† indicates an award given posthumously.
| Recipient | Citation |
|---|
| Emeritus Professor Kym Llewellyn Adey | For service to university administration, to teacher education, and to a range of professional associations. |
| Emeritus Professor Derek John Anderson | For service to university administration, and to the botanical sciences, particularly through contributions to the development of the field of ecology in Australia. |
| For service to multiculturalism, to business in the fields of marketing and communications, and to the community as a supporter of a range of charitable organisations. |
| Gary James Baildon | For service to local government, and to the community of the Gold Coast region, through a range of educational, sporting, health and charitable organisations. |
| David Harry Barnes | For service to the community, and to the disability sector, particularly through executive roles with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Western Australia. |
| Professor Louise Alison Baur | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatric obesity as a researcher and academic, and to the community through support for a range of children's charities. |
| Dr Robert Stewart Bell | For service to contemporary craft and design as a curator and advocate, and to the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. |
| Lin Bender | For service to arts administration through executive roles with a range of cultural organisations, and to the music community of Melbourne. |
| Jeffory Malcolm Bishop | For service to people with disabilities and their carers through the Stepping Stones for Life Project, and to the community as a contributor to a range of church and social welfare organisations. |
| Emeritus Professor Felix Bochner | For service to clinical pharmacology in Australia as an academic and researcher, and to a range of professional associations. |
| Bruce Phillip Bonyhady | For service to people with disabilities, their families and carers, particularly as Chairman of Yooralla, and to the community as a contributor to a range of charitable organisations. |
| Brendan Mark Bowler | For service to the welfare of the aged through executive roles with Southern Cross Care, and to the community. |
| John Gilbert Branson | For service to the business community of South Australia, and to education, particularly as a contributor to Flinders University. |
| Alfred Breznik | For service to the Slovenian community in Australia. |
| Robert George Brookman | For service to arts administration, particularly through executive and artistic roles with the Sydney Theatre Company, WOMADelaide, the Adelaide Festival Centre and the Adelaide Festival. |
| Patricia Carmel Brougham | For service to the community as a fundraiser and volunteer for a range of charities supporting children and young people with disabilities. |
| Ian Forbes Brown | For service to the insurance industry, and to a range of professional associations. |
| Arthur Byrne † | For service to business, particularly the manufacturing industry, and to the community through the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation. |
| For service to public administration through contributions to the development and implementation of policy in the areas of national security and counter-terrorism. |
| Prudence Helen Carpenter | For service to youth through the Guiding movement and the Abbotsleigh School, and to the community of Bowral. |
| Alison Miranda Carroll | For service to the visual arts, particularly through the development and administration of cultural exchange programs between Australia and Asia. |
| Paul Burgess Cave | For service to the tourism industry in New South Wales, and to the community as a supporter of a range of health, sporting and charitable organisations. |
| Dr Alan Nicholas Chantler | For service to computer science, particularly as a contributor to the development of security concepts and methodology, and as an educator. |
| Dr Herbert Edward Clifford | For service to hospital administration, and to clinical practice at the Sydney Adventist Hospital. |
| For service to the Baptist Union of Australia, to religious education, and to the promotion of interfaith dialogue and Christian media. |
| Kevin John Cocks | For service to people with disabilities as an advocate for the promotion and protection of individual human rights, and as a contributor to the reform and development of disability services. |
| For service to medicine, particularly as a practitioner and educator in the fields of clinical microbiology, infectious diseases and infection control. |
| Emanuel John Comino | For service to multiculturalism, particularly through continued support for the Greek community of Sydney. |
| Kenneth Arnold Conway | For service to the performing arts in the Northern Territory, as an administrator and as a promoter and supporter of community-based programs. |
| For service to conservation and the environment through the preservation of Australia's native species of flora and fauna. |
| Douglas Keith Coughran | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the disentanglement of whales, as a practitioner and educator. |
| For service to the judiciary, particularly through contributions in the area of family law policy and practice, and to the community. |
| Ian Millington Dicker | For service to the community of Victoria, to Australian Rules football, and to business. |
| Andrew Edward Dix | For service to medical administration through contributions to the regulation of professional and practice standards. |
| Elizabeth Jane Douglass | For service to community and the arts, particularly as a charitable fundraiser for the Peter Pan Committee of Barnardos Australia and the Australian Ballet. |
| For service to the media as a presenter and entertainer, and as a supporter of a range of charitable organisations, particularly the United Nations Children's Fund in Australia. |
| Dr Christopher James Duncombe | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of HIV and infectious diseases, both in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. |
| Dr Jean Rosa Edwards | For service to medicine, particularly through roles supporting victims of sexual assault, and as a contributor to education and training programs. |
| For service to the music and entertainment industries as a guitarist, and to the community as a supporter of Kids Under Cover. |
| Helen Layton Ferber | For service to the community, particularly as a social policy researcher and historian, and through contributions to the advancement of women. |
| Douglas Anthony Formby | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Queensland Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community. |
| Dr Jill Mary Forrest | For service to medicine as an academic, researcher and educator, and to music as a composer and carillonist. |
| Professor David George Gardiner | For service to university administration at the Queensland University of Technology, to legal education, and to a range of professional associations. |
| Emeritus Professor Laurence Basil Geffen | For service to neuroscience as a clinician and researcher, and to medical education. |
| For service to cricket as a player, and to the community as a supporter of a range of charitable organisations. |
| Professor Graham William Greenleaf | For service to the law through the development of free electronic access to legal information, and as a leader in the protection of privacy. |
| Mohini Indira Gunasekera | For service to the Sri Lankan community, to Buddhism through leadership and support of a range of organisations, and to interfaith dialogue. |
| Dr John Francis Gunning | For service to medicine as a cardiologist, and through senior roles with a range of professional organisations. |
| For service to the wine industry as a winemaker, show judge, author and promoter of Australian wine internationally, and through senior roles with a range of professional organisations. |
| For service as a leader in the banking and finance industries, and to the community, particularly through the development of corporate mentoring programs in schools. |
| Lorna Rosemarie Hempstead | For service to the arts as an administrator in the fields of theatre and dance, and to the community through a range of heritage, tourism, aged care and educational institutions. |
| Peter Henneken | For service to the public sector in Queensland, particularly as a leader in policy development in the fields of industrial relations and vocational training. |
| Dianne Marian Hiles | For service to the community as an advocate for human rights and social justice, particularly for asylum seekers and children in detention. |
| For service to politics through the Parliaments of Australia and Tasmania, and to the community through a range of ex-service, charitable, sporting and multicultural organisations. |
| For service to education as a scholar and archivist of the history and philosophy of science. |
| Peter John Hunt | For service to the community as a supporter of a range of charitable organisations, particularly in the fields of Indigenous education, homelessness, overseas aid and medical research. |
| Dr John Hurley | For service as a leader and innovator in geriatric medicine through the development of best practice and quality improvement programs in aged care. |
| Professor Alan Frank Isles | For service as a hospital administrator, medical educator and specialist in the field of paediatric respiratory medicine. |
| Emeritus Professor Lesley Ruth Johnson | For service to education as a leading academic, administrator and author, particularly in the fields of cultural history and feminist studies, and through the establishment of research centres for a range of disciplines. |
| Dr Nic David Jools | For service to the community through philanthropic donations of Australian art and financial support for a range of educational and medical organisations, as a benefactor to developing artists, and to medicine in the field of gynaecology. |
| Kevin Francis Kelly | For service to the administration of medicine, particularly in the field of pathology and medical research. |
| Maria Antonia Kenda | For service to the community as a supporter of the arts and benefactor to a range of charitable organisations. |
| Gordon Jeffrey Kennett | For service to engineering as an innovator in the fields of precision machining and hydraulics, and to the preservation of Australia's military heritage. |
| Jennice Frances Kersh | For service to the community as a supporter of a range of charitable, Indigenous and health organisations, and to the restaurant and catering industry, particularly through the use and promotion of traditional Indigenous ingredients. |
| Raymond Rowan Kersh | For service to the community as a supporter of a range of charitable, Indigenous and health organisations, and to the restaurant and catering industry, particularly through the use and promotion of traditional Indigenous ingredients. |
| Brigadier Colin Nicholas Khan | For service to the community through the development of memorials commemorating the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and as a supporter and patron of ex-service organisations. |
| Stephen Joseph Killelea | For service to the community through the global peace movement and the provision of humanitarian aid to the developing world. |
| David Desmond Knoll | For service to the Jewish community through a range of peak, religious and educational organisations, and to the promotion of interfaith dialogue. |
| Margaret Lobo | For service as an advocate and promoter of the status and health of women, particularly through Soroptimist International. |
| Emeritus Professor David Robert Lockett | For service to music as a concert pianist, educator and researcher, and as an advocate and supporter of Australian music and composers. |
| Sister Maryanne Loughry | For service to the community as an advocate for displaced persons and refugees. |
| Denis Leslie McDermott | For service to community policing, particularly through leadership roles in the Pacific region, and to the community through a range of charitable and humanitarian assistance organisations. |
| Donald Patrick McDonald | For service to community health through the Schizophrenia Research Institute of Australia, and to the union movement. |
| Peter John McGovern | For service to business through the finance sector, and to the community as a benefactor to a range of educational and aged care organisations. |
| Associate Professor Robert Anthony MacMahon | For service to medicine in the field of paediatric surgery as a clinician and academic. |
| Avis Lynette Macphee | For service to community health, particularly as a supporter of research into the treatment and management of breast cancer. |
| Professor Yiu-Wing Mai | For service to engineering, particularly in the fields of advanced composite materials and fracture research. |
| John William Maitland | For service to industrial relations in the mining sector as a contributor to the establishment of international health and safety standards, union structures and social dialogue in developing countries and those undergoing political and economic transition. |
| Professor Arumugam Manohoran | For service to medicine as a haematologist, particularly as a researcher in the field of tumours and as an educator. |
| Ian Wallace Mansfield | For service to international humanitarian aid through the establishment of global landmine removal, safety and training programs. |
| Associate Professor Richard John Matthews | For service to the health sector through leadership roles in the areas of service development, primary health care, mental health, and drug and alcohol policy. |
| For service to the preservation of Indigenous culture as the foremost exponent of the Rarrk visual art style. |
| Dr John Herbert Mickan | For service to rural medicine, particularly through contributions to research resulting in the identification and isolation of the amoebic meningitis parasite and through the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. |
| Dr Judith Ann Mitchell | For service to humanitarian aid through leadership roles with Oxfam, particularly the development of improved governance and accountability standards. |
| Captain Paul Anthony Moulds | For service to homeless and disadvantaged youth through The Salvation Army. |
| Captain Robbin Moulds | For service to homeless and disadvantaged youth through The Salvation Army. |
| Professor Teik Ewe Oh | For service to medicine, particularly through the development of protocols for the specialties of anaesthesia and intensive care, through leadership roles in clinical and academic practice, and with professional bodies. |
| Dr Trevor Ernest Olsen | For service to medicine as a clinical haematologist, and as an advocate for advances in the management and treatment of leukaemia. |
| Dr John Raymond Owen | For service to the specialty of orthodontics, and through a range of leadership roles within the dental profession. |
| The Honourable Justice George Alfred Palmer | For service to the law as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and to music as a composer and through leadership roles with a range of cultural bodies. |
| Peggy Dirrmingali Patrick | For service to the arts as a performer, artist and storyteller, to the preservation of the culture and history of the Gija people of the East Kimberley region, and to reconciliation. |
| Joan Elizabeth Payne | For service to the protection and conservation of wetland bird species and the urban bushland environment in Western Australia. |
| Annette Elizabeth Peardon | For service to the community, particularly as a reconciliation and human rights advocate, and to the Indigenous community of Cape Barren Island. |
| Warren Andrew Pearson | For service to the community through leadership roles with the National Australia Day Council, to the promotion of the celebration of the Australian identity and citizenship, and to reconciliation. |
| Carol Gwendoline Peltola † | For service to the community, particularly through the development of child protection policies, and to the provision of services to improve the rights of people with disabilities, drug addiction and mental health issues. |
| Dr Andrew Graham Penman | For service to public health through leadership roles with the Cancer Council of New South Wales, to the development of research funding initiatives, and to improved service delivery and support for people with cancer. |
| Dr Haydn Perndt | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of anaesthesia, to medical education through the design and implementation of training programs for health care practitioners in developing countries, and to professional organisations. |
| Dr Gabrielle Josephine Persley | For service to science through advisory roles with a range of national and international agricultural research organisations, and through support for the development of livestock health, particularly in Africa. |
| For service to the media as a presenter and entertainer, as an author, and as a supporter of the United Nations Children's Fund in Australia. |
| Professor Barbara Ann Pocock | For service to industrial relations as an academic and researcher, particularly in the areas of employment, gender relations and vocational education, and as an advocate for social justice. |
| The Honourable Justice Derek Michael Price | For service to the law and to the judiciary, to the development and delivery of justice initiatives for the Indigenous community, children and young persons, and through contributions to legal organisations. |
| For service to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly through a range of roles, and to the community. |
| Lester Campbell Rathie | For service to business, particularly through the oil and gas production and exploration industry in the Northern Territory. |
| Professor Geoffrey John Riley | For service to medical education, particularly to rural and clinical practice, as an academic and administrator, and to professional organisations. |
| Dr James Robertson PSM | Fr service to forensic science and education, particularly in the formation of the National Centre for Forensic Studies, through the development of research, teaching and training programs with the Australian Federal Police, as an academic, and to professional organisations. |
| Dr Jeanette Robin Rosen | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of audiology, to people with a hearing disability, and through contributions to the Self Help for Hard of Hearing People organisation. |
| Andrew George Sayers | For service to arts administration, particularly as the Director of the National Portrait Gallery, and to the promotion of Australian portraiture. |
| Helen Margaret Sewell | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to, and executive roles with, organisations assisting young people with cancer, and to medical research groups. |
| Dr Peter Gordon Sharp | For service to medicine in the field of Indigenous health, particularly through clinical, teaching and administrative roles with the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service. |
| Dr Gene Rosalie Sherman | For service to the visual arts through advisory roles and as a supporter of new and established artists, and to the community through philanthropic contributions to a range of organisations. |
| For service to urban affairs, particularly through research, public discussion and policy development by the Australian Institute of Urban Studies, to the Association of Former Members of Parliament, and to athletics. |
| The Honourable Chhay Son | For service to international relations, and to the community through the Cambodian-Australian Association of South Australia. |
| For service to local government and to the City of Brisbane, particularly as Lord Mayor and through the implementation of a range of cultural, urban design, transportation and waterway improvement projects. |
| Ian Frederick Stanwell | For service to business, particularly the insurance industry, through executive roles with a range of organisations, to professional development, and to ex-service, youth and aged care groups. |
| Associate Professor John Michael Svigos | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of obstetrics and perinatology, through executive roles with national and international professional organisations, and to medical education. |
| Dr John William Tapsall | For service to medicine and to public health microbiology, particularly through contributions to the understanding of gonococcal and meningococcal disease. |
| For service to conservation and the environment as an advocate for the protection and preservation of marine wildlife and habitats, particularly the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef, and as an underwater cinematographer and photographer. |
| The Honourable Ian David Thompson † | For service to the Parliament of Western Australia, and through contributions to a variety of sporting organisations. |
| Dr Christine Trevella Tippett | For service to medicine, particularly through executive roles with professional organisations, to improved health care standards for women and their families, and to obstetrics and gynaecology as a clinician and mentor. |
| Michael William Traill | For service to not-for-profit organisations through the development and implementation of effective financial systems and mentoring, and as a facilitator for social change. |
| Robert John Trenberth | For service to business, particularly through advisory roles for emerging manufacturing and research enterprises, to a range of not-for-profit organisations, and to youth. |
| Angela Louise Valamanesh | For service to the visual arts as a ceramicist and sculptor. |
| For service to the visual arts, particularly as a sculptor and through installation works and public art. |
| Dr Ingrid Alida van Beek | For service to public health and community medicine through the promotion and provision of primary care for people affected by mental health issues, substance and physical abuse, and HIV/AIDS, and to medical education. |
| Dr Nitin Verma | For service to ophthalmology through executive roles with professional organisations, as a clinician and researcher, and to humanitarian health care projects in the Pacific region. |
| Dr Joanna Wainer | For service to the community as an academic and researcher in the area of women's reproductive health rights, and through leadership roles promoting women in medicine, particularly in rural and remote areas. |
| Dr Ronald Gary Weiser | For service to the community through leadership roles with the Zionist Federation of Australia, to the promotion and development of Australia-Israel relations, and to youth. |
| Dr Saul Wiener | For service to science, and to medical research through contributions to the development of the Redback spider and Stonefish antivenom, and as an allergist. |
| Dr Vernon Roger Wilkinson | For service to the secondary and tertiary education sectors, particularly as an administrator, researcher and mentor, to professional associations, and to the community. |
| Emeritus Professor Ross Alan Williams | For service to education, particularly in the discipline of econometrics, through research and administrative roles, as a contributor to professional publications, and as an adviser to state and Federal governments. |
| Dr William James Winspear | For service to dentistry, particularly in the area of public dental health policy, to the promotion of professional standards and ethics, and to the community. |
| For service to medicine and public health, particularly in the area of drug and alcohol dependency treatment, through legislative reform, and to medical education. |
| Dr Lindsay Ian Worthley | For service to medical education, particularly in the area of intensive care medicine, as a clinician, mentor and educator, and through contributions to professional associations. |
| For service to the Anglican Church of Australia through a range of pastoral care and advisory roles, as a supporter of the production of the Kriol Bible, and to the community of Ngukurr. |
| Mike Zafiropoulos | For service to the community through executive roles with a range of arts, multicultural, charitable, media and local government organisations, and as an advocate for cultural diversity and harmony. | |
| Recipient | Citation |
|---|
| Dr Colin Richard Abery | For service to the community through contributions to the advocacy and promotion of bowel cancer screening programs. |
| Professor Margaret Mary Alston | For service to the community, particularly in the field of social work as an academic, researcher and practitioner, and to women in rural areas. |
| Laurance Maxwell Amber | For service to local government, and to the community of Campbelltown. |
| Dr Sadanand Nagesharao Anavekar | For service to medicine, and to the Indian community of Victoria. |
| Robert Harvey Anderson | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater. |
| Dr Robert Scott Anderssen | For service to mathematical and information sciences. |
| Maurice Ray Andrews | For service to the sport of shooting through a range of administrative roles. |
| Allan Ernest Arbon | For service to local government, and to the community of Murray Bridge. |
| Helene May Armour | For service to the fruit growing industry, and to local government. |
| Mamdouh Atalla | For service to multiculturalism, particularly the Sudanese community. |
| Maria Carmel Attard-Dickson | For service to the community through a range of social welfare organisations. |
| Jeffrey John Austin RFD | For service to water management and conservation, and to the community. |
| Kay Avery | For service to the community of Kilcoy through a range of social welfare, church and aged care organisations. |
| Dr Ian Kenneth Bailey | For service to medicine as a cardiologist. |
| William Thomas Baird | For service to the community of Hay. |
| Barry William Barnes | For service to basketball as a player, coach, and mentor. |
| Dr Frederick Hugh Bartholomeusz RFD | For service to medicine in the field of reconstructive surgery, and to medical administration. |
| Robyn Catherine Beddsion | For service to the community through fundraising for the Epworth Medical Foundation. |
| Alexander George Bedwell | For service to the community of the Bathurst region. |
| Jean Margaret Bell | For service to the community, particularly to the Australian Red Cross. |
| Dr Onn Ben-David | For service to veterinary science and animal welfare, particularly through the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Victoria. |
| Albert John Benfer | For service to the chicken meat industry, and to the community of Redland Shire. |
| Sandra Rosalie Benjamin | For service to the community, particularly through the Jewish Museum of Australia, and to the arts. |
| Diane Kay Bennett | For service to the community, particularly through the Clarence Town Rural Fire Brigade. |
| Peter Bennison | For service to the Parliament of Tasmania, and to the community. |
| Ronald William Beslich | For service to the building industry, and to the community. |
| Marika Bisas | For service to the Greek community of Victoria. |
| Peta Sheridan Blyth | For service to the performing arts, particularly opera. |
| Graham Gatenby Bolton | For service to the hospitality and tourism industry through a range of executive roles. |
| Michael James Bouffard | For service to the community of the Huon Valley, and to education. |
| Lawrence Joseph Bourke | For service to veterans through the Dee Why Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Lovely Ruth Boveington | For service to international humanitarian aid projects. |
| Jean Boyd | For service to the community of Ulverstone. |
| Robert Charles Boyd | For service to the community of Ulverstone. |
| Sandra Anne Breen | For service to the performing arts, particularly dance, as a teacher and choreographer. |
| Eric William Brewer | For service to local government, and to the community. |
| Doris Mary Brooker | For service to the community through voluntary roles with the Country Women's Association and the Australian Red Cross. |
| Beverley Alice Brown | For service to the arts, particularly through the Friends of the Australian Ballet (South Australia). |
| Dorothy Evelyn Brown | For service to swimming. |
| William Anthony Buckley | For service to education, and as a mentor to Indigenous students. |
| Neville Raymond Burrows | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to a range of charitable, youth, disabled and service organisations. |
| Patricia Mara Byrne | For service to people with disabilities, and to the community. |
| Professor Desmond Philip Cahill | For service to intercultural education, and to the interfaith movement. |
| Professor Joseph Anthony Camilleri | For service to international relations as a scholar, educator and commentator, and to the community. |
| Arthur Alexander Campbell | For service to the Kiama - Gerringong community through local government, church and ex-service organisations. |
| William Harry Campbell | For service to children and young people, particularly through the provision of crisis accommodation. |
| Leon Charles Capra | For service to education as Foundation Principal of St Augustine's College, Springfield. |
| Diana Mary Carmody | For service to the community, particularly through the provision of support for children undergoing liver and renal treatment, and their families. |
| Dianne Joy Carroll | For service to the community of the Omeo district, particularly through roles with historical and heritage organisations. |
| Margaret Therese Catterall | For service to education as a teacher-librarian, particularly through the development of educational programs and partnerships with schools in Asia. |
| Jill Susan Chamberlain | For service to wildlife preservation and conservation in Queensland, and to the community. |
| Dr Roland George Chambers | For service to medicine as a general practitioner. |
| Kevin Douglas Cifuentes | For service to judo as an instructor and competitor. |
| Valmai Gladys Cleary | For service to the community of Robinvale, particularly through the provision of medical care services. |
| Carin Lydia Clonda | For service to squash through administrative roles, and to the community. |
| David Neville Cohen | For service to the community through the provision of voluntary accountancy services to a range of organisations. |
| Michael Sydney Cohen | For service to the community through a range of Jewish organisations. |
| Peter John Cole | For service to the international community through the Spirit of Sharing mission. |
| The Reverend Dr Garrett John Coleman | For service to the community through chaplaincy and coordination roles with the Motor Racing Ministries. |
| Frederick John Cook | For service to conservation and the environment through the Friends of the Bellarine Rail Trail. |
| Gary Thomas Cooper | For service to the trade union movement, and to the community of Whitehorse. |
| Robert Brian Cooper | For service to veterans and their families through the Rooty Hill Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Brian Maurice Coopersmith | For service to the community of Maroondah, particularly through sporting organisations. |
| Peter Geoffrey Corlett | For service to the visual arts as a sculptor. |
| Peter Cornell | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to a range of charitable organisations. |
| Joan Cornett | For service to the community, particularly through the Bribie-Morton Hospice Health Services. |
| Hazel Betty Costigan | For service to people with intellectual disabilities through the Activ Foundation. |
| Merril Elizabeth Coulton BM | For service to the community through volunteer roles at St Vincent's Private Hospital. |
| Julie Frances Creed | For service to youth through the Scouting movement. |
| Patricia Margaret Creevey | For service to local government, and to the community of Mandurah. |
| Dr John Royston Crellin | For service to medicine as an administrator and practitioner, and to the community of Wonthaggi. |
| Geoffrey Alan Crick | For service to primary industry through a range of roles with the National Farmers Federation. |
| Victor Crittenden | For service to the arts as a researcher, author and publisher, particularly through the biographical and literary study of the Australian colonial period. |
| Pamela Milba Crocker | For service to the community of Tumut. |
| Dr Zissis Tsiaousis Dardalis | For service to the Australian-Greek community, particularly through charitable contributions to a range of education, health care and sporting organisations. |
| Dougal Burns Davidson | For service to local government, and to the community of the Blackall - Tambo region. |
| Evelyn Annie Davies | For service to the community, particularly to the Babinda State Emergency Service. |
| Ronald Day | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Aspley. |
| Robert Walter Devenish † | For service to the inmates and their families as a chaplain, and to the community. |
| Donald Allen Dickenson | For service to the community through the Rotary Club of Scottsdale, and to the building industry. |
| John Dixon Hughes | For service to medicine, particularly through advisory roles with a range of research, transport and health care delivery organisations. |
| John Mark Dnistriansky | For service to the Ukrainian community of South Australia. |
| Dr Paul Francis Donaghue | For service to science, particularly through technological research and development roles, and to professional organisations. |
| Christine Graham Doran | For service to the community as a fundraiser for organisations assisting people with Cystic Fibrosis. |
| Faye Ainsworth Druett | For service to the community, particularly through executive and advocacy roles with organisations assisting people with a disability. |
| Walter Henry Eastman | For service to the performing arts, and to the community. |
| Shirley Anne Eckford | For service to the community of central Queensland, particularly through contributions to the School of Distance Education. |
| Dr Donald Ernest Edgar | For service to education as a researcher and teacher, and through the Australian Institute of Family Studies. |
| Dorothy Lilian Edgelow | For service to community health, particularly through the Gawler Foundation. |
| Kathleen Edwards | For service to youth through the Young Women's Christian Association. |
| Thomas Haddon Edwards | For service to the community of Ipswich, and to business. |
| Anastasios Efkarpidis | For service to business through the retail and construction sectors. |
| Janelle Eldridge | For service to athletics. |
| Emeritus Professor John Elkins | For service to education, and to people with learning disabilities. |
| Sandy Evans | For service to Australian contemporary jazz music as a composer and musician. |
| Martin Anthony Farrell † | For service to the community of Tumut through service and sporting organisations. |
| Carmelo Vincent Farrugia | For service to veterans and their families through the Maltese Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community. |
| Robert Hugh Ferguson | For service to veterans and their families through the Upwey - Belgrave Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Beryl Irene Fillery | For service to the community of the Canberra region as a volunteer with a range of social welfare organisations. |
| John Thomas Fillery | For service to the community of the Canberra region as a volunteer with a range of social welfare organisations. |
| Edward George Fletcher | For service to the community through voluntary roles with ex-service and historical organisations. |
| John Robert Flood | For service to the community through the 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Vietnam) Association of Australia. |
| Elizabeth Foote | For service to the community of the Hunter region. |
| Irene Frangioudakis | For service to the Greek community of Victoria. |
| John Morris Franklyn | For service to the real estate industry in Western Australia, and to the community. |
| Ronald George Franks | For service to the community of the Hawks Nest region through a range of voluntary roles. |
| Ivan Bernard Friske | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Gympie Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Sister Teresa Josephine Geraghty | For service to aged welfare, and to charitable organisations. |
| Dr Patrick Charles Giltrap | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to the community of Gilgandra. |
| Keron Patrick Glendon | For service to veterans and their families in the Townsville region. |
| Jonah Goldman | For service to the community, particularly through the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation. |
| Philip John Grano | For service to people with disabilities through advocacy organisations, and to the law. |
| Beverley Campbell Grant | For service to the community through youth and social welfare organisations. |
| Mary Grant | For service to the community through a range of youth, health care support and travel organisations. |
| Judith Claire Gray | For service to the community through music, sporting and emergency service organisations. |
| Gillian Margaret Greenhill | For service to the community of the Wynnum region through historical, environmental and service groups. |
| Howard Brian Grigor | For service to the community through Rotary Australia. |
| Joan Margaret Grimmond | For service to the community of Burnie. |
| Lieutenant Commander Henry Albert Hall MBE | For service to veterans and their families through the Nowra - Greenwell Point Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Esther Dawn Halliday | For service to the community of Tamworth, and to local government. |
| For service to sport, particularly through achievements as a Paralympian. |
| Louis John Hamon | For service to the community of Numurkah. |
| Dr Anthony John Hanks | For service to optometry, and to the community of Port Macquarie. |
| Joan Hanna | For service to music, particularly through Sing Australia Shepparton. |
| The Very Reverend Dr Allan Macdonald Harman RFD | For service to the Presbyterian Church of Australia. |
| Henry Ernest Harman | For service to the performing arts as a jazz musician and as a mentor of emerging artists. |
| Richard Michael Harrold | For service to the community of Tasmania through a range of charitable and sporting organisations. |
| Darcy Lloyd Harvey | For service to the sport of sailing. |
| Samir Sam Hasic | For service to multicultural broadcasting, and to the Bosnia-Herzegovina Muslim Society of South Australia. |
| Sally Anne Hasluck | For service to museum administration in Western Australia and as a Councillor of the National Museum. |
| Lorraine Gay Hawksworth | For service to industrial relations, particularly through the Queensland Nurses' Union of Employees. |
| Janet Huntly de Gray Hay | For service to the community through the National Trust of Australia, New South Wales. |
| Noel Fortune Henry | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Rosanna. |
| Pastor Ernst Bernhardt Heyne | For service to the Lutheran Church of Australia, and to the community of Port Pirie. |
| Helen Violet Hill | For service to the community through the Presbyterian Women's Association of New South Wales. |
| Helga Margarete Hill | For service to the performing arts. |
| Dorothy Jean Hoare | For service to youth, and to the community of Trafalgar. |
| Peter Raymond Hobart | For service to education, and to the community of the Gold Coast. |
| Margaret Hodgson | For service to the arts as an author and illustrator. |
| Ivan Charles Hoffman | For service to the arts as a supporter and fundraiser. |
| Mollie Drage Holst | For service to veterans and their families as a voluntary carer of war graves of World War II Australian airmen in Norway, and through the organisation of Anzac Day services. |
| Vivien Suit-cheng Hope | For service to multiculturalism, and to the community of South Australia. |
| George Brook Howe | For service to the performing arts as a carillonist. |
| Lola Joyce Hurst | For service to the community of Moree. |
| Yvonne Royale Hyde | For service to the community through the Nutcote Trust and the May Gibbs Foundation. |
| Ruth Jula Inall | For service to aged care through the Australian Association of Gerontology. |
| Brigadier Olof Hedley Isaksson MC | For service to veterans through the Rats of Tobruk Association, New South Wales. |
| Sarah Helen Ison | For service to youth through The Girls and Boys Brigade. |
| Beryl Joy Jacobs | For service to the community of Tumut through volunteer roles with a range of organisations. |
| Alan Campbell Johnson | For service to lawn bowls. |
| Rita Johnson | For service to the Latvian community in Western Australia. |
| Peter John Johnstone | For service to local government, and to Jesuit Social Services. |
| Anne Jones | For service to community health through roles with Action on Smoking and Health Australia. |
| Michael Angelo Kakulas | For service to the community of Perth through the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helene. |
| William Kane | For service to veterans through the Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Service Men and Women (TPI Federation). |
| William Allan Kearney | For service to the communities of the Wide Bay and Burnett districts, particularly veterans and their families. |
| Maxwell Walter Kelleher | For service to people with disabilities through Wheelchair Sports Victoria, and to the Australian Football League. |
| For service to the multicultural community of Queensland. |
| John Alexander King | For service to surf lifesaving, and to the community of Western Australia. |
| Walter Lawrence Klau | For service to conservation and the environment through the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme. |
| Wouterina Gode Liva Klein | For service to local government, and to the community of Bassendean. |
| Elizabeth Aileen Krake | For service to the community of Red Cliffs and Sunraysia. |
| Alan Wilfred Langford | For service to swimming. |
| Anthony Thomas Lantry | For service to education, and to the New South Wales Schools Cricket Association. |
| Audrey Florence Ledwich | For service to the community through the Ecumenical Refugee Support Group. |
| David Douglas Lee | For service to the community, particularly through the Royal Association of Justices of South Australia. |
| Michael John Lee | For service to aged care, and to tennis. |
| Noel Solomon Levin | For service to the Jewish community, particularly the St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, and to people with disabilities through the Riding for the Disabled Association of Victoria. |
| Abraham Jerome Levy | For service to the Australian film industry through the Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit and as a producer, director and actor. |
| Mary Elwyn Lewis | For service to the community of the City of Greater Geelong. |
| Chuen Ren Lim | For service to business, and to the Chinese community of Victoria. |
| Ambrose Niel Linke | For service to the community through the Western Schools Chaplaincy Support Association. |
| Betty Mary Linton | For service to the community through the Sir William Dobell Memorial Committee. |
| Jocelyn William Littler | For service to the community of Devonport. |
| David Norman Loader | For service to education as a Principal, mentor and author. |
| Barry Joseph McCann | For service to maritime communications in Tasmania. |
| Ian Robert McCauley | For service to the mining industry. |
| Raymond Patrick McCormack | For service to the community of Launceston through a range of social welfare and sporting organisations. |
| Julie Ann McGinley | For service to swimming. |
| Dr Margaret Anna McMillan | For service to medical education, particularly nursing, through a range of academic and executive roles. |
| Robert Ian McMillan | For service to the community through a range of charitable organisations. |
| Desmond Patrick McRae | For service to the community of Jerilderie. |
| Joyce Mona Mallett | For service to the arts through the Friends of the South Australian Museum. |
| John Gerard Manion | For service to the community through cancer support and hospice service programs. |
| Adib Marabani | For service to the Lebanese community of New South Wales. |
| John Marshall | For service to the building and construction industry. |
| Ernest John Martin | For service to veterans in South Australia. |
| Florence Edith Matthews | For service to the community of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters, particularly as a library volunteer. |
| Michael Meehan † | For service to young persons with a disability, particularly through Special Kids Queensland, and to the veteran community. |
| Genevieve Catherine Meyer | For service to children as a foster carer. |
| Kees Anthony Meyer | For service to children as a foster carer. |
| Robyn Lynette Miller | For service to youth through the Guiding movement. |
| Tony Miller | For service to the community through the provision of support services for separate families. |
| David Walter Milligan | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community through the Adelaide Highland Pipe Band. |
| Paolo Mirabella | For service to business, and to the Italian community of Victoria. |
| Alexander Harvey-George Moncrieff | For service to children through the Pedal Prix Program. |
| Associate Professor Harry George Mond | For service to medicine in the field of cardiology. |
| Doris May Moore | For service to the community of Townsville, and to youth through the Guiding movement. |
| Neil William Morarty | For service to surf lifesaving through a range of executive roles. |
| John Morgan | For service to people with disabilities through the Spastic Centre of New South Wales. |
| Lewis Frederick Morley | For service to the visual arts as a photographer. |
| Jennifer Roy Muir | For service to women, and to education through the provision of library services. |
| Charles William Munnery | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community. |
| Catherine Therese Murray | For service to people with disabilities, and to their carers and families. |
| The Reverend Douglas Harry Murray PSM | For service to the Anglican Church in Australia, and to the community of Esperance. |
| Ian Wallace Murray | For service to the community through a range of roles with sporting, social welfare and health care organisations. |
| For service to the communities of Concord and Kincumber. |
| Wayne Morris Myers | For service to youth through the Scouting movement. |
| Dr Peter James Mylrea | For service to the community, particularly through the Camden Historical Society. |
| Constantinos Nikias | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Richard Harwin Nossiter DSC | For service to sailing through the circumnavigation of the globe in the vessel Sirius, 1935 - 1937. |
| Dr William Terrance O'Brien | For service to the maritime transport industry. |
| Dr Richard John O'Bryan | For service to the community of St Kilda, particularly as a general practitioner. |
| David William Omant | For service to Australian Rules football, and to people with a disability. |
| Gwenllyn Daisy Parry-Jones | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the Wambina Flying Fox Education and Research Centre. |
| Jean Lois Pearce † | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to a range of educational, aged care and medical organisations. |
| Phyllis Marjorie Pearson | For service to music, and to the community of the Nambucca region. |
| Brian Gilbert Pell | For service to conservation and the environment, and to the City of Whitehorse. |
| Virginia Eve Peoples | For service to the community of the Sutherland Shire. |
| Regina Lillian Perton | For service to administrative law and to the community, particularly in the areas of equal opportunity and multiculturalism. |
| Peter Melville Phillips | For service to the community of Ipswich through a range of education, conservation and social welfare organisations. |
| Margarette Danielsen Powell | For service to the community, particularly through the Reynella Historical Committee. |
| Marleen Glenice Pratt | For service to Australian floral art, particularly through a range of executive roles. |
| Shirley Doris Pring | For service to people with a disability. |
| The Reverend Dr Douglas John Purnell | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the community. |
| Mahboba Rawi | For service to international humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. |
| Philip Ivan Rees | For service to music through the Central Coast Philharmonia Choir. |
| Nancy Dawn Reid | For service to people with a visual impairment through Guide Dogs Victoria, and to the community. |
| Noel James Reid | For service to the community of the Queanbeyan area through church and social welfare organisations. |
| Trevor Vern Reid | For service to the community through the Brass Band movement. |
| Kevin Lawrence Richards | For service to the community of St Helens, and to sporting organisations. |
| Janice Mary Rickards | For service to the library and information sciences, and to education. |
| Lorna Jane Rickert | For service to the community of Nobby, and to the Sister Kenny Memorial Fund. |
| Edwina Anne Ridgway | For service to the community, particularly through the University of New England. |
| Jon Riordan | For service to young people through volunteer and fundraising roles with Variety, the Children's Charity. |
| Barbara Claire Rix | For service to people with a disability, particularly through the Amelia Rix Foundation and Awards. |
| Mark Lane Robertson | For service to the community through executive roles with charitable organisations, and to the hospitality sector. |
| Vernon Robinson | For service to the community of Geelong. |
| Pauline Rockman | For service to the community, particularly through the Jewish Holocaust Centre. |
| For service to the media as a radio broadcaster. |
| Geoffrey Kenneth Rohr | For service to the rural communities of Tooraweenah, Gilgandra and Coonabarabran. |
| Dr Kenneth Norman Ross | For service to educational planning through a range of technical and project management roles. |
| James Steenson Rush | For service to the community through a range of social welfare organisations. |
| John Sydney Ryan | For service to sport in Western Australia. |
| Roderic Leslie Saal | For service to primary industry, and to the rural community of Queensland. |
| Dr Luis Sánchez-Cuñat | For service to education, and to Iberian and Latin American studies. |
| Ian Charles Sauer | For service to natural resource management in Tasmania, particularly through Landcare. |
| Judith Elizabeth Scarrott | For service to the community of the Bendigo region. |
| Conrad John Schlenk | For service to the Lutheran Church of Australia, and to the community. |
| Elsie Myra Seguss | For service to the performing arts as a teacher of dance. |
| Jessie Catherine Serle | For service to heritage conservation as an author and advocate and through advisory roles for the preservation and restoration of historic properties. |
| Nichole Sexton | For service to the community of Exmouth. |
| Brian Marshall Sharp | For service to local government, and to the community of the Murray Shire. |
| Anabel Viva Shears Carter | For service to the wine industry, and to education. |
| Ethel May Shippen | For service to literature through the Society of Women Writers, South Australia. |
| Raymond George Singer | For service to the community of Robina. |
| Toula Singer | For service to the community of Robina. |
| Michael Desmond Sinnott | For service to the community of the Maffra region, particularly through the fire and emergency management sector. |
| Edgar Eli Small | For service to pharmacy, and to the community. |
| John William Small | For service to business and commerce, particularly through professional defence sector organisations. |
| Brian Herbert Smith | For service to the community of the Rockhampton region. |
| Christopher Robin Smith | For service to the community of Rockhampton. |
| Denis Lynn Smith | For service to the community, particularly through the Lane Cove Historical Society. |
| June Evelyn Smith | For service to the community of Manly through a range of social welfare organisations. |
| Rex Smith | For service to local government, and to the community of the Roma region. |
| Trevor Donald Smith RFD | For service to youth through the Australian Army Cadets, and to charitable organisations in the Northern Territory. |
| Wayne William Smith | For service to youth, particularly through the Australian Navy Cadets. |
| Barry Smorgon | For service to the community, particularly through Maccabi Australia, and to business. |
| James Edward Sprice | For service to veterans and their families through the Liverpool Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Duncan Alexander Stewart | For service to the community of Yeppoon, and to pharmacy. |
| Edna Dorothy Stewart | For service to the community through volunteer roles with social welfare and women's organisations. |
| Alan Storr | For service to the community through the research and documentation of World War II RAAF service personnel. |
| John Straskye | For service to the community, particularly through the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Association. |
| Dr William Charles Summerfield | For service to education, particularly in the field of mathematics. |
| Warwick Blair Tainton | For service to the community through the preservation of Australia's aviation and outback history. |
| Barbara Lesley Thomas | For service to the community, and through volunteer roles with the Cancer Council of Victoria. |
| Joyce Gordon Thomas | For service to veterans through the Returned Ex-Servicewomen's Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Hiskelina Thorpe | For service to international humanitarian aid through the provision of volunteer nursing services in developing countries. |
| Cheryl Elizabeth Threadgold | For service to the performing arts, particularly through the Mordialloc Light Opera Company, and to the community. |
| Raymond Todd | For service to philately. |
| Neville Robert Tomkins | For service to the community, particularly through leadership roles in the Scouting movement. |
| Patricia Faye Toop | For service to the community of Williamstown through heritage, maritime and social welfare organisations. |
| Wendy Anne Thorr | For service to people with a disability through the Riding for the Disabled Association, New South Wales |
| Janet Anne Trengove | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the community. |
| Tevita Hala Tupou | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the community of Yirrkala Dhanbul. |
| Lynne Uptin | For service to arts administration in Tasmania. |
| Ivan Visontay | For service to the community, particularly through the Courage to Care program of B'nai B'rith Australia. |
| Colleen Patricia Wadley | For service to the community of Homebush - Strathfield. |
| Leigh David Wallace | For service to the community, particularly through the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation. |
| Rupert William Wallace | For service to aged persons, and to the community. |
| Thomas Graham Wallace | For service to the community, particularly through the provision of pro-bono financial services for a range of organisations. |
| Noel Robert Waters | For service to music as an administrator, and to the community. |
| Malcolm Reginald Webster | For service to the community through charitable and ex-service organisations. |
| Robert John Webster | For service to cricket, particularly in the Shoalhaven area. |
| Wallace Frederick Webster | For service to the community of Wentworthville, particularly through a range of sporting organisations. |
| Morris John White | For service to people with a hearing impairment, and to the community of the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Richard Whittingham White | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. |
| Lynette Anne Whittingham | For service to people with a disability through a range of health care, educational, advisory and leadership roles. |
| Thusnelda Williams | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the Lansdowne Nature Reserve. |
| Trevor Williams | For service to volleyball. |
| For service to veterans, particularly through the Royal Australian Signals Association (Tasmania). |
| Cecily Mary Wood | For service to music, and to the Society of Recorder Players of South Australia. |
| Leonard Gordon Woodley | For service to the community, and to the book industry. |
| Harvey Ross Worth | For service to aged care, and to the community of Bankstown. |
| Gwendoline Louise Wright † | For service to aged persons in the Kiama area, and to the community. |
| Vivian Parker Wright | For service to aged persons in the Kiama area, and to the community. |
| Heather Ida Yarker | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary International. |
| Jason S. L. Yeap | For service to the arts, particularly through the National Gallery of Victoria, and to the community. |
| Dr Arthur John Yencken | For service to science, particularly in the research and development fields, and to agri-business. |
| Dr Peter Tiong-Yong Yeoh | For service to business, particularly through the Australian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and to the community of Queensland. |
| Wilson Younan | For service to the Assyrian community in Australia, particularly as a broadcaster and journalist. |
| John Selwyn Young | For service to the community through roles with a range of charitable organisations. |
| Valerie Beatrice Zwart | For service to the community of Mapleton, and to horticulture. | |
