Tony Abbott reveals the outgoing governor general,Quentin Bryce, and her successor, and Peter Cosgrove,will be the first to get the titles“Pre-eminent” Australians will become knights and dames at the Queen’s approval for the first time since 1989 after a shock announcement by the staunchly monarchist prime minister, creating a new tier of honour as an “essential grace note” in our national life.
The Australian honours system was created by the Whitlam government in 1975 and the imperial honours system phased out by the federal government in 1982 and state governments in 1989.
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Source: theguardian.com