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Canberra doctor hands back OAM in protest against Margaret Court’s Australia Day honour – SBS News
Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo is returning her OAM after it was revealed that controversial tennis great Margaret Court would be appointed a Companion of the Order of…
The fallout from Margaret Court’s controversial Australia Day honour has continued with a Canberra doctor handing back her own award in protest.
Clara Tuck Meng Soo says the decision to award Australia’s highest honour to the controversial tennis great promotes discrimination.
Court’s appointment as Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in this year’s Australia Day Honours List leaked on Friday before the official unveiling.
The 78-year-old Pentecostal minister has come under fire in recent years…
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