National Honours Advisory Committee

Please find below copies of two very important speeches, which are excellent background information on theAustralian Honours System.

Speech 1 (50k Acrobat Reader Format)

• Mr Malcolm Hazell, CVO, current Secretary to the Governor-General, on "the Australian Honours System"

Speech 2 (40k Acrobat Reader Format)

• Sir David Smith, KCVO, AO, former Secretary to the Governor-General, on "The Order of Australia: In the Beginning".

Note that changes of the content of the above speeches are not permitted