homosexuals in the armed forces as a result of important strategic cooperation between myself, Senator Margaret Reynolds and other Labor Party backbenchers." In 1996, she campaigned for Greens leader Bob Brown and, in 2004, she joined the Australian Greens, citing that they were more capable of achieving the function of a third force in Australian politics. In the 2006 Victorian state election she unsuccessfully stood for the Greens in the Eastern Metropolitan Region. Community service Janet Powell was a member of the Patrons Council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria, a Life Member of YWCA Victoria, and also an inaugural appointee to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2000 "for services to the community". In the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours list, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, in recognition of her service to the Parliament and people of Australia, "particularly through leadership of YWCA Victoria". References External links Janet Powell, Senate Biography Luntz Stephen: Missing a Mentor Obituary, at Wordpress.com, 1 October 2013 Milne, Christine Tribute to Janet Powell AM at Parliament of Australia, 2 October 2013 1942 births 2013 deaths Australian Democrats members of the Parliament of Australia Australian Greens candidates Members of the Australian Senate Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria Women members of the Australian Senate Members of the Order of Australia Australian schoolteachers Deaths from pancreatic cancer Deaths from cancer in Victoria (Australia) Independent members of the Parliament of Australia Leaders of the Australian Democrats 20th-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian women politicians