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MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONMrs Nadia BEER, Forestdale Qld 4118For service to the community through advocacy roles in the mental health sector.Established the “Office of the Patients’ Friend"; first patient advocacy service to operatewithin a psychiatric hospital in Australia; The 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-profit organisationproviding financial support for residents/consumers at the Park), for many years; organisesand manages functions including the annual hospital fete.Contributes to the preservation of the hospital’s history; contributed to a recent exhibition atthe Museum of Brisbane, Remembering Goodna: stories from a Queensland mental hospital.Guest speaker to numerous community-based organisations, ABC Radio National etc,increasing understanding and awareness of mental health issues, consumer rights etc.Mr Keith William BELL, 7 Ada Avenue, Wahroonga NSW 2076For service to the environment through the development of biological methods fortreating organic waste.Industrial Chemist and inventor of the biological product Actizyme, 1968; for the treatment oforganic waste material in domestic, commercial, industrial and rural septic and sewagesystems; the product accelerates the natural breakdown of organic wastes in wastewater;adaptations of the product have been developed for use in related fields from the 1970sonwards.Founder, Southern Cross Laboratories, 1966.Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute.Fellow, Australian Institute of Management.135
MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISIONMrs Melva BERGSMA-STONE, 85 Hampton Road, Fremantle WA 6160For service to the community through the Western Operations of the RoyalFlying Doctor Service of Australia.President, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS), Western AustralianSection, since 2000; WA Representative to the National Council; Manager, WAfundraising committee, 1982.Author, Red Dust in her Veins-Women of the Pilbara, launched January 2008.Founder, Australian British Chamber of Commerce, Western Australia Branch;Chairman, 2004-2006; WA Representative, National Council, 2004-2007; WACouncil Member, 1992-1994; Life Member, 2002.National Coordinator and Manager, 'Gold Hearts across Australia' program, VarietyClub, circa late 1980s.Fundraiser, Princess Margaret Hospital abseiling initative, 2008.Awards/recognition include:Member, Golden Key Honour Society; Edith Cowan University.Ambassador, RFDS Western Operations, 2008.Honorary Member, RFDS Flying 1000, 2008.Mr Sydney Abraham BERINSON, 60 Holmfirth Street, Menora WA 6050For service to the community, particularly through the Perth Hebrew Congregation.Religious Administrator, Perth Hebrew Congregation, since 1982; Coordinator for synagogueservices such as weddings, functions, Passover meal and festival dinners, and funerals;Teacher, Barmitzvah classes, for over 13 years; Member, Synagogue Choir.Assistant, Chevra Kadisha, Jewish Burial Society, for over 20 years.Secretary, Carmel Jewish Day School, 1975-1992; School’s Representative, ExecutiveCouncil of Australian Jewry Inc. (WA Branch); President, Parents and Friends Committee,1972-1975; active Member, Camp Organising Committee; organised the Carmel SchoolYearbook; Life Member, 1992.Charity Collector, Jewish National Fund 1996-2000.136
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