honoured for more than 40 years of voluntary service to emergency response organisations, in particular SES.
In that time he has been up close and personal in some devastating events, from Cyclone Tracey to storm recovery in Newcastle and the Queensland Floods of 2011.
Ms Donovan OAM is an Olympian archer who represented Australia in Munich in 1972, Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984 as well as the 1988 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and many other international and national events.
Dr Christos Spero OAM has lead the world in carbon capture technology and how that can be applied to coal-fired power stations, changing the discussions around the future of energy and putting Australia on the map.
“Professor Richard Wortley AM, though not in attendance yesterday, was honoured for his contribution to the fields of criminology and psychology and the development of security and crime science education,” Cr Williams said.
