SOUTHERN: Local Honours list
A number of local people have been honoured in the 2025 Australia Day honours:
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the General Division
• Emeritus Professor Gillian Doreen Triggs, Southbank. For eminent service to humanitarian and human rights law, to international relations, to social justice advocacy, and to tertiary legal education and research.
• Mrs Eve Lynnette (Lyn) Williams AM, South Yarra. For eminent service to the arts as an administrator, and to the museums and galleries sector through philanthropic donations.
(Honorary) Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division
• Associate Professor Susan Elizabeth Mathers, Richmond. For significant service to medicine as a clinician, and to neurological research.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division
• Professor Lauren Ayton. For significant service to optometry, to ophthalmology, and to public health as a clinician and researcher.
• Professor Kim Bennell. For significant service to medical research and education, particularly in the field of health and rehabilitation science.
• Mr David John Briggs, Camberwell. For significant service to the performing arts as a guitarist, songwriter and producer.
• Mrs Anne Coghlan, Hawthorn. For significant service to the legal profession, and to judicial administration.
n Mrs Janet Elizabeth Jackson, Chadstone. For significant service to lacrosse as an official and administrator.
• The late Mr Paul Richard Madden. For significant service to the community through social welfare organisations, social policy development, and the arts.
• Dr Katherine Ella Martin. For significant service to medicine, particularly trauma care and surgery, and to professional associations.
• Dr Robyn Maree Miller. For significant service to children, young people and families.
• Dr Shirley Prager. For significant service to psychiatry, and to professional organisations.
• The Honourable James Robert Short, Melbourne. For significant service to the Parliament of Australia, to multiculturalism, and to international relations.
• Professor Robert Gideon Weintraub. For significant service to paediatric medicine, and to medical research.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division
• Ms Anita Bejerano. For service to the Jewish community through a range of roles.
• Mr Roger Maxwell Blythman RFD, East Melbourne. For service to the community, and to the church.
• Ms Hannah Brennan. For service to the multicultural community of Melbourne.
• Dr Wendy Christina Bunston. For service to social welfare research.
• Mr Geoffrey Michael Collinson, Port Melbourne. For service to cricket.
• Mr Jack Thomas Cooper, Beaumaris. For service to the community through a range of volunteer roles.
• Mrs Vivienne Fried. For service to the community, particularly through charitable organisations.
• Ms Irene Tomi Kalinski, East Malvern. For service to the Jewish community of Melbourne.
• Mr Jim Magee, Bentleigh East. For service to local government, and to the community of Glen Eira.
• Mr Patrick John McCluskey, Camberwell. For service to the manufacturing industry.
• Mr Robert William McLauchlan, Ashburton. For service to architecture, and to social welfare.
• Mr Sean Sidney Meltzer, Caulfield North. For service to the Jewish community, and to the arts.
• Professor Emerita Margaret Plant, Southbank. For service to visual arts, and to art history.
• Mr Jacques Bernard Reymond. For service to the hospitality industry.
• Mr Timothy Fitz-John Smith, Hampton. For service to secondary and vocational education.
• Mr Gerald Leslie Snowden, Armadale. For service to the community, particularly through philanthropy.
• Mrs Tessa Sullivan. For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Ms Helga Svendsen. For service to the community through a range of leadership roles.