Labor stalwarts among highest honour recipients

By Chris Johnson
Updated April 18 2018 - 11:05pm, first published June 11 2012 - 3:00am

A trio of former Labor Party stalwarts heads the list of the most exclusive Queen's Birthday honours, with former Keating foreign minister Gareth Evans, former Queensland premier Peter Beattie and former Victorian premier Joan Kirner appointed Companions in the Order of Australia.

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