MT has 65 in his corner, Enough said.
FWIW Damo. Victoria is represented on the Council of the Order of Australia by State Department of Premier and Cabinet secretary Jeremi Moule, who was promoted to the plum public servant role by Mr Andrews.
Also does anyone know else received this highest award he did. It certainly wasnt ND. Abbott did and you could argue he didnt deserve it either, but next to he deserves 2 of em.
3 landslide state election wins including one post-covid says otherwise.
Wait until Andrews gets his statue as well
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There are 19 members on the Council of the Order of Australia and as I mentioned every state premier and PM gets awarded an Australia honours award unless they refuse it like Keating did.
Vic premiers since WW2:Knighthoods - Bolte (GCMG), Hamer (KCMG and an AC), Dunstan (KCMG), McDonald
CMG - Thomson (also an AO)
AC - Kirner, Kennett, Bracks, Andrews
AO - Brumby, Baillieu, Napthine
PMs:Lord/Viscount - Bruce (CH, PC)
Knighthoods - Barton (GCMG), Reid (GCB GCMG PC), Cook (GCMG), Page (GCMG CH PC), Menzies (KT AK CH),
Fadden (GCMG), McEwen (GCMG CH), Gorton (GCMG CH AC), McMahon (GCMG CH PC)
CH - Hughes, Lyons, Fraser (PC AC)
AC - Whitlam, Hawke, Howard (OM), Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull.
Other AC federal pollies - Tim Fischer, Alexander Downer, Doug Anthony, Kim Beazley, Andrew Peacock, Ian Sinclair, Bill Hayden, Simon Crean, Peter Costello, John Anderson.
A stack of state premiers and GGs since the 90s have an AC too.
Full AC recipient list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companions_of_the_Order_of_Australia
