The Governor-General's office has referred calls for controversial men's rights commentator Bettina Arndt to be stripped of her Order of Australia honour to the body that oversees the awards.
Last week, Ms Arndt praised comments by Queensland Police Inspector Mark Thompson, after he suggested a Brisbane man who killed his wife and three children may have been "driven too far" by the breakdown of his marriage.
She congratulated Inspector Thompson for keeping an open mind, just hours before he was stood down from leading the investigation.
A spokesman for the Governor-General's office said it had received correspondence calling for Ms Arndt to be stripped of her Order of Australia, and the matter had been referred to the Council for consideration.
Protocol dictates that when the Governor-General receives requests to terminate or cancel an award, it is passed onto the Council of the Order of Australia.
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