Australia Day 2025 Honours List

January 30, 2025

The Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, announced the Australia Day 2025 Honours List on 26 January. Of the 732 Australians recognised for their achievements, we’re proud to see so many Copyright Agency members recognised for their valuable work in the arts, education, research, and the community.

Copyright Agency member recipients include:

Appointments as Companions of the Order of Australia (AC)

  • Scientia Professor Megan Davis – For eminent service to the law and to social justice, to the national and international advocacy of the rights of Indigenous peoples, and to the community.
  • The Honourable James Joshua Edelman – For eminent service to the law and to judiciary, to legal education and scholarship, as a mentor to academics and legal practitioners in Australia and internationally, and to the community.

Appointments as Officers of the Order of Australia (AO)

  • Laurie Joseph Lawrence – For distinguished service to water safety education, and to swimming as a high-performance coach.
  • Dr Laurence Alfred Mound – For distinguished service to scientific research into the identification and biology of plant feeding insects.
  • Professor Robynne Melva Quiggin – For distinguished service to the law and human rights, to tertiary education, and to the Indigenous community through leadership and governance roles.
  • The late Professor Lyndall Ryan AM – For distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly Indigenous history and colonial settlement through research and publications.
  • Professor Claire Edwina Smith – For distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly social and anthropological archaeology, and as a national and international academic.

Appointments as Members of the Order of Australia (AM)

Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Copyright Agency extends our warmest congratulations to our recipient members.