Governor-General to face formal request to cancel Adrian Cheok's Queen's Birthday honour

Former senator Fraser Anning (left) and with Prof Adrian Cheok in Adelaide, Friday, May 3, 2019

Former senator Fraser Anning (left) and with Prof Adrian Cheok in Adelaide, Friday, May 3, 2019 Source: AAP

A challenge is expected to be launched over the award of a Queen’s Birthday honour to an academic and former far-right political candidate.


Professor Adrian Cheok, who made his name in artificial intelligence and by advocating for sex with robots, was made a member of the Order of Australia for his "significant service to international education".

He also ran as a candidate for the far-right Fraser Anning Conservative National Party in Boothby, South Australia at the federal election.

The board of the Australia chapter of the Digital Games Research Association (DGRA) is currently drafting a letter to the Governor-General requesting Professor Cheok’s honour be terminated.

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