Opened on June 03, 2011
To the Prime Minister, the Premiers, the Chief Ministers and the Leaders of Her Majesty's Oppositions in the Commonwealth of Australia:
On 6 February 2012 Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned for 60 years.
Her Majesty, who has already reigned over us for more than one half of the life of the Commonwealth of Australia, attracts, and rightly attracts, the admiration of the people of this nation.
We have been blessed with a Sovereign who has never put a foot wrong, who has never embarrassed us, who has always served us and for whom we do not pay and never will pay.
In brief, her service has been impeccable. The Queen is now revered as she was when she first came to Australia in 1954.
We therefore call upon the several governments of Australia to follow other realms, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, in celebrating this important anniversary.
Above all, let us recognise our fellow Australians with the Diamond Jubilee Medal:
For their many services and accomplishments in the defence of the nation, in charities, in the sciences, in the arts and so many other fields, as Canada does.