12 June 2006
The announcement in the Queens Birthday Honours List of the award Companion of the Order of Australia. The citation read: 'For service to politics contributing to strengthening Federal-State-Territory intergovernmental processes, to furthering the bilateral relationship between Australia and the Asia/Pacific region, and to the oil and gas industry'. Shane and Josephine Stone at home, Myilly Terrace Penthouse Larrakeyah following the news.