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The Queen's Birthday 2009 Honours List - Governor-General of the ...

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MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONMrs Nadia BEER, Forestdale Qld 4118For service to <strong>the</strong> community through advocacy roles in <strong>the</strong> mental health sector.Established <strong>the</strong> “Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Patients’ Friend"; first patient advocacy service to operatewithin a psychiatric hospital in Australia; <strong>The</strong> Park - Centre for Mental Health (formerlyWolston Park Hospital), serving as consumer advocate and psychologist, since 1977.Chair and Foundation Member, Consumer Welfare Association (a not-for-pr<strong>of</strong>it organisationproviding financial support for residents/consumers at <strong>the</strong> Park), for many years; organisesand manages functions including <strong>the</strong> annual hospital fete.Contributes to <strong>the</strong> preservation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hospital’s history; contributed to a recent exhibition at<strong>the</strong> Museum <strong>of</strong> Brisbane, Remembering Goodna: stories from a Queensland mental hospital.Guest speaker to numerous community-based organisations, ABC Radio National etc,increasing understanding and awareness <strong>of</strong> mental health issues, consumer rights etc.Mr Keith William BELL, 7 Ada Avenue, Wahroonga NSW 2076For service to <strong>the</strong> environment through <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> biological methods fortreating organic waste.Industrial Chemist and inventor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> biological product Actizyme, 1968; for <strong>the</strong> treatment <strong>of</strong>organic waste material in domestic, commercial, industrial and rural septic and sewagesystems; <strong>the</strong> product accelerates <strong>the</strong> natural breakdown <strong>of</strong> organic wastes in wastewater;adaptations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> product have been developed for use in related fields from <strong>the</strong> 1970sonwards.Founder, Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Cross Laboratories, 1966.Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute.Fellow, Australian Institute <strong>of</strong> Management.135

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