Australian honours system support, but Australian Labor Party (ALP) governments, both national and state, ceased making recommendations for Imperial awards – in particular, appointments to the Order of the British Empire mainly after 1972. During the Second World War, the Governor-General, on the advice of wartime Labor governments, made recommendations for gallantry awards, including eleven for the Victoria Cross. Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were for officers and men engaged in operational areas. In 1975, the ALP (which had been out of power federally from 1949 until 1972) created the Australian Honours System. Recommendations were processed centrally, but State Governors
Free State Review Washington, D.C. Furthermore, the editors feature a different contributor poem or story each week on The Bubbler, the "Free State Review" blog, in the form of a traditional blog post or a stylized video recording. "Free State Review" was founded in 2012 by Hal Burdett, J. Wesley Clark, and Barrett Warner. Initially, submissions were generated by word of mouth until its website launched in 2013. The first issue, which came out in 2013, featured a painting by Pulitzer prize winning poet Mark Strand. The journal's motto is "Totally Limited Omniscience". Galileo Books (Julia Wendell) Hal Burdett J. Wesley Clark Barrett