Six Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and one has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Robyn Ann Batten has been made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the not-for-profit, health and aged care sectors.
Ms Batten has been chair at Western Health since 2020 as well as a board member on the Western Health Foundation.
For over 30 years, Ms Batten has been heavily involved with a wide range of health organisations.
“Aged care and the health sector are endlessly fascinating and both equally important and very interrelated,“ she said.
Ms Batten said working in this industry is all about the quality of people’s lives.
“We care for them when they are most vulnerable, how we manage these services is really important to the quality of care we provide,“ she said.
“I am looking forward to the developments in the west coming to fruition. There is plenty of excitement ahead of us,” said Ms Batten, referring to the construction of the new Footscray Hospital, due for completion in 2025.
“We want to provide the best care for the people in the west, the new hospital is going to deliver that care.
“It’s great to see the services growing and changing to meet the growing population, especially in the west.“
According to Ms Batten, the key to a healthy future is to continue working with dedicated passionate individuals.
“It’s been an honour to work with so many fabulous committed people, this award is a huge honour.”
