(AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia - Governor ...

MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIAMs Jane Elizabeth HAYWARD,C/- Strathewen Primary School, 5 School Ridge Road, Strathewen Vic 3099For service to the community of the Strathewen area, particularly to schoolchildrenand their families, in the aftermath of the 2009 Victorian bushfires.Principal of Strathewen Primary School; instrumental in the relocation and re-opening of theSchool following its destruction in the February 2009 bushfires.Has also been involved in all aspects of the re-building of a new school which re-opened inOctober 2010.Mrs Bettine Garth HEATHCOTE, 34 Sovrano Avenue, Madeley WA 6065For service to aged persons through executive and advisory roles with a range oforganisations, particularly the Council on the Ageing at state and national levels, andto the community.Vice-President, COTA (Council on the Ageing) Australia, 2001; Deputy President, 1999-2001;Chair, National Policy Council, 2006-2011; Chair, Over 50s Ltd.Chair, Board of Council on the Ageing (Australia), 2008-2010.Director and President, COTA, WA, since 2004; Board Member, since 1990; Honorary LifeMember.Chair, Organising Committee, WA Government, Seniors Week and Seniors Awards, from the1990s to 2000; Member, Ministerial Advisory Council for Seniors, 1996-2000; Member, since2009.Chair, WA State Government Committee, International Year of Older Persons, 1998.Member, National Organising Committee, 6th Global Conference on Ageing, 2002.Member, Victim Advisory Committee, Department of the Attorney General.Member, Network Executive, Community Based Home Care Services.Member, Uniting Care Commission.Member, Citizens’ Advice Bureau.Community Representative, Brightwater Community Care.Divisional Manager, Community Support, Wesley Mission, Perth, 2000-2007; Manager,Do Care Program, 1991-2000; Coordinator of Volunteers, 1987-1991.Director, Collegium Symphonic Chorus.108