order of australia

Sachin Tendulkar AM, but what's the fuss?

Submitted by Rick Eyre on October 17 2012, 10:42 am

On Tuesday, Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced while on a state visit to New Delhi that Sachin Tendulkar would be made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia. . Yet on Wednesday morning, the Australian media is full of outrage. How can such a seemingly safe and popular decision be so controversial?