Honours
- Recognised as Australian Father of the Year in 1997
- Received the Woodrow Wilson Award from the Woodrow Wilson Center of the U.S. Smithsonian Institution on 22 August 2005 in Sydney
- B'nai B'rith International bestowed its Presidential Gold Medal on Howard in May 2006
- Irving Kristol Award, the highest award of the American Enterprise Institute, 5 March 2008
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service in Government, 6 April 2008
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