<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">    I am pleased to report that the recent King's Birthday Honours list announced the award of a </span><a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1_7Ymf6GNI2XIOyp-Tj41tJn_6IGksGoHXfE5Q6dm5oZoYRZD3t6l5mshRIjbsuJEubxSJ4iwxuuB0ADlmuQTCRIvsBfmAMTIOl9K9KJNtu6rDRyPiTBIhoWIRrlkwlTpx2i8nk9-RQWKpvObO0tinjhYn2Bc0fCxA3XsFOahixi5yNiU_5YxUGnf2MRsKjewKZeaf1SWYued8yyvryh4zIkYmVysRzWPxSUWW7fDTthZRapHbn-69q6Ko3Is-XKEd3tHJ2wvua2m31u0xIbQxd1WfSMj36rZMPSzl-Mr41vGY-y0IptCe4lovoqXuDlBO3Nge5w_2One2DqLkiUwCJDa2yPNnsAKMZbHlAcn8FwKRNKeFWRkKzyFlmVniloAZ0MutGez_9rcuKNJIXH9GK4kBPFb41s7W8gf3DnOJwZID-XFWM814Dsy_GrfFDXyDzZ23kmw6_s4Qu18V_NFfM9yDyQRSsaTRlH0soNjgmc/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gg.gov.au%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2023-06%2F20230612%2520-%2520Honours%2520List%2520-%2520Meritorious.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Public Service Medal</a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> to Dr Andrew Stevenson from DISR. The citation reads "For outstanding public service through leadership and stewardship of Australia's astronomy capability."</span></p></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Andrew has been a regular and important supporter of astronomy and an enthusiastic contributor to the ESO Coordinating Group and our bid to join ESO.</span></p></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Congratulations Andrew!</span></p></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John L</span></p></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><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/5FsXCNLJyQUZJKX19H4SEf7?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/qxbcCP7LAXf09YMqZHjMYwa?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/nM6BCVARKgC2mr91XtWTiqk?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:Merr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