Australia Day 2023 honours for elder abuse law trailblazer, Indigenous activist and a fossil hunter

Most of the 1,047 Australians honoured are not famous but many of them have changed lives, if not the country

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Most of the 1,047 names on the 2023 Australia Day honours list are not as recognisable as Archie Roach, Norman Swan or David Wenham.

But many of them have changed lives, if not the country. Take the solicitor Rodney Lewis, appointed to the Order of Australia for his “life-long contribution to human rights and civil liberties both in Australia and more broadly across our region”.

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