The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.[2]
† indicates an award given posthumously.
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
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| For service to international humanitarian aid through the establishment and administration of the Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. | [6] [7] |
| Wilton Everett Ainsworth | For service to the community of Newcastle and the Hunter region through a range of infrastructure, business, educational and tourism organisations. |
| Susan Mary Aldenhoven | For service to dental hygiene as a clinician and educator and through executive roles with professional organisations at state, national and international levels. |
| Geoffrey David Allen | For service to business, particularly in the area of corporate public affairs, through a range of executive roles with professional organisations, and to the community. |
| Geoffrey John Atherden | For service to the television industry as a scriptwriter, and to the advancement of writers for performance through executive roles with professional organisations. |
| Wayne Bartholomew | For service to surfing as a competitor, administrator and mentor, and to the environment through support for a range of coastal conservation groups. |
| Emeritus Professor Hedley Beare | For service to education at secondary and tertiary levels as an academic and administrator, to policy development, and to a range of professional associations. |
| Associate Professor Robert J S (Bob) Beeton | For service to the environmental sciences as a researcher and educator and through a range of professional and natural resource management organisations. |
| Luca Belgiorno-Nettis | For service to the arts and to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours and executive roles. |
| James Raymond Bourke MG | For service to veterans and their families through the establishment and implementation of ‘Operation Aussies Home’. |
| John Gillis Broinowski | For service to the community, particularly through the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, and to business. |
| Doctor Robert Alexander (Alex) Buchanan | For service to food science and technology, particularly through research supporting aid programs in the South East Asia region, and to the community. |
| Doctor Ian George Cameron | For service to civil engineering, particularly in the area of bridge construction, to dispute resolution, and to professional and community associations. |
| Ian Leslie Carter | For service to the community, particularly through Anglicare WA and through executive roles in a range of social justice and community organisations. |
| Bill Gabriel Casimaty | For service to the horticultural industry through the development and implementation of innovative turf construction and management practices and through the development of irrigation schemes, to viticulture, and to the community. |
| Geoffrey Ross Cattach | For service to the community, particularly through the Children's Leukaemia and Cancer Research Foundation, and to agricultural, health, sporting and historical organisations in the Shire of Harvey. |
| Professor Jocelyn Valerie Chey | For service to education, particularly in the field of Chinese studies and to fostering the development and promotion of academic and cultural links between Australia and China. |
| The Honourable Richard Colin Chisholm | For service to the judiciary, to the law and to legal education, particularly in the field of family law and the welfare and rights of children and young people. |
| For service to education, particularly in the field of international communications as a researcher and academic, and to a range of professional associations. |
| John Patrick Condon | For service to the dairy farming industry, particularly through the implementation of herd improvement initiatives and to a range of industry organisations, and to the community. |
| Peter Francis Conran | For service to the executive arm of government, particularly through advisory roles and to strategic policy development and implementation, and to intergovernmental relations at both state and federal levels. |
| Garry Leslie Coombes | For service to the community through St John Ambulance Australia, and to the technical and further education sector in South Australia. |
| Peter James Corish | For service to agriculture, particularly the cotton industry, through the implementation of innovative farming practices, the development of agricultural and natural resources policies and through a range of industry and related organisations. |
| Peter Corones | For service to the community of the Gladstone region through a range of local government, transport infrastructure, education, water, economic and industrial development and promotional organisations. |
| Doctor David Charles Cousins | For service to the community through a range of executive roles contributing to the administration and development of consumer policy and legislation. |
| Deborah (Debby) Cox | For service to the international community, particularly the conservation, protection, research and care of primates through the Jane Goodall Institute in Uganda and as a contributor to the establishment of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. |
| The Honourable Justice Keiran Anthony Cullinane | For service to the judiciary and to the law, to the James Cook University, and to the community of north Queensland. |
| Norman Francis Dalton | For service to engineering, particularly through contributions to the development, construction and commissioning of power stations in Victoria, and to the community, particularly through the Lord Somers Camp and Power House. |
| Carmel Tyrrell Daveson | For service to the Mackay region through a range of social welfare, education and arts organisations. |
| Sandra J de Wolf-Gurner | For service to child and family welfare, particularly as a contributor to policy development and service delivery issues affecting families and through Berry Street Victoria. |
| †Edmund Francis (Tim) Denny DFC and Bar | For service to the essential oil industry, particularly through the development and application of steam distillation technology, and to tourism in Tasmania. |
| Fiona Naomi Dixon-Thompson | For service to the international community through the establishment and coordination of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children project in Mwandi, Zambia and support for children affected by HIV/AIDS. |
| Alan Russell Dodge | For service to arts organisations through management, administrative and advisory roles, through the continuing development of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and to the community. |
| The Most Reverend Doctor Adrian Leo Doyle | For service to the Catholic Church in Australia and to the community, particularly as Archbishop of Hobart and through Caritas programs supporting international aid to developing countries. |
| Richard Dumbrell | For service to the development of the Australian oil and gas exploration and drilling industries and to the petroleum engineering profession. |
| The Reverend Doctor William Howell Edwards | For service to the Indigenous community as an interpreter and through the recording of the languages and culture of the Anangu people of central Australia, to education, and to the Uniting Church in Australia. |
| Elizabeth Ellis | For service to netball and the encouragement of women in sport, and to the community through support for a range of charitable organisations. |
| Doctor Elizabeth Anne Farrell | For service to medicine in the field of women's health, particularly obstetrics and gynaecology through research, clinical practice, education and administrative roles and as a contributor to a range of professional organisations. |
| Malcolm Dascar Garvin | For service to the community through the establishment of Fusion Australia and the development of social welfare programs that support and guide young people, and as a broadcaster and author. |
| Roger John Gent | For service to medical science in the field of paediatric sonography as a practitioner, educator and researcher, and through the advancement of techniques and facilities aiding the investigation of children's disorders. |
| Diane Jennifer Grady | For service to business, particularly in the areas of corporate governance and change management with a range of private sector organisations, and as an advocate for the advancement of women in business. |
| Edward Douglas Graham | For service to the community through leadership roles in the successful search for HMAS Sydney. |
| Doctor Anthony Knight Gregson | For service to agricultural science, particularly in the areas of agri-biotechnology and grain growing, to national and international research and development organisations through a range of executive roles, and to education. |
| John Arno Halbert MBE | For service to Australian Rules football administration, to youth development, and to the community, particularly through the Lutheran Church of Australia. |
| Ronald Ernest Hancock | For service to the finance sector, particularly through the development of the building society industry in Queensland, and to the community of Bundaberg. |
| Clinical Professor Phillip John Harris | For service to medicine in the field of cardiology as a clinician, administrator and educator, through contributions to professional organisations, and to the community. |
| David Ernest Hartley | For service to medical science and to the community through the design and development of minimally invasive surgical technology, particularly the intra-aortic stent. |
| Brian Weir Henderson | For service as a pioneer in the television news and entertainment sectors, and as a mentor to aspiring and established presenters, readers and journalists. |
| Doctor Patrick Joseph Henry | For service to dentistry as a clinician, researcher and educator contributing to the advancement of implant dental techniques. |
| Marcia Elaine Hines | For service to the entertainment industry as a performer, judge and mentor, and to the community through a range of charitable organisations. |
| Timothy James (Tim) Horan | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly as an international representative player, and to the community through promoting awareness of spinal injury prevention and support for youth mentoring organisations. |
| William James Horman APM | For service to the community through a range of executive roles with crime and injury prevention and anti-violence organisations and raising awareness of responsible gambling. |
| Professor Graham Leighton Hutchinson | For service to civil engineering, particularly in relation to the structural consequences of earthquakes through research, educational and advisory roles and contributions to professional organisations. |
| Cynthia Jackson | For service to the arts as a benefactor and supporter of the Museum of Contemporary Art and through programs that encourage young artists. |
| †Doctor Edward Ashley Jackson | For service to the arts as a benefactor and supporter of the Museum of Contemporary Art and through programs that encourage young artists. |
| Doctor Michael Robert Jones PSM | For service to medicine in the areas of health services management, accreditation and patient care, particularly with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards and the World Health Organisation. |
| Didi Ananda Kalika | For service to the welfare of children in Mongolia as the founder and director of the Lotus Children's Centre and through programs to improve child health and educational development. |
| Professor Warren Merton Kerr | For service to architecture through leadership roles in a range of professional organisations and contributions to the planning and design of major health facilities. |
| William Frederick Killinger | For service to railway engineering through the construction and development of passenger and freight transport systems in Australia and internationally, to professional organisations, to the mining sector, and to the community. |
| Sharolyn Margaret Kimmorley | For service to the performing arts as an operatic accompanist, through the tuition and mentoring of young and emerging artists, and to the community. |
| Annemaree Lanteri | For service to the law, particularly within the family law jurisdiction, to continuing legal education and to professional organisations. |
| Marion Rose Lê OAM | For service to the community as a human rights advocate, cultural and migration adviser and contributor to the development of refugee programs in the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Cedric John Lee | For service to the community as a foster parent providing care for short-term pre-adoptive placements and crisis care for babies and children. |
| Deborah Yvonne Lee | For service to the community as a foster parent providing care for short-term pre-adoptive placements and crisis care for babies and children. |
| Associate Professor Stephen Lee | For service to medicine in the field of dermatology as a clinician, mentor and educator and through roles with professional organisations. |
| For service to medicine in the field of cardiothoracic surgery as a clinician, researcher and educator and through contributions to the delivery of health care services. |
| Jennifer Sue McConnell | For service to physiotherapy as a practitioner and researcher, particularly through the development of innovative musculoskeletal pain management techniques and treatment. |
| Doctor Neil Anderson McEwan | For service to music and to the community as an educator, researcher, musicologist and choral conductor and as Director of Music at Christ Church St Laurence in Sydney. |
| Lesley Lorrelle McFarlane | For service to education, particularly as an advocate for improved learning opportunities for women and girls, through curriculum development and professional organisations. |
| The Honourable Tony McGrady | For service to the Parliament of Queensland, to the community of Mount Isa through local government roles, and to youth training and development programs. |
| George Millar McLaughlin | For service to the information technology sector through a range of advisory roles with national and international educational, research and infrastructure organisations, particularly Australia's Academic and Research Network. |
| Ian James McLean CSC | For service to music as an administrator, director, conductor and musician, particularly through the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, to the promotion and development of the arts, and to the community. |
| Doctor Toby Leitch McLeay | For service to medicine in rural and remote areas as a practitioner, trainer and mentor and through contributions to health services and programs in Indigenous communities. |
| John Bernard McLenaghan | For service to the finance and banking industries, particularly in the field of international statistics, and to the promotion of Australian-American relations through academic and financial roles. |
| Emeritus Professor Alison Gay Mackinnon | For service to education, particularly in the fields of social research and development, as an academic and author, and to the community through roles with history organisations. |
| Doctor Michael Douglas Mann | For service to international relations through the development and provision of tertiary education opportunities in Vietnam, to educational reform, and as a contributor to philanthropic and humanitarian projects in the East Asia region. |
| Walter Rinaldo Mariani | For service to the community through the international promotion of Australia as a tourism destination, and to aviation. |
| †Doctor Raymattja Gandjalala Marika | For service to Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas as an educator, linguist and scholar, through the preservation of Indigenous languages and the promotion of reconciliation and cross-cultural understanding. |
| Norman Alfred May OAM | For service to the community through promotional and support roles with the Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games Team Appeals and through cultural and seniors' organisations. |
| Doctor Margaret J Mayston | For service to physiotherapy, particularly the treatment of people with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions using the Bobath method, to research in the area of neuro-rehabilitation, and to education. |
| Alastair MacDonald Milroy | For service to national crime investigation and prevention, particularly through the Australian Crime Commission, and to the fostering and development of law enforcement and government inter-agency relations and co-operation. |
| Dorothy Lucy Missingham | For service to international humanitarian aid through contributions to refugee resettlement and migrant assistance programs in South East Asia and Australia, and to the community. |
| Doctor Lloyd Lewis Morris | For service to medicine in the fields of paediatric and diagnostic radiology as a clinician and educator and through the promotion of improved health services for children. |
| Robert Douglas Morton | For service to science education, particularly chemistry through curriculum development, as a teacher and mentor and through contributions to educational and scientific organisations. |
| Michael Woolf Naphtali | For service to the community through executive roles with environmental, sporting, educational and Jewish organisations. |
| Dawn Marie O'Neil | For service to the community through the development of support services delivered by Lifeline Australia, and to the promotion of reform in the mental health sector. |
| †Doctor Philip Henry Opas OBE QC | For service to the law through state and federal government review boards and tribunals, as a practitioner, and to the community through a range of charitable, historical and sporting organisations. |
| Professor Patrick Newport Parkinson | For service to the law and to legal education, particularly in the areas of family and child protection law, as an author, through contributions to policy reform, and to the community. |
| Marion Isabel Peters | For service to palliative care nursing through the adoption and promotion of advancements in pain and symptom management, through professional associations, and to the community. |
| The Honourable John Charles Price | For service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community through executive roles with youth, educational, church and broadcasting organisations. |
| Janine Norton Prior | For service to the community through the child sponsorship programs of Baptist World Aid Australia. |
| Patricia Marie Ritchie | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to, and support for, medical research, Indigenous education and charitable organisations. |
| Llewellyn Charles Russell | For service to the shipping and transport logistics industries, to the development and promotion of trade opportunities, and to professional associations. |
| Doctor Susan Barbara Rutkowski | For service to medicine in the area of spinal cord rehabilitation as a clinician, mentor and researcher, and through contributions to advocacy groups and charitable organisations. |
| Gary William Sansom | For service to primary industry through the development of sustainable agricultural practices and to the promotion of environmental and bio-security management systems within the chicken meat industry. |
| David Charles Scarf | For service to the community, particularly through a range of executive and fundraising roles with church and social welfare organisations, and to the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand. |
| Professor Julianne Schultz | For service to the community as a journalist, writer, editor and academic, to fostering debate on issues affecting society, and to professional ethics and accountability. |
| Ian John Scotney | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly the development of improved professional standards for referees, as a player and coach and through a range of administrative roles. |
| Peter John Short | For service to the law as a practitioner, to legal education and the promotion of ethical standards, through contributions to a range of professional organisations, and to the community, particularly people with an intellectual disability. |
| June Valerie Smith | For service to the promotion of children's literature, particularly through the Children's Book Council of Australia, and as a supporter of emerging authors and illustrators. |
| Mary Alice Squire | For service to conservation and the environment through the protection and propagation of threatened plant species in semi-arid areas and the promotion of land care. |
| For service to religion and to the community as Bishop for the Ukrainian Catholics of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and through contributions to Catholic welfare, counselling and development programs. |
| Brian John Suters | For service as an architect in the areas of design, education and the preservation of architectural heritage, through professional associations, and to the community. |
| Professor James Clifford Taylor | For service to tertiary education, particularly in the areas of open learning, on-line and distance education, as an academic, researcher and administrator. |
| Doctor Graham Adrian Toulmin | For service to international humanitarian aid, particularly through the provision of dental health services and pastoral care to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the community. |
| Wendy Alison Toulmin | For service to international humanitarian aid, particularly through the provision of dental health services and pastoral care to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the community. |
| Doctor Caroline Turner | For service to the visual arts through executive roles with the Queensland Art Gallery, to the establishment and fostering of cultural relationships in the Asia-Pacific region, as an academic, and to the community. |
| †Gregory Lawrence Urwin PSM | For service to international relations through contributions to the promotion of regional co-operation and development as Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum. |
| Doctor Barbara Julienne Wake | For service to international humanitarian aid through contributions to refugee resettlement and migrant assistance programs in South-East Asia and Australia, and to the community. |
| Doctor Adrian Charles Walter | For service to the arts, particularly in the area of classical guitar performance and musical composition through the Darwin International Guitar Festival, to music education and as a supporter of emerging performers. |
| Professor Erich Weigold | For service to the physical sciences through research, education and leadership roles, as an academic and author and to the development of scientific policy in Australia. |
| Professor Harvey Alick Whiteford | For service to medicine as a leader in mental health reform, the development of national standards of clinical care, professional competence and economic policy. |
| John Bolton Wood | For service to the performing arts as an operatic baritone, through the tuition and mentoring of emerging young artists, and to the community. |
| †Klaus Rudolf Zimmer | For service to the visual arts as a master artisan in the area of stained glass design, to education as a teacher and for assisting the development of the studio glass movement in Australia. | |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|
| Dr Thomas Frederick Acheson | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, through administrative roles with aged-care organisations, and to the community. | [9] |
| Sylvia Munroe Aitken | For service to community welfare, particularly through the Silky Oaks Children's Haven. |
| Dylan Martin Alcott | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Edward Allen† | For service to the community through Lions International. |
| Noel Ancell | For service to choral music, particularly through a range of youth choirs as an artistic director, voice tutor and administrator and through the promotion of Australian musical compositions. |
| Barbara Albine Anderson | For service to rural and regional communities in central Queensland, particularly through support roles with Anglicare for families affected by drought, financial and mental health issues. |
| Florence Catherine Anderson† | For service to the community of Rochester through a range of service organisations, particularly the Australian Red Cross and the Rochester and District Hospital Auxiliary. |
| John David Anderson | For service to the community of Rochester through a range of historical, social welfare and sporting organisations. |
| Shirley Claire Antonio | For service to the community through a range of multicultural organisations and programs and through the promotion and preservation of Polynesian culture. |
| Dr Rodney Amarasinghe Arambewela | For service to the Sri Lankan community through the development of cultural and educational programs and the promotion of Australia-Sri Lanka business relations. |
| Margaret Hazel Atkins | For service to the community through a range of children's welfare organisations. |
| June Diana Bailey† | For service to youth through the Guiding and Scouting movements, and to the community. |
| Angie Lee Bainbridge | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| June Cecilia Baker | For service to education, and to the community of Parkes. |
| Raymond Gordon "Ray" Baldwin | For service to veterans and their families through a range of roles with the 2/27th Battalion AIF Ex-Servicemen's Association. |
| Terry Baldwin | For service to youth in the Northern Territory through the Goanna Park Land Association. |
| George Hayden Bernard | For service to the community as a contributor to the development and coordination of vision improvement and eye health programs through Lions International. |
| Bronte Amelia Barratt | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Bernard Michael Barron† | For service to the community of the Grafton region through contributions to a range of youth, sporting and service organisations, particularly Lions International. |
| James William Beckensall | For service to the community, particularly children through the production and distribution of handmade toys to a range of charitable organisations. |
| Keith Paul Beecher | For service to the performing arts through administrative roles with a range of organisations, and to the community. |
| Neil Stanley Bennett | For service to the community of Stawell, particularly through the Country Fire Authority. |
| Marie Bennetts | For service to surf lifesaving through the Kurrawa Surf Life Saving Club. |
| Ann Bennison | For service to local government, particularly through the Queensland and Australian Local Government Associations, and to the community. |
| Dennis Milton Betts | For service to education through teaching and administrative roles, to the development of youth training programs, and to the community of northern Tasmania. |
| Walter Frederick Bishop | For service to the community through support for a range of charitable organisations, and to the music industry as a manager and promoter. |
| Donald Alfred Blackam | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to health, youth and dancesport organisations. |
| Peter John Blom | For service to Rugby League football, and to the community of Tamworth. |
| Jane Louise Bode | For service to international relations as a volunteer in the health care sector in Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania. |
| Myroslaw Boluch | For service to the Ukrainian community, particularly through the financial services sector and to the recording of the history of Ukrainian settlement in Australia. |
| Jeffrey William Bond | For service to elite athletes and coaches as a leader in the development of sport and performance psychology. |
| Raymond Helmut "Ray" Borner | For service to basketball as a player at the elite level, as a coach and administrator. |
| Alfredo Bovier | For service to the community through contributions to the restaurant sector, to the promotion of Italian culture and as a supporter of charitable and arts organisations. |
| Christopher Loyd Bowen | For service to choral music as a composer, conductor and director, particularly through the Sydney University Graduate Choir, and to music education. |
| Valerie Ann Bradley | For service to the community of the Orange region, particularly through administrative roles in the aged care sector, and to the Uniting Church in Australia. |
| Edward Charles Bramble | For service to the law, and to the community of the Sutherland Shire. |
| Sam Julian Bramham | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Dr Scott Michael Brennan | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| The Reverend Father John Robert Briffa | For service to the community through contributions to the establishment and support of educational and aged care facilities, and to the Catholic church. |
| Deidre Alison Brown | For service to the community, particularly through the Alumni Association of the University of Queensland. |
| Garry Keith Brown | For service to education, particularly as Headmaster of Mosman Church of England Preparatory School, and through a range of professional associations. |
| Mark Brinley Bryant | For service to people with disabilities through The Spastic Centre of New South Wales. |
| Dr Ian Hugh Bunce | For service to medicine in the field of haematology through clinical and administrative roles, and to the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland. |
| Albert Louis Bergman | For service to the community of Wagga Wagga through a range of charitable, social welfare, veteran support and service organisations. |
| Professor Louise Mary Burke | For service to sports nutrition as a dietician and through academic, research and administrative roles. |
| Dr Christine Mary Bush | For service to the community of Lilydale as a general practitioner and through a rangeof health and local development organisations. |
| Raymond Harvey Buttery | For service to veterans and their families through a range of ex-service and social welfare organisations. |
| Robyn Elizabeth Byrne | For service to the community of the Inner South and Port Melbourne areas through health care and legal services organisations. |
| Allan George Byrnes | For service to Rugby League football as a referee, administrator and historian, and to the community of Wollongong. |
| Shirley Rosabel Caba | For service to the community of Coffs Harbour through social welfare and music programs. |
| Bonnie Cameron | For service to the community of Barwon Heads through a range of service, sporting and church-related organisations. |
| George Campbell | For service to the trade union movement through contributions to workplace relations, and to the Australian Labor Party. |
| Keith William Campbell | For service to veterans, particularly through the Bomber Command Association in Australia, and to the community. |
| Thomas Mayo Capell | For service to the community of the Parkes region, and to the grain industry. |
| Antonio Caputo | For service to the Italian community of Sydney through executive and volunteer roles with a range of organisations providing assistance to migrants. |
| Malcolm John Catford | For service to local government, to health care and arts organisations, and to the community of Jamestown. |
| Kenneth Burdett Chadwick | For service to the community, particularly through the Sunshine Coast Concert Band. |
| Norman Joseph Charles | For service to athletics in South Australia, particularly through coaching roles with Little Athletics organisations, and to the community. |
| Stanley Clarence Chilcott | For service to children and families through the establishment of the Temcare family support program. |
| David John Christie | For service to veterans and their families through a range of ex-service organisations, and to the community of Goodna. |
| Keith Joseph Clarke | For service to the Indigenous community through contributions to housing, employment and education. |
| Patrick William Clements | For service to the community of West Tamar through support for a range of ex-service, sporting and agricultural show organisations. |
| David Vincent Cody | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. |
| Michael Colrain | For service to the performing arts as a musician, and to the community as a fundraiser and supporter of charitable organisations. |
| Martin Milton Comte | For service to music and arts education through teaching and administrative roles, and to professional organisations. |
| Bruce Leo Conway | For service to the community through the provision of voluntary accountancy services to sporting, church and veterans’ organisations. |
| Bruce Alexander Cook | For service to education, particularly as Headmaster of The Southport School. |
| Norma Frances Cooper | For service to the community of the Manly area through church, charitable and social welfare organisations. |
| June Copeley | For service to local government, to sporting organisations, and to the community of Balga. |
| Bernard John Cormie | For service to the community as a general practitioner and through student support programs. |
| William Jean Corneloup | For service to the French community of South Australia, particularly ex-service personnel, and to Australia-France relations. |
| Gayle Corr | For service to the community of Arthurs Creek through contributions to emergency service, environmental and cultural organisations. |
| Leonie Frederica Courtney-Bennett† | For service to people with a vision impairment through the Association for the Blind of Western Australia and as a teacher of Braille. |
| Janet Isobel Cowles | For service to the communities of Ballarat and St Arnaud, particularly through the establishment and development of the Sovereign Hill historical village. |
| William Bennett Crawford | For service to the community of the Bathurst region through a range of roles with local government and service organisations. |
| David William Crawshay | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| May "Cecilia" Creigh | For service to people with a hearing impairment through advocacy, training and leadership roles, and to the Catholic church. |
| Vera Lilian Crook | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance Australia in Queensland. |
| Clive Robertson Crouch | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly as a supporter of projects to protect the fauna and native vegetation of the Wimmera and Mallee regions of western Victoria. |
| Roger Geoffrey Cundell | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community through a range of service, nature conservation, and heritage organisations. |
| George Edward Curphey | For service to the community through the administration of the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation. |
| Harvey William Cuthill | For service to pharmacy through the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, and to the community of Launceston through service, health and sporting organisations. |
| Farvardin Daliri | For service to the community of north Queensland, particularly through roles with multicultural organisations and events. |
| Lara Shiree Davenport | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Patricia Ann Davey | For service to the community, particularly as a foster parent. |
| Raymond Kevin Davey |
| Edward George Davidson | For service to the community of Townsville, particularly through Rotary International and as a contributor to programs assisting youth at risk. |
| Ronald Christopher Davidson | For service to education, particularly to people with special needs, through the Specific Learning Difficulties Association, Victoria. |
| Melville John "Mel" Davies | For service to the community in the fields of mining history and veterans’ cycling. |
| Graeme Ross Davis | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Deloraine and through a range of arts organisations. |
| Susan Claire Daw | For service to people with a hearing impairment through teaching, training and executive roles with Better Hearing Australia. |
| Elissa Hilary Demeny | For service to people with a disability, particularly through Manly Sailability. |
| John Milne Dibben | For service to the community of Adelaide through a range of church, social welfare and disability organisations. |
| Ronald "Glen" Dix | For service to motorsport, particularly the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, and to the community through Camp Quality. |
| Victor Alan Doig | For service to surf lifesaving through the promotion of new resuscitation methods, and to engineering. |
| Joseph "Denis" Donnelly | For service to education as a teacher and contributor to school sports. |
| Arthur John Douglas | For service to aviation as a pilot, instructor and contributor to a range of industry bodies, and to the community. |
| James George Douglas | For service to people with a hearing impairment through the Western Australian Deaf Society. |
| Tom Anthony Doumanis | For service to football in New South Wales through executive roles with a range ofsporting clubs and organisations, and to the community. |
| Robert Colin Dove | For service to the community through Lions Clubs International Australia, and to the accounting profession. |
| Brendan John Dowler | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Phillip "Graeme" Downie | For service to Australian Rules football through administrative roles, and to the tourism industry in Queensland. |
| Anne Marie Drake† | For service to local government, and to the community of Rosebery through a range of sporting and ex-service organisations. |
| John Lewis Draper | For service to the community through the Victorian Railways Returned Servicemen's Association and the Retired Railway Employee Association of Victoria. |
| Allan Drew | For service to the community through a range of charity and service organisations, and to the funeral industry. |
| Rodney James Driver | For service to the Trade Union movement, and to the community of the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Oliver "Melvyn" Duffy | For service to the visual arts as a landscape painter. |
| Kenneth McLeod Duncan | For service to the arts as a landscape photographer and publisher, and to the community of the Central Coast of New South Wales. |
| Graham John "Moose" Dunlop | For service to veterans through the Royal Australian Regiment Association, and to youth, particularly through Operation Flinders. |
| Matthew Stephen Dunn | For service to swimming, and to the community through Asthma Foundations Australia. |
| Leslie Eileen East | For service to the community, particularly through the mentoring of youth and through a range of charitable organisations. |
| Barry Maxwell Easther | For service to local government, and to the community of the West Tamar region. |
| Donald Haslam Edgar | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to support programs for refugees. |
| Elizabeth Helen Ellis | For service to librarianship through a range of professional roles with the State Library of New South Wales. |
| Mavis Elvira Euling | For service to the community of the Shepparton region through aged care, youth and charitable organisations. |
| Justin Cain Eveson | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Douglas Newton Farmer | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community of Kingaroy. | [10] |
| Jean Elsie Ferguson | For service to literature and the bookselling industry, and to the community of Wollongong. |
| Malcolm Liney Ferguson | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through social welfare and charitable organisations and the School Volunteer Program. |
| Thomas Ford | For service to the community of Ballarat through school, sporting and service organisations. |
| Alan Foskett | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through the preservation and documentation of the history of the region. |
| John Douglas Foster | For service to the recording of Australian naval history and the search for the submarine HMAS AE1 lost during World War One. |
| Donald John Franklin | For service to the community of Beaudesert through business, cultural and charitable organisations. |
| Ross Charles Fraser | For service to the livestock transport industry through a range of executive roles, and to the community of Warwick. |
| Duncan Seth Free | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Lesley June Freeman | For service to the community of the Gold Coast through a range of charitable, youth and social welfare organisations. |
| Maria "Luisa" Fuller | For service to multiculturalism, particularly through assistance and support to migrant communities in south east Queensland. |
| Brian Terence Gallagher | For service to the community of Hobart, particularly through Southern Cross Care and to a range of charitable and social welfare organisations. |
| Michael Thomas Gallagher | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Felicity Madeline Galvez |
| Kenneth John Gallagher | For service to youth through the Scouting movement. |
| John Alan Geddie | For service to the community, particularly through the Hare Street Uniting Church and ethnic community radio. |
| Patricia Geidans | For service to education and to the community, particularly through the Society for the Study of Early Christianity. |
| Margaret Glenys Gibbs | For service to the community, particularly through the Tasmanian Bridge Association as a player and administrator. |
| Karla Nicole Gilbert | For service to surf lifesaving as a competitor, and to the community. |
| Susan Amelia Glasfurd | For service to international relations through the Australian American Association. |
| Marion Gosper | For service to the community of Cudal though a range of social welfare and service organisations. |
| Helen Marie Grainer | For service to the community of Holroyd through a range of initiatives providing support to refugees, the elderly and youth. |
| Howard Charles Grant | For service to the community through the Canberra Woden Lions Club. |
| Hilton Gordon Greaves | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community of Taree. |
| Raymond Charles Green | For service to rowing through a range of administrative and coaching roles and as a competitor, and to the community of the Blue Mountains. |
| Robin Herrod Green | For service to the community of Ipswich through a range of roles with ex-service, charitable, historical and sporting organisations. |
| Carol Anne Greening | For service to the Mannum district, particularly through youth and community development organisations. |
| Peter Ronald Grieve | For service to primary industry through the promotion of the Angus cattle breed. |
| Alison Isabel Gyger | For service to the arts and the community, particularly through the publication of the journal Opera-Opera. |
| David Elliott Gyger |
| Neville George Halligan | For service to veterans’ tennis as a player and administrator. |
| Ruth Crossman Harrington | For service to veterans through the South Australian Branch of the Returned Services League of Australia. |
| Joseph George Harris | For service to the community through a range of service and charitable organisations. |
| Judith Anne Harris | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory, particularly through the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service. |
| Michael Mathew Hartnett | For service to the community of Launceston through the Scouting movement, the Baptist church and a range of sporting organisations. |
| Ian Christopher Haskins | For service to the community of the Mornington Peninsula, particularly through the Nepean Conservation Group. |
| Kelvin John Hastie | For service to the community through the conservation, documentation and restoration of pipe organs. |
| Andrew Havas | For service to the community through the promotion of cultural diversity and understanding. |
| Donald Raymond Hawking | For service to youth through the Army Cadet movement, and to the community through a range of sporting and service organisations. |
| Barbara Ann Hayes | For service to nursing, midwifery and mental health, particularly the facilitation of Indigenous student participation and perinatal anxiety and depression awareness, through education initiatives and research. |
| Ian Charles Heath | For service to youth through the Scouting movement. |
| Arthur Bealby Helyard | For service to the community, particularly the welfare of prison inmates through a range of service organisations. |
| Yvonne Josephine Henderson | For service to the community, particularly the welfare of prison inmates through a range of service organisations. |
| Robert Gordon Henry | For service to dentistry in the field of orthodontics as a practitioner, administrator and teacher, and to the community. |
| David Norman Heussner | For service to the surf lifesaving movement through a range of executive, coaching and competitor roles, and to canoeing. |
| Gary Philip Hewett | For service to the development of cross-cultural educational exchanges between Western Australia and Cambodia, and the establishment of services for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. |
| David Reginald Hewitt | For service to remote Indigenous communities as a tradesman and volunteer relief worker, and to the community through preservation of the history of early European exploration in desert regions. |
| Margaret May Hewitt |
| Evelyn Hill | For service to the community, particularly through the Castle Hill Art Society and St Matthew's Anglican Church at West Pennant Hills. |
| Robyn Anne Hobbs | For service to the community as the founder of Carols in the Domain, to the Salvation Army through fundraising, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. |
| James Frederick Hodgson | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, and to a range of organisations in the Newcastle and Hunter area. |
| Dorothy Fay Hoepner | For service to the community through a range of organisations in the Balaklava region. |
| Esmond Wilfred Hoepner | For service to the community of Balaklava through roles in local government, church and health service organisations. |
| Barbara Ann Hogbin | For service to the community through a range of swimming programs. |
| Steven Leslie Hooker | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Marsden Carr Hordern | For service to the recording of Australian maritime history, particularly early exploration and naval history during World War Two. |
| Dean Athol Hunt | For service to music, particularly through brass and concert bands and as a mentor of young musicians. |
| Patricia Joan Jacka | For service to local government through the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council, and to the community through a range of organisations. |
| Kenneth William Jacobs | For service to cricket, particularly through executive roles with Cricket Victoria and programs promoting the development of cricket in schools, and to the community. |
| Dale Thomas Jennings | For service to the community of Geelong through a range of charitable, social welfare and business organisations. |
| Ronald Frederick Johansen | For service to the Murwillumbah Historical Society, and to the community through a range of organisations. |
| Anne Imelda Johanson | For service to the community through voluntary roles with Belmont Meals on Wheels. |
| Robert Keith Johns | For service to the mineral resources and energy sector in South Australia through a range of research and administrative roles. |
| David Matthew Johnston | For service to music and the community, particularly through organ performances, installations and restorations and fundraising events. |
| Adrian Neil Jones | For service to history education as a lecturer and author, and through executive roles with a range of historical and teaching associations. |
| Frederick Norman Joughin | For service to sport, particularly through the Tasmanian University Soccer Club. |
| Franciscus "Frank" Junius | For service to medicine through research and clinical innovations in the use of the heart-lung machine and the improved outcomes for patients. |
| Noel Charles Jupp | For service to the community and to horticulture, particularly through revegetation programs and the cultivation of native flora. |
| Demetrius Athanasius Kalatzis | For service to the Greek community through consular support and the Scouting movement, and to the development of Freemasonry in South Australia. |
| Raymond Lionel Kassel | For service to the community through a range of roles with aged care organisations. |
| Ivan David Kayne | For service to the community through a range of charitable, health and service organisations. |
| Marlene Kear | For service to the community of Mudjimba through a range of roles with conservation, youth and service organisations. |
| William Walter Kear | | For service to the community, particularly through the Mudjimba Progress Association and Bush Fire Brigade, and to a range of conservation and service organisations. |
| Claudia Keech | For service to the community through raising awareness of the issues surrounding the roles of women in the workforce and at home. |
| Lane Brendan Kelly | For service to the community of Geelong West, particularly through the St Peters Football Club. |
| Michael John Kennedy | For service to the community through health and sporting organisations, particularly Life Saving Victoria, and to local government. |
| Ernest George Kidd | For service to Lions Australia, and to the community of Ryde through a range of organisations. |
| Charles Kiefel | For service to the superannuation and funds management industries, and to the community as a supporter of charitable and educational organisations. |
| Marie Jean Kilpatrick | For service to the community of Blacktown, particularly through the Australian Red Cross. |
| Adrian John King | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Noelene Elizabeth King | For service to primary industry through the agricultural show movement in Victoria, and as a mentor to youth within the rural sector. |
| Gary James Kirk | For service to the community through the Central Coast Men's Barbershop Chorus and a range of sporting and service organisations. |
| Geoffrey Lewis Klug | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatric neurosurgery, as a clinician and mentor to professional organisations, and to the community. |
| Alice Isabel Knight | For service to the community of Linton and district through a range of natural resource management, emergency service and church organisations. |
| Kathlyn Mary Knight | For service to the retail property industry, particularly through the Property Council of Australia. |
| Tristan Malcolm Knowles | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Arthur McKee Krust | For service to the building and construction industry, and to the community through church and service groups. |
| Beverly Jane Laing | For service to the community of Parkes, particularly through a range of local government, service and welfare organisations. |
| Carolyn Langsford | For service to people with multiple sclerosis through the establishment and development of the Trish MS Research Foundation. |
| Ian "Roy" Langsford |
| Kenneth Reginald Langshaw | For service to the community through the Anglican Church of Australia and the Byron Place Community Centre. |
| Anthony Joseph Lanza | For service to the community of Brisbane through the formation of The Anti-Graffiti Group. |
| Elizabeth Ann Lanza |
| Tyson John Lawrence | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Valda Janet Lawrence | For service to local government through the Borough of Queenscliffe Council, and to the community. |
| Harry Leaver | For service to the community, particularly through historical research of early explorers in the Western Australia region. |
| Amen Kwai Lee | For service to the community, particularly through to the promotion of understanding between the people of Australia and China. |
| Chee-Seong Lee | For service to veterinary education and research, to international student welfare at the University of Melbourne, and to the community through the Burwood Community Presbyterian Church. |
| Henry Frederick Leech | For service to the community of Dunkeld through a range of organisations, particularly the Dunkeld Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Peter Alan Leek | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Jane Antill Lemann | For service to the environment, particularly through the Mount Gibraltar Landcare and Bushcare Group, and to the community of the Wingecarribee Shire. |
| Gordon Lewis | For service to the community of the Southern Highlands region through a range of local government, sporting and service organisations. |
| James Gervys Longden | For service to the community of Eden-Monaro and the Australian Capital Territory through the Anglican church and a range of service organisations. |
| John Mountiford "Jock" Longfield | For service to the agricultural show movement, and to the community of Quirindi. |
| Malcolm Borland Longstaff | For service to the community through a range of maritime, social welfare, youth and cultural organisations. |
| Pamela Scott Lord | For service to the community of Broken Hill, particularly through the Broken Hill Base Hospital and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Women's Auxiliary. |
| Juan "Carlos" Loyola | For service to disability sport, particularly through the Doveton Special Soccer School. |
| Christine Lynch | For service to the Greek community of New South Wales through a range of cultural and charitable organisations. |
| For service to the community, particularly ex-service personnel. |
| Margaret Therese "Terry" Lyons | For service to the community of Yarrawonga, particularly through roles in various cultural, service and church organisations. |
| Robert Henry Lytton | For service to the community of Forbes through a range of seniors, aged care, educational and service groups. |
| Michael Joseph McAulliffe | For service to the community of the Cairns region as a general practitioner and Government Medical Officer. | [11] |
| John Harris MacColl | For service to the community through the promotion and development of cultural, educational and business relationships between Australia and France. |
| Robin McKay | For service to the community of Penrith and the Nepean district, particularly through business, religious, educational and service organisations and significant contributions to the architecture of the area. |
| Linda June MacKenzie | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Helen Mae McKerrow | For service to the communities of Mount Isa and Cloncurry through a range of welfare, arts and youth organisations. |
| James MacLachlan | For service to the community through roles in the Palerang and Yarrowlumla Shire Councils, the Rural Fire Service, the Scouting movement and other service and sporting organisations. |
| Gordon Lindsay McMaster | For service to the merino wool industry and the kelpie working sheep dog industry. |
| Jenny McNae | For service to the performing arts, particularly theatre, as a director, actor and mentor of young artists. |
| Donald Duncan McNeice | For service to football as an administrator, coach and referee, and to the community through youth and ex-service organisations. |
| Ian Bruce McPhee | For service to medicine in the field of orthopaedic surgery, as a clinician, academic, educator, researcher and contributor to professional organisations. |
| Neil Ormiston MacPherson | For service to the community, particularly through the establishment of the Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association, and to raising the awareness of the prisoners of war experience. |
| Donald Phillip McSweeny | For service to Australian Rules football in South Australia through a range of administrative roles, and to the communities of Cummins and Port Lincoln. |
| Robert Geoffrey Mainwaring | For service to state and local government, and to the communities of Flinders Island and the Launceston region. |
| William Kingsnorth Mallyon | For service to the community, and to the environment, particularly through roles in the preservation of the Adelaide Hills. |
| Patrick Francis Manning | For service to surf lifesaving, particularly through coaching and administrative roles. |
| Waninya Gary Marika | For service to the community of Yirrkala through cultural liaison. |
| Pauline Anne Marlborough | For service to education, particularly as a specialist teacher working with students with special needs, and through the Socio Psychological Education Resource Centre (WA). |
| Robert "Bruce" Marshall | For service to the community of Bacchus Marsh and surrounding district, particularly through improvements in local health services. |
| Robert Quentin Marshall | For service to the environment through the establishment and maintenance of sustainable walking trails. |
| Bruce Bamford Martin | For service to ophthalmology as a practitioner and teacher, to people with a vision impairment, and to the community. |
| Bruce Bernard Martin | For service to the thoroughbred horseracing industry, particularly as a broadcaster and administrator, and to the community through charitable organisations. |
| William Harold Marwick | For service to the communities of Wanneroo and Joondalup, particularly through documentation of the region's history, and to the newspaper industry. |
| Brian Raymond Mathews | For service to the community, particularly through roles with veteran car clubs and the establishment of the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania Foundation. |
| Alexander Muir Mathieson | For service to the print media industry, and to the community, particularly through the Operation Flinders Foundation. |
| Patrick Anthony Meacle | For service to local government, and to the communities of the Tara Shire through a range of organisations including the Flinton Race Club. |
| Vasiliki Megaloconomos | For service to the Greek community, particularly through organisations providing assistance to the elderly, and to the community of Carinda. |
| Irene Mellios | For service to the Greek community of Darwin, and to the Cancer Council of the Northern Territory. |
| Douglas John Meyer | For service to the community, particularly through the Henty Machinery Field Days Co-operative. |
| Lindsay Douglas Millar | For service to the community through the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Tasmanian Aero Club. |
| Narelle Dawn Milton | For service to the community through the Uniting Church in Australia Coffs Harbour 'Soup Place'. |
| Tony Misich | For service to education, particularly through the development and implementation of new initiatives in primary schools and to the Western Australian and Australian Primary Principals' Associations. |
| Matthew John Mitcham | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Grant Karlis Mizens | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Marlene Monahan | For service to education through the Catholic primary school system, and to the community. |
| Stephen Gerard Moore | For service to the community through the Narrabri Shire Band and the rural fire service, and to agriculture through plant breeding. |
| Nigel Graham Morgan† | For service to the community through support for charitable, youth, social welfare and cultural organisations. |
| Colin Francis Morris | For service to the community of Blacktown through sporting and charitable organisations. |
| Robert David Moss | For service to youth through the Australian Air Force Cadets. |
| Deslee Mavis Moyle | For service to the community through the collection and preservation of photographic records of the Australian Churches of Christ Indigenous Ministries in Western Australia. |
| Christopher James "Chris" Mullins | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Bradley John "Brad" Ness |
| Fay Louisa Newell | For service to the community of Broken Hill as a nursing sister, mentor to nurses and allied health professionals, palliative care volunteer and historian. |
| Ross Howard Newton | For service to the community of Highett, and to philately through roles with the Brighton Philatelic Society. |
| Phung Dang Nguyen | For service to the Vietnamese community, and to martial arts as a Taekwondo instructor. |
| Linda Olive Nixon | For service to the community of the Busselton region through roles with health and aged care organisations, and to hockey. |
| Neville Douglas Nixon | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia and to the community through Anglican Aid Abroad. |
| Shaun Daryl Norris | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| John Henry O'Connor | For service to the community as an entertainer, particularly through fundraising events for children's charitable organisations. |
| John Kevin O'Gorman | For service to the community through Police Remembrance Day and the Queensland Police Union. |
| Evan George O'Hanlon | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Barbara Alison Oldfield | For service to the community through respite care support services. |
| Denis William O'Meara | For service to the environment through native plant propagation and revegetation programs, to the mining industry, and to the community of the Pilbara region. |
| Laszlo George Ory | For service to the Hungarian community in South Australia, and to a range of charitable organisations. |
| Dierdre Helen Owen | For service to the welfare of veterans through roles with the South Australian Women's Auxiliary of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to lacrosse. |
| Clive Joseph Owens | For service to the community, particularly through the surf lifesaving movement. |
| Malcolm George Page | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| John Edward Palmer | For service to youth in central west and north west Queensland through roles with athletics organisations and the Scouting movement, and to the community. |
| Kylie Jayne Palmer | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Kathleen Papallo | For service to the community as a church organist and choir conductor. |
| Tessa Parkinson | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Agapitos "Jack" Passaris | For service to the community, particularly through the Ethnic Communities Council of New South Wales, and to local government. |
| Marie Patapanian | For service to the Armenian community in the area of aged care. |
| Rick Pendleton | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Rebel Penfold-Russell | For service to the community, particularly through philanthropic support for the arts and a range of charitable organisations. |
| Ninon Rosa Phillips | For service to animal welfare through the care, treatment and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife, and to the arts as an illustrator and artist. |
| Rodney John Polkinghorne | For service to the meat and livestock industries through research and the development of a standard beef grading system. |
| Katrina Porter | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Richard Gwyn Pritchard | For service to the welfare of veterans, particularly through the Canley Heights Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Philip Andrew Pullar | For service to agriculture, particularly through development of the canned fruit industry, to the community of Cobram, and to the sport of diving. |
| Albert James Puxley† | For service to the community of Victor Harbor. |
| Phyllis Margaret Quick | For service to the community of Ballarat and district through the Country Women's Association of Victoria and contributions to a range of choral groups. |
| Vettath Tara Rajkumar | For service to the performing arts as a teacher, choreographer and performer of classical Indian dance. |
| Elise Marie Rechichi | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Norma June Rees | For service to the community of Darebin through the management of volunteers and coordination of community support services. |
| Shayne Leanne Reese | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Stephanie Louise Rice |
| Alexander Gordon Rickard† | For service to education through a range of teaching and administrative roles and the development of enrichment programs for primary school students. |
| Barbara Mary Roberts | For service to ophthalmic nursing and the establishment of ambulatory day surgery centres in the Sydney area, and to people in Papua New Guinea, Cambodia and Myanmar through eye care and treatment centres. |
| Erskine Hamilton Rodan | For service to the law, particularly through the Law Institute of Victoria, and to the community through legal aid and as an advocate for refugees. |
| Dennis John Roles | For service to the community through advocacy roles supporting former and serving members of the Australian Defence Force and their families. |
| Richard John Rolfe | For service to the community of Canberra through philanthropic support for sporting, service and charitable organisations. |
| Robert Henry Ross | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to the communities of the Riverland region of South Australia. |
| Christopher Alan Ross-Smith | For service to the performing arts, and to the community of the Armidale region. |
| William Anthony Rudd | For service to the community through historical research of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe. |
| Garth Lindsay "Garry" Rumble | For service to the community of Penrith, particularly through Rotary International, and to local government. |
| James Stewart Rutherford | For service to the community of Wyong, particularly through Lions International. |
| Jayne Stoddart Salmon | For service to the community of Geelong through the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens. | [12] |
| Ian Bruce Samuel | For service to the community, particularly through the promotion of tolerance and social justice. |
| Giovanni Antonio "John" Sanna | For service to the community of Orbost as a volunteer with health, aged care and social welfare organisations. |
| Melanie Renée Schlanger | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| George Hector Schofield | For service to the greyhound racing industry, to the health and welfare of dogs, and as an animal chiropractor. |
| Ian David "Shooey" Schuback | For service to lawn bowls as a coach, competitor and commentator. |
| Mark Schwarzer | For service to football, particularly as an international representative player, and to the community. |
| William Noel Searle | For service to the community of Bundaberg, particularly through Lions Australia. |
| David George Seaton | For service to the community through roles with medical education, health administration and charitable organisations, and as Honorary Consul for Sweden in South Australia. |
| Emily Jane Seebohm | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Barbara Joan Shephard | For service to the community of Coen, particularly in the areas of education and emergency services as a remote area nurse. |
| Lyle Margaret Shore | For service to the community of Dee Why, particularly veterans and their families. |
| Ronald David Siddons | For service to people with a disability through the Rainbow Club Australia, and to the community of the Sutherland Shire. |
| Tige Arthur Simmons | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Dennise Simpson | For service to the protection of women and children living with abuse and violence, particularly through the Domestic Violence Crisis Service and the Family Violence Intervention Program in the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Ann Marie Sinclair | For service to the community as a volunteer, particularly through the Grafton Uniting Church. |
| Donald Arthur Sinclair | For service to the community, particularly through the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation, to education and to a range of professional associations. |
| Rosemary Dale Skelly | For service to the community of the Redland region, particularly through a range of welfare, health and service organisations, and to local government. |
| David Leslie Skewes | For service to the community of Yarrawonga through roles with a range of recreational, aged-care and social welfare organisations. |
| Barrie James Smith | For service to the community, particularly youth, through leadership roles in surf lifesaving. |
| Claudia Mary Smith | For service to the community, particularly through the Catholic church, as an organist and a volunteer. |
| Warren Harold Smith | For service to cricket in New South Wales through coaching roles at state, regional and local levels. |
| Gloria Smythe | For service to the arts and the sport of swimming as a designer, teacher and author. |
| Emma Laura Snowsill | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Pamela Elizabeth "Pam" Soper | For service to the environment through executive roles with conservation organisations and the promotion of natural resource management. |
| Margaret Joan Spalding | For service to the disability services sector in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding region. |
| Harold Neville "Harry" Spencer | For service to basketball as a coach at local, state and national level, and to the community of Toowoomba. |
| Malcolm Lees Stening | For service to medicine as a gynaecological surgeon, and to the community through the recording of naval history. |
| Jean Elizabeth Stewart | For service to the community through the preservation and promotion of local history and heritage. |
| Brett Andrew Stibners | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| David Frederick Story | For service to medical education and research, particularly in the field of pharmacology, through contributions to therapeutic regulation and the development of evidence-based Chinese medicine as an academic discipline. |
| Margaret Sumner | For service to lawn bowls through administrative and representative roles. |
| Stephen Sanchez Sunk | For service to education through curriculum design and development and as a teacher, to the Indigenous communities of the Northern Territory, and to professional organisations. |
| Joseph Karim Takchi | For service to the Lebanese community of Victoria as a Parish Priest, and to youth and the aged through a range of educational and care initiatives. |
| Judith Helen Talbot | For service to the community of Brunswick Junction and the Shire of Harvey. |
| Shirley Doreen Thompson | For service to the communities of Bonshaw, Ashford and region through the Country Women's Association and the agricultural show movement. |
| Harold William Thurlow | For service to the community as a general practitioner and volunteer medical officer with a range of sporting organisations. |
| William Robert "Bill" Trevor | For service to local government through a range of roles, and to the community of Childers and the Wide Bay Burnett region. |
| Robert Neil Trotter | For service to the community as a contributor to the successful search for HMAS Sydney. |
| Adrian Roy Twitt | For service to the community of Wangaratta through a range of community and charitable organisations. |
| Leslie Ronald "Ron" Tyrell | For service to local government, and to the community of Thuringowa. |
| Desmond Ronald Upton | For service to boxing as a player, coach and mentor, and to the community of central Queensland, particularly through support for Indigenous and disadvantaged youth. |
| Catherine Rhondda Vanzella | For service to politics through roles with the Liberal Party of Australia, and to the community. |
| Roslyn Wilga Vaughan | For service to the community through support for Cystic Fibrosis NSW. |
| Phuoc Vo | For service to medicine and to medical organisations, to the Vietnamese community in Australia, and to the Vietnam Vision Program. |
| Allan Mervyn Waddle | For service to the community through a range of justice, business, sporting and service organisations. |
| Max Wahlhaus† | For service to education, particularly through curriculum development in the areas of Hebrew language and Jewish history, and as a teacher. |
| Paul Thomas Wakeling | For service to the communities of Campbelltown and Macarthur through philanthropic contributions to a range of health and social welfare organisations. |
| Charles Gilmour Wallace | For service to veterans and their families in the Central Coast region of New South Wales. |
| Kenneth Maxwell Wallace | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Jock Campbell Wallis | For service to the community of Seymour through contributions to natural resource management, historical and service organisations. |
| Margaret Clarice Wallis | For service to the community of Seymour through contributions to aged care, social family welfare and historical organisations. |
| Ronald James "Jim" Walliss | For service to the community of the Shoalhaven region, to the environment, and to education. |
| Ian Douglas Ward | For service to veterans through the coordination and organisation of commemorative and remembrance programs, and to the community. |
| Gail Marion Waterhouse | For service to the community through the provision of humanitarian aid to the people of Vietnam. |
| Terence Stanley Weeks | For service to the community of Ararat through roles with a range of service, charitable and social welfare organisations. |
| Robert Leslie Weiland | For service to education in Western Australia, particularly for children with special learning needs. |
| James Gwydir Whalan | For service to veterans and their families through contributions to ex-service organisations, and to the community. |
| Jeanette Ann Wheeler | For service to the community through training and support roles with social welfare and youth organisations. |
| Frederick Herbert White | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Lindisfarne Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Tarnee Renee White | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Wendy Susan Whiteley | For service to the community through the establishment and maintenance of a public garden at Lavender Bay, and as a supporter of the visual arts. |
| Juna Lovina Whittaker | For service to international relations in the Pacific region through education, training and development in the field of public administration, and to the community. |
| Leigh Carruthers Wigglesworth | For service to music as an artistic director and choral conductor, and to the community. |
| Rosemary Elizabeth "Rose" Wight | For service to the arts, particularly through executive roles with the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. |
| Elizabeth Anne Wilkes | For service to the community of Templestowe, particularly through roles with social welfare and church organisations. |
| Nathan James Wilmot | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| Chester Gilmore Wilson | For service to rural and remote medicine as a general practitioner, and to the community of Charleville. |
| Norman Rex Wilson | For service to local government, and to the community of Warren. |
| Paul Dean Wilson | For service to veterans through ex-service organisations, particularly the 462/466 Squadrons Reunion Association. |
| Christine Ingrid Wolf | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. |
| Grace Eileen Woolcock | For service to the community of Lambton, particularly through contributions to Meals on Wheels. |
| Clive Thomas Woosnam | For service to the community through roles with cultural and musical societies, and to education. |
| James "Chien-li" Wu | For service to education, particularly through the development of Chinese language teaching, as a teacher, and to the community. |
| Sarkis Yedelian | For service to the Armenian community through the promotion and development of multicultural integration initiatives, and to local government. |
| Joy Louise Yeo | For service to education through executive and administrative roles, to professional associations, and to the community. |
| Leonard Neville Young | For service to medicine in rural and remote areas as a physician and through professional organisations. |
| Leonard Frank Yow | For service to the Chinese community through a range of roles with cultural, historical, social welfare and religious organisations. |
| Ian Arthur Zirbel | For service to the community of Goondiwindi through a range of youth, sporting, historical and service groups. | |
