that year amid acrimonious circumstances with his ALP colleagues. His diaries claimed that Lennon had discussed with him Butler's payout despite being publicly critical about it. Latham also wrote that Butler as Tasmania's governor was drunk at the 2004 Danish royal wedding and it cost him his job. Opposition Leader Rene Hidding questioned Lennon in Parliament about Latham's claims on the payout. Lennon dismissed what Latham wrote in his diaries saying that they are "a tirade of invective and abuse levelled at everybody and anybody who had anything to do with Mark Latham. The man has no credibility. Anything he says or writes has no credibility." Honours Butler was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1988 Australia Day Honours, "In recognition of service to international peace and disarmament". On 5 September 2003, while Governor-designate of Tasmania, Butler was promoted to Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). Bibliography The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security (). Fatal Choice: Nuclear Weapons and the Illusion of Missile Defense () Saddam Defiant: The Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security (UK Version Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 25 May 2000. ) References External links Richard Butler – Exclusive to Saxton Speakers Bureau Richard Butler interviewed on Conversations from Penn State Butler's 1999 speech on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction Butler interview on the work of UNSCOM and spying allegations Tasmanian newspaper The Mercury article 5 August 2004 News story on Butler's resignation as Governor of Tasmania Governor of Tasmania – Official site 1942 births Living people Governors of Tasmania Companions of the Order of Australia University of Sydney alumni Australian National University alumni Australian republicans Permanent Representatives of Australia to the United Nations Permanent Representatives of Australia to the Conference on Disarmament Ambassadors of Australia to Thailand