Australia - Past acts of bravery to be recognized

[JPL]

Just found this interesting article which states that "People who performed heroic acts before 1975 will finally have their bravery recognised under a shake-up of Australia's honours system.The decision - announced quietly by the Australian Bravery Decorations Council last week - reverses a decades-long insistence by the federal government that only acts that took place after the Imperial honours awards scheme was scrapped in 1975 could be officially honoured.

Read the complete article: http://www.smh.com.au/national/past-acts-of-bravery-to-be-recognised-20110122-1a0jx.html

Jean-Paul