| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|
| Panagiota Katholiki Anastasas | For service to the Greek community | [1] [2] |
| Shirley Aldythea Andrews | For service to folklore through the study of Australian traditional social dancing |
| Richard Albert Armitage | For service to vocational education and training in Victoria |
| Frederick Clarence Armstrong | For service to the community, particularly through Maroondah Social Health Centre and the Copelen Child and Family Services |
| Jean Alison Austin | For service to the community |
| Kevin Ashley Bacon | For service to equestrian sport |
| Helen Christina Baker | For service to children and adolescents with psychological disorders and special needs |
| Ivan Baker | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| Basil Anastase Baramilis | For service to the Greek community |
| Wayne James Bennett | For service to the sport of rugby league, particularly as coach of the Brisbane Broncos |
| William Scott Best | For service to the care of the aged |
| John David Bishop | For service to music education, particularly through the South Australian Music Camp Association |
| Edward Richard Webster Blackmore, MBE | For service to the Queensland Blinded Soldier's Association |
| Lavanda Gordon Blakeney | For service to the community |
| Joyce Lillian Blewitt | For service to music education |
| Dr John Frank Boas | For service to sport, particularly as an athletics coach |
| Laima Bogens | For service to the Ethnic Communities Council of South Australia, particularly in the area of aged support services |
| Colin John Bond | For service to motor sport |
| Roy George Bradshaw | For service to the community and local government |
| Donald Gillies Browne, MBE | For service to veterans |
| Ian Sterry Browne | For service to cycling |
| Glenis Beverley Bryan | For service to the hearing impaired |
| Lina Bryans | For service to the arts as a modernist painter |
| Reginald Bryant | For service to the community |
| Beverley Joan Byron | For service to the community |
| Kelvin Pattison Carr | For service to the community, particularly through the Uniting Church and Rotary International |
| Sister Scholastica Josefine Carrillo | For service to the Aboriginal community at Kalumburu Mission |
| Nell Challingsworth | For services to the performing arts in the field of dance |
| Terri Charlesworth | For service to ballet and the teaching of classical dance |
| Shirley Jean Cheshire | For service to women, particularly through the National Council of Women of Victoria and to youth |
| Peter Campbell Church | For service to the promotion of business relations between Australia and the South East Asian region |
| Sister Mary Visitation Cidad | For service to the Aboriginal community at Lakumburu Mission |
| Patricia Clare Clough | For service to the community, particularly through the Catholic Women's League |
| Daniel Albert Cole | For service to veterans |
| Tjikalyi Collins | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| Peter Bertram Colthup | For service to athletics, particularly the Victorian Veteran's Athletic Club |
| Maxwell Gordon Colwell | For service to Australian literature |
| Estelle Wren Cooper | For service to the community, particularly through the Ku-ring-gai Old People's Welfare Association |
| Leslie Gordon Cowie | For service to the sport of rugby league football |
| Vincent Arthur Crow | For service to heritage conservation |
| James Trevor Dagley | For service to the community |
| Judith Ann Dau | For service to the community, particularly the emotional well-being of aged and isolated people |
| Patricia May Davies | For service to local government and to the community |
| Geraldine Rosalie Davis | For service to the sport of target rifle shooting and to the community |
| Donald Francis de San Miguel | For service to local government and to the community |
| Ian Christopher Diehm | For service to the RSPCA, Queensland |
| Kevin Donald | For service to youth |
| Stanley Thomas Downs | For service to the community and local government |
| Patricia Mary Dryden | For service to the Girl Guides Association, Queensland |
| Nigel Adrian Du Pre Chamier | For service to the real estate and property industry |
| Ruth Kathleen Dunbar | For service to music, particularly Australian jazz, and to the community |
| Arthur Chiswell Dutch | For service to the Scout Association of Australia |
| Ninette Clarice Dutton | For service to the community and to the arts as an artist, particularly as an enameller |
| Jill Denise Earner | For service to distance education |
| Ramon Gary Epstein | For service to the sport of weightlifting and to people with physical disabilities |
| The Reverend Father James Michael Esler | For service to the Roman Catholic Church and to theological education |
| Douglas Edward Fahey | For service to industry, particularly the National Plastics and Rubber Industry Training Council |
| Robert Hilson Fisher | For service to entomology, particularly through the conservation of endangered species of butterflies in SA |
| Cyril Flood | For service to the community, particularly through fundraising for charitable organisations |
| Keep Fong | For service to the Chinese community |
| Raymond Patrick Foster | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| Wilton Foster | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| Donald Fraser | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| Max Frost | For service to veterans |
| Joseph Richard Gailey | For service to the community, particularly the welfare of cancer patients |
| Brother Michael Basil Gallagher | For service to education |
| Frank Gardner | For service to driver education and motor sport |
| John Garfield | For service to the community as an entertainer and compere assisting organisations with fundraising |
| Nancy Russell Gemmell | For service to conservation, local history and the community |
| Dr Edward John Giblin | For service to the community |
| Richard James Gill | For service to music education |
| Lyle John Gilligan | For service to the community |
| Brian Robert Golledge | For service to junior soccer |
| Frederick Spencer Grace | For service to the sport of rowing |
| Councillor Peter Graham | For service to local government and to the community |
| Sydney Matthew Grant, DFC | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Elsa Noeline Braham Gray | For service to the community and to local government |
| Irvine Heber Green | For service to community history, particularly through the Doncaster/Templestowe Society |
| Therese Maryann Greenslade | For service to the aged |
| Alexander John Grieve | For service to community music |
| Anne Mcfadden Haines | For service to women, particularly through the War Widows Guild of Australia |
| Barry Richard Halpin | For service to community health and to hospital administration |
| Betty Thelma Handley | For service to scouting and to the Anglican Church of Australia |
| Oriel Ethel Handley | For service to education through Moreton Bay College Wynnum |
| Colin William Harman | For service to the preservation of native orchids and ferns and to the Green Mountains Botanic Gardens |
| Audrey Jean Harris | For service to women's lawn bowls |
| Joseph Wesley Hawkins | For service to the Pony Club movement and to Riding for the Disabled, Wagga Wagga |
| Donald William Hayden | For service to local government and to the community |
| Kenneth William Hayes | For service to farm management and to land regeneration |
| Gwenyth Whitmee Hazelton | For service to the community |
| Henry John Heath, RFD VRD | For service to veterans, particularly through the Naval Association of Queensland |
| Walter Henry Heinz | For service to aged people, to sport and to the Anglican Church of Australia |
| Douglas Ray Henderson | For service to conservation, to sport and to the community |
| Elaine Henry | For service to community health, particularly as Executive Director of the New South Wales Cancer Council |
| Norman Stanley Herold | For service to the West Australian State Emergency Service and to the community |
| William Thomas Hill | For service to the pastoral industry |
| Lancelot Thomas Hogg | For service to accountancy and to the Baptist Union of Queensland |
| Albert Cecil Howard | For service to golf |
| Vera Doreen Humphrey | For service to the Gulgong District Hospital and to the community |
| Nancy Iredale | For service to animal welfare, particularly through the Cat Protection Society of NSW |
| Norman Bambling Jackson | For service to the broadcasting industry and to the community |
| Constance Waratah Jasinskas | For service to the community |
| Ronald Arthur Jenkins | For service to cycling |
| Ruth May Jensen | For service to the emotional and psychological needs of children in hospital through the "Ward Grannies" scheme at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children |
| Oliver Merlyn Jones, ED | For service to the Cambodian people of Western Australia, to sport and to the community |
| William Jules Joris | For service to children, particularly through the Christian Children's Fund of Australia |
| Atunaisa Otutoa Kalamafoni | For service to homeless youth |
| Janice Ann Kelly | For service to the community |
| Richard George Kerr | For service to the Vietnamese community and to business |
| Alison Robyn Kerr-Jones | For service to education and to the community |
| James Sidney Kerrigan | For service to community health |
| Anthony Albert King | For service to arts administration |
| John Ferris Kirkpatrick | For service to the community and to local government |
| Rosetta Kleem | For service to veterans and to ex-servicewomen |
| Brent Peter Lacey | For service to community health, particularly through the Red Ribbon Project |
| George Lakis | For service to the Greek community |
| Erminio Antonio Lamarra | For service to local government and to the community |
| Andrew Alfred Lavers | For service to the community health, as founder of the Alzheimer's Association of Western Australia |
| Myra Jean Law | For service to community music |
| Sylvia Laxton | For service to the Country Women's Association of Queensland |
| Letitia Anne Leach | For service to community service groups, particularly the Australian Red Cross Society |
| Marjorie Leitch | For service to the Gympie State High School and Parents and Citizens Association |
| Patricia Evelyn Lemcke | For service to arts administration |
| Geoffrey Henry Lemcke | For service to arts administration |
| Ronald Hugh Lewis | For service to the community and to the public health system |
| James Francis Logan | For service to the community |
| Dr Thomas Brendan Lynch | For service to medicine |
| Kenneth Forbes Macdonald | For service to Australian rules football |
| Donald George Mackrill | For service to fire and emergency services |
| Patricia Mary Maguire | For service to the Society of St Vincent de Paul |
| Rose Manches | For service to children with physical disabilities |
| John Alexander Martin | For service to emergency services and to local government |
| Peter Addison Masters | For service to youth through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme |
| James Roy Masters | For service to conservation and the environment |
| Allen Joseph Matthews | For service to local government |
| Dorothy May McCallum | For service to the community |
| William Watson McColl | For service to the promotion of the Australian entertainment industry and to the media |
| John Albert McCormack | For service to the community and to local government |
| Vivienne Frances McCutcheon | For service to the community in the fields of social welfare, education and health |
| Duncan James McDonald | For service to the community and to local government |
| William Angus McDonald | For service to local government |
| Anthony Michael McGrane | For service to local government, to industry development and to the community |
| Heather McGregor | For service to the protection of women and children subjected to domestic violence |
| Alec Frederick McIntosh | For service to local government and to the community |
| Brother Steven David McLaughlin | For service to education as Principal of St Joseph's College (Nudgee College) and to the community |
| Heather Aida McManis | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance Australia (WA) and to ex-servicewomen |
| Donald Charles McRae | For service to local government and to the community |
| Hugh Ian Millar | For service to aged people |
| Ronald Stanley Moore | For service to the community |
| William (Bill) Moore | For service to aged people |
| Ruby Letitia (Lettie) Morelle | For service to women, particularly through the Queensland Ladies' Bowling Association and the Association of Women's Forum Clubs of Australia |
| Dr John James Morrissey | For service to medicine, particularly through improving standards of health care for women in North Queensland |
| Mary Teresa Muir | For service to the community |
| William Patrick Murphy | For service to the community and to veterans |
| Margaret Stuart Murray | For service to the Girl Guides Association (NSW) |
| Frederick Robert Myles | For service to the community |
| Arthur Leslie Nelson | For service to the community, particularly through the Uniting Church |
| Alexander Fraser Nelson | For service to youth through the Scout Association of Australia |
| Bruce Nelson | For service to veterans |
| Mervyn Stanley Neumann | For service to the community through the Colthup Home for aged people and to the Leichhardt Baptist Kindergarten and Preschool |
| Dr Mary Creighton Nixon | For service to the profession of psychology and to the Australian Psychology Society |
| Donald Francis Orgill | For service to the wool industry as a judge of sheep shearing competitions |
| Alan Clifford Overton | For service to the Parramatta Rugby League Football Club and to the community |
| Ronald Murray Papps | For service to the racing industry as a race commentator and to the community |
| William Edward Peacock | For service to the hairdressing industry and to the development of standards for apprenticeship training |
| Jessie Mildred Peart | For service to the community particularly through the Keilor Road Uniting Church Kindergarten and Orana Family Services Council |
| Lance Arthur Phillips | For service to the Jewish community |
| Dr Edmund John Pickford | For service to the community and to dentistry |
| Myra Jean (Bonnie) Pierce | For service to the community of the Wingecarribee Shire |
| Eunice Wilhelmine Pollock | For service to nursing through the treatment and management of spinal cord injuries |
| Dr David Carington Pope | For service to the community particularly through the Medical Benevolent Association of New South Wales |
| Ian David Purse | For service to the community through the development of youth programs and counselling services |
| Norman Neil Rachinger | For service to people with disabilities through Karingal, Inc. and the Noah's Ark Toy Library (Geelong) |
| Margaret Joan Ramsay | For service to veterans through the Returned and Services League (South Australian Branch) |
| Patrick Gabriel Reid | For service to veterans through the Returned and Services League, Gladesville Sub-Branch, and the Ex-Prisoners War Association (NSW) |
| Pauline Neura Reilly | For service to ornithology |
| David John Rennie | For service to boxing, particularly through the Australian National Boxing Federation |
| Douglas Buist Rennie | For service to soccer |
| Alice Mildred Roach | For service to the community |
| Mary Edith Robson | For service to the Essy Swar Red Cross Kiosk, Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| John Sidney Ross | For service to the tourism and hospitality industry, particularly through the Australian Hotels Association |
| Clarence Silver Rowe | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Edna Eileen Royal | For service to the United Ex-Servicewomen's Association, Rockhampton |
| John Douglas Russell | For service to music, particularly as artistic director of the Barossa Music Festival |
| Helen Florence Russell Sage | For service to early childhood education |
| Claudia Santilli | For service to the Italian community, particularly through the Co As It Ladies Committee |
| Michael Desmond Scanlan | For service to the Sunshine Coast Helicopter Rescue Service and to the community |
| William Gustave Schuberg, Rfd | For service to youth through the Air Training Corps, New South Wales Squadron |
| David Scott | For service to veterans through the Returned and Services League Granville Sub-Branch |
| Heather Janette Scraggs | For service to hockey |
| Barry James Seaman | For service to veterans, particularly through the South East Asian and Korean Veterans' Association |
| Kenneth Girvan Selleck, DFC | For service to veterans particularly through the Returned and Services League Surfers Paradise Sub-Branch |
| Maxine Denise Shaw | For service to nursing in isolated communities |
| Dr Margaret Sheldon | For service to the community through the provision and development of rural health services |
| Athyl Dawn Smith | For service to the performing arts and to the community |
| Joan Smith | For service to charitable organisations |
| Eris Mary Smyth | For service to the community and to the trade union movement |
| Patricia Meria Somerville | For service to tenpin bowling |
| June Ethel Stephenson | For service to the Beaumaris Art Group |
| Roslyn Frances Stewart | For service to the National Trust of Australia, Western Australia |
| Boris Sverdloff | For service to charitable and community organisations |
| Enid Taczewa-Zdanowicz | For service to ballet as principal piano accompanist of the Queensland Ballet |
| Donald McGregor Tanner | For service to youth |
| Gemmel Tassie | For service to medicine and to the community |
| Elwyn Tegel | For service to nursing and to the Uniting Church, Menindee |
| Edward Albert Terry | For service to photography |
| Alan Raymond Tetley | For service to band music and to the community |
| Pantju Thompson | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| Patrick John Toohey | For service to the community and to veterans |
| Lorna Trevella | For service to music |
| Leslie Jack Twentyman | For service to youth as an outreach worker and as founder of the 20th Man Homeless and Kids in Distress Fund |
| Verna Joyce Vaughan | For service to the community through the World Education Fellowship, Queensland Section |
| Allan John Vial, DFC | For service to veterans through the Path Finder Force Association |
| Judith Elizabeth Wadham | For service to the implementation and support of volunteer community service programs in Eltham |
| Mary Catherine Walsh | For service to the community |
| Francis Michael Warrick | For service to the media, to conservation and to the community |
| Patrick John Washington | For service to the offshore diving industry |
| William Arthur Weir | For service to the welfare and support of totally and permanently incapacitated veterans |
| Rosemary Anne West | For service to disadvantaged groups in the community and to journalism |
| Canon James Edward Whild | For service to the community and to St Mark's Anglican Church, Darling Point |
| Gordon Sinclair White | For service to local government and to the community |
| Daisy Kathleen Billie Williams | For service to the community through fundraising for charitable organisations |
| Raynor Alan Williams | For service to the Lord Howe Island community |
| Margaret Dawn Wills | For service to the community through the Incapacitated Servicemen and Women's Association of Australia |
| Sarah Esther Wilson | For service to aged people, particularly through the Aged and Invalid Pensioners' Association of South Australia |
| Jolanta Tomira Wolski | For service to the Polish community |
| Nicholas Xynias, BEM | For service to the community through the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland and the provision of support services to migrants |
| Doris May Yabsley | For service to the community |
| Anatole Zakroczymski | For service to the Russian community |
| Reinis Zusters | For service to the visual arts as a landscape painter |
