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by Tory Maguire

04 Jan 05:55am

Filed under: Honours, Knighthoods, Monarchy, Republic, Royal Family

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Pop quiz – name an AC (Companion of the Order of Australia). Quick! Nice try but probably no cigar.

Dame! Those glasses look good. Picture: Michael Potter

At the risk of putting two and two together and coming up with 147, The Punch detects (speculates wildly) the time might be ripe for a swing back to the days of Sirs and Dames.

Perhaps it’s John Howard’s induction into the Order of Merit or the fact the Queen finished 2011 with a grin as wide as the Empire of old.

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rightway rogan says:

12:18am | 10/01/12

Long live aussie culture without stuffed shirt awards, usually for the very rich or for the most puerile of pollies favoured by a very rich old lady… leave us alone its a long time since the first fleet missus. Read more »
frankr says:

07:52pm | 05/01/12

littler bob would lap it up, and then wave royally to the masses from his valcluse mansion. the next day he would reaffirm his allegiance to the actu and the battlers. the battlers would then shout and cheer and agree that this was their true champion Read more »

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