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The 2024 King's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 10 June 2024 by the Governor-General, David Hurley. [1] [2]The Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
Most Australian states and territories observe the King's Birthday on the second Monday in June, except in Western Australia and Queensland.As Western Australia celebrates Western Australia Day (formerly known as Foundation Day) on the first Monday in June, the governor of Western Australia each year proclaims the day on which the state will observe the King's Birthday, based on school terms ...
The 2024 King's Birthday Honours list is announced, in which Daniel Andrews, Karen Canfell, Simon Crean, Mark McGowan, Jonathan Mills and Samantha Mostyn are all made a Companion of the Order of Australia. [352] Federal Labor MP Maria Vamvakinou announces she will not be recontesting the 2025 Australian federal election. [353]
King Charles during his 2024 tour of Australia. Kate Middleton and Prince William are celebrating King Charles' birthday! The King turned 76 on Thursday, Nov. 14, and the Prince and Princess of ...
King Charles III is celebrating his 76th birthday today. ... Australia, Prince Charles is pushed to safety by security personnel after 24-year-old student David Kang fired two blank rounds from a ...
The 2024 King's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the King's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. [1] [2]
The holiday was celebrated as Foundation Day up until 2011; in 2012, it was renamed Western Australia Day as part of a series of law changes recognising Aboriginal Australians as the original inhabitants of Western Australia. [3] In November 2024, premier Roger Cook stated he was open to the idea of moving Western Australia Day to a date closer ...
Until 1936 it was held on the actual birthday of the Monarch, but after the death of King George V, it was decided to keep the date at mid-year. On that day the "King's Birthday honours list" is released naming new members of the Order of Australia and other Australian honours. This occurs on the date observed in the Eastern States, not the ...