Monday, November 02, 2015

Malcolm Turnbull: Knights and Dames Are Not Appropriate in 2015


Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to reporters about the announcement his government has scrapped the titles of ‘knight’ and ‘dame’ from the Australian honours system. Commenting that the decision was made by the whole Cabinet and has been signed off by the Queen, Turnbull says the issue is far from being the “most important in Australia today” and calls the titles “out of date”


Read the Guardian article here | Shalailah Medhora | Sunday, November 1, 2015