Jason Wood (La Trobe, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to congratulate Queen's Birthday honours recipients in La Trobe. I congratulate Professor Timothy Charles Lindsey AO, from Emerald, for his distinguished service to international relations, particularly in promoting understanding between Indonesia and Australia, as an academic and to legal education in Islamic law. He is the Foundation Director of Melbourne Law School's Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society. Professor Lindsey is also a Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. He is the founding editor of the Australian Journal of Asian Law. Congratulations, Professor Lindsey.

I'd also like to congratulate Queen's Birthday honours recipient Mr Frank Edward Stamford OAM, from Emerald, for his service to rail transport history. Mr Stamford, whose love of trains was inherited from his uncle and father, said that it was a trip to Powelltown that left him with a desire to ensure that the history of railways and the industry they serve did not disappear into the past. He has dedicated his life to this cause. Mr Stamford has also worked with Puffing Billy helping to    resuscitate the Climax steam engine, as well as helping the reconstruction of the track from Lakeside to Gembrook in the 1990s, which all families enjoy. Congratulations, Mr Frank Edward Stamford OAM from Emerald.

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