<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">    I am sure you will join me in congratulating Matthew Colless on being awarded as an Officer (AO) in today's Australian Honours list.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The citation reads:</div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>"

For distinguished service to scientific research, particularly to astronomy and
astrophysics, and to professional societies."</i></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This recognises many years of dedicated service from Matthew on behalf of all Australian astronomy. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Congratulations Matthew!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The full list can be found <a href="https://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2023-honours-list">here</a>.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Best wishes to all</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">John Lattanzio</div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:left;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Merriweather,Palatino,"Palatino Linotype","Palatino LT STD","Book Antiqua",Georgia,serif;line-height:var(--ws-base-line-height);color:hsla(var(--ws-surface-text-color),var(--ws-surface-text-medium-emphasis-opacity))"><br></p><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">I'</span><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">m</span><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">a</span><span style="color:rgb(241,194,50)">n</span><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">L</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">G</span></span><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">B</span><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">T<span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">I</span></span><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79)">Q</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,255,0)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(241,194,50)">A</span><span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">l</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">l</span><span style="color:rgb(142,124,195)">y</span></span></span></b><i><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>  </b>    -     Find out more at </span></i><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/h6sJCMwGxOt5ARv2jukNJXw?domain=monash.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank"><i>monash.edu/lgbtiqa</i></a><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Professor John Lattanzio</div><div>President, Astronomical Society of Australia</div><div><br>School of Physics and Astronomy<br></div><div>Monash University Victoria 3800 AUSTRALIA<br><br></div><div>Ph:  +61 (0)3 9905-4428<br>WWW: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/TpZCCOMKzVTAy0EN3crXkHB?domain=maths.monash.edu.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">users.monash.edu.au/~johnl/</a><br><div><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/88_mCROND2urzRyGNcQusTn?domain=orcid.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-859X</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>---------</div></div></div><p style="padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Merriweather,Palatino,"Palatino Linotype","Palatino LT STD","Book Antiqua",Georgia,serif;line-height:var(--ws-base-line-height);color:hsla(var(--ws-surface-text-color),var(--ws-surface-text-medium-emphasis-opacity));text-align:center">"<i style="padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:top">When you arrive in Heaven, you’ll have to leave your dog outside the gate. That’s because Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.</i>"   <span style="color:var(--text-color-1658212901230-1658212894919);font-weight:var(--ws-heading-5-font-weight);text-align:right">Mark Twain</span></p><p style="padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Merriweather,Palatino,"Palatino Linotype","Palatino LT STD","Book Antiqua",Georgia,serif;line-height:var(--ws-base-line-height);color:hsla(var(--ws-surface-text-color),var(--ws-surface-text-medium-emphasis-opacity));text-align:center"><span style="color:var(--text-color-1658212901230-1658212894919);font-weight:var(--ws-heading-5-font-weight);text-align:right">Mr Twain is no fool. He may serve <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/DjAfCQnMBZf6y3JX7TATb0E?domain=minkah.net/" target="_blank">Her Majesty Queen Minkah I.</a></span></p></div></div></div>