St.Margaret's News July 2021 | Page 11

Giving Up An AO

Clare Boyd-Macrae is married to Rev Alistair Macrae , an ordained Christian minister of the Uniting Church in Australia who was formerly a moderator of the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania , and President of the National Assembly .

Alistair Macrae was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Australia Day Honours for distinguished service to the UCA through executive and ministerial roles at state and national levels , and to the promotion of ecumenism , interfaith dialogue and reconciliation .

In 2021 , he ( along with several others ) handed back his award as a response to Margaret Court being elevated from Officer to Companion of the Order of Australia .

There is a link to a podcast of Macrae explain his decisions at Rev Alistair Macrae on handing back his AO | Saturday Magazine ( joy . org . au )

St Margaret ’ s News 11 July 2021