Dick Smith, a longtime fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and patron of the Australian Skeptics, has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the recent Queen’s Birthday honors list.
The AC is awarded for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or to humanity at large. Apart from the recently re-instituted Knight and Dame awards, the AC is the highest Australian award that can be issued to an individual, reports The Skeptic (Australia).