| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
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| June Patricia Adams | For service to the community of the Tumut Shire | [1] |
| Sister Josephine Mary Agnew | For service to nursing, particularly through the Mater Private Hospital |
| John Anagnostou | For service to the Greek community and to veterans through the Greek Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Carmelita Bestil Anderson | For service to women's lawn bowls |
| June May Angus | For service to the community through the NSW Branch of the Presbyterian Women's Association |
| Henri Walter Aram | For service to the community and to improving public awareness and understanding of the principles of finance and investment |
| Haneef Badrudeen | For service to Australian Asian relations through the Sri Lankan and Indian communities, and for services to the Australian Muslim community |
| Dolores Ball | For service to the community as founder of the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Support Group |
| Phyllis Margaret Bannan | For service to the care and support of people with intellectual disabilities in South Australia |
| Roy Charles Barber | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the POW Association and the TPI Association in Tasmania |
| Barbara May Barnes | For service to the community and to youth through the Bankstown Youth Foundation |
| Margaret Clare Barrie | For service to youth through Guides Australia |
| Charles Robertson Barton | For service to the promotion of Australian classical composers and performers as programmer, on-air presenter and producer |
| Reuben Roy Basham | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Peter Francis Batey | For service to the arts as a producer and director, and to the community |
| Reginald Ryan Baxter | For service to the Lismore community, particularly through sporting groups and local government |
| Janet Alison Beckman | For service to the community, particularly through library services and animal welfare |
| Christine Elizabeth Berry | For service to animal welfare, particularly through the Donkey Society of New South Wales |
| Kaye Lesley Birkbeck | For service to the welfare of children as a foster parent |
| Emma Marie Blackhurst | For service to the community of Dunsborough |
| Dr John (Hans) Bollig | For service to the community, particularly in the areas of aged care and youth development |
| Walter Spencer Bough | For service to the community of Cheltenham |
| Councillor Sylvia Janet Brandenburg | For service to local government, to regional development, and to the community of the Lake Grace district |
| Janine Minna Bravery | For service to the visual arts |
| William Brown | For service to the community through the Victorian State Emergency Service |
| Dr Anthony Roland Buhagiar | For service to medicine in the field of general practice, and to the Maltese community |
| Arthur William Bullen | For service to youth, particularly through scouting and junior rugby union football |
| Dianne Marie Burge | For service to community health, particularly through the Arthritis Foundation of South Australia |
| George Alfred Burne | For service to the Australian film industry as a cinematographer |
| Jack Butcher | For service to the community through brass bands and choirs |
| Doris Marjorie Byrne | For service to the community of Allora and district |
| Michael John Byrnes | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Ronald John Cahill | For service to the community through charitable organisations, and to the law |
| Dr Robert Norman Castle | For service to the community of Stawell as a general practitioner |
| Clifford Ernest Chamberlain | For service to the community of Albury-Wodonga and to the preservation of local history |
| Richard Thomas Chant | For service to the community of North Queensland as a sports commentator |
| Kevin Chapman | For service to the media as a parliamentary broadcaster, and to the community |
| Russell William Clark | For service to the community through the Port Fairy Folk Festival, and to local government |
| Dr Miles De Courcy Clarke | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance |
| Alice Lillian Coleman | For service to the community of the Atherton Tablelands |
| Dr Stephen Clive Cox | For service to oral health programmes through the United Mission to Nepal |
| June Alison Craw | For service to arts administration through the Queensland Theatre Company |
| Elizabeth Martin Crichton | For service to the community of Nyngan |
| Aldo Arthur Crotti | For service to the community as a philanthropist |
| Charles Lawrence Curley | For service to charitable organisations within Australia and overseas |
| Gary John Cuthbert | For service to youth through sport |
| Captain Jack Kenneth Davenport | For service to aviation safety |
| Richard Hasse Davis | For service to tourism, particularly through the Caravan Parks Association of South Australia |
| Elizabeth Mary Davis | For service to the community, particularly through the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
| Aris Egbertus de Jong | For service to conservation, to environmental education, and to entomology |
| Selby Verdon Dean, DCM | For service to local government and to the community |
| Lynda Susan Dean | For service to the tea tree industry and to the community |
| Kevin John Dent | For service to the community, particularly through the New South Wales State Emergency Service |
| Roslyn Marion Derrett | For service to regional cultural development and to tourism |
| Maurice George Dick | For service to veterans and their families through the Limbless Soldiers’ Association of Australia |
| Donald Charles Dickson | For service to veterans, and to the community of Brunswick Heads |
| Joan Ffoukes Doney | For service to the conservation of Australian native plants |
| Dorothy Marion Douglas | For service to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army and St John Ambulance and various fundraising activities |
| James William Dryden | For service to youth through the Scout Association and Guides Australia |
| Douglas George Dufty | For service to marine rescue and boating safety |
| William Henry Dunn | For service to the Penrith community |
| Henry William Dunn | For services to the community and to veterans |
| Dr Arthur James Dyer | For service to amateur theatre |
| Dr Bruce Berkeley Edelman | For service to the community and to local government |
| Alfred William Eden | For service to the communities of Portarlington and the Bellarine Peninsula |
| Bruce William Edmunds | For service to sailing |
| Stanley John Edwards | For service to the community of Dunsborough |
| Angelo Efstathis, CBE | For service to the community as a philanthropist |
| Ronald Charles Ellis | For service to the Australian Red Cross Society, particularly through the development of fundraising services |
| Dr Ernest Bert England | For service to community health, particularly through the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund |
| Francis Campbell Evans | For service to the community of Cessnock, particularly through scouting and the Lions Club |
| Miles Farmer | For service to people with disabilities through the Riding for the Disabled Association |
| Elaine Kaye Farmer | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Graeme Arthur Ferguson | For service to people with visual impairments |
| Gunhilde Leopoldine Ferris | For service to classical dance as a teacher and performer |
| Henry Leslie Firth | For service to motor racing as a driver, team manager and engineer |
| Helen Elizabeth Fletcher | For service to people with disabilities through the Aid and Recreation Association for the Disabled |
| Ruth Ann Fletcher | For service to youth through Guides Australia |
| Olive Jacqueline Jean Fowler | For service to the community of Camden |
| Michael William Fraser | For service to local government and to the community |
| Walter Robert Freeman | For service to the community through establishing Probus Clubs, particularly in the Central North Coast Region |
| John Edward Frost | For service to the performing arts |
| Kenneth Frederick Gardiner | For service to the welfare of veterans and aged people |
| Sidney Milton Garland | For service to the community through the Canterbury Bankstown Leagues Club |
| William Edward Gaynor, RFD | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Dr Laurence Edwin Georgeson | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross |
| Dr Arthur Malcolm Gill | For service to scientific research into bushfires and their effects on the environment |
| Irene Stella Gillard | For service to veterans, and to the performing arts |
| Lyall Leslie Gillespie, ISO | For service to the community, particularly through the research and documentation of the history of the Canberra region |
| Leonard Matthew Gleeson | For service to the grain industry in Western Australia, and to the community |
| Bernie Gold | For service to the Jewish community and to sport through Maccabi Australia |
| Ethel Verna Goodman | For service to the community of Albany, particularly through the preservation and restoration of the National Trust property “Old Farm Strawberry Hill” |
| Lynette Beverley Gray | For service to baton twirling as a coach and administrator |
| Kenneth Donald Green | For service to youth, particularly through the Naval Reserve Cadets |
| Beverley Joy Greet | For service to community health, particularly to women with HIV/AIDS |
| Doris Lillian Gribble | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Clive Mayor Hall | For service to the wool industry and futures trading, and to the community |
| Reverend Dr Allen Harry Hall | For service to bilingual education programmes and the translation of Aboriginal languages |
| Lady April Felicity Hamer | For service to the community through charitable organisations |
| Harry Ronald Harborne | For service to the community of Moree |
| Warren James Harris | For service to the community of Burnie, particularly through the Lions Club |
| Clive Andrew Hartcher | For service to the paint industry through the development of polymers and coatings for specific industrial use |
| Barbara Jean Hebden | For service to the promotion of music and the performing arts in Queensland |
| James Haig Henderson | For service to former members of No 10 Repair and Salvage Unit and their families |
| Michael Conway Hendrikson | For service to the craft of wheelwrighting |
| Michael John Hennessey | For service to the community, particularly through the Granville Train Disaster Memorial Committee |
| Norman Hibbert | For service as a fundraiser and supporter of community and charitable organisations |
| Robert Martin Hitchcock | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly as coach of the Australian Rugby Union Women's team |
| June Ellen Holdsworth | For service to the community of Camden |
| Richard Alan Holland | For service to community health, particularly as a carer for people with HIV/AIDS |
| Jessica Millicent Horder | For service to people with disabilities through Riding for the Disabled |
| Sister Mary Alphonsus Horgan | For service to music education |
| John Edward Hughes, APM | For service to the community |
| Stanley Hunt | For service to the Chinese community |
| Reverend Richard Warwick Hurford | For service to the Grafton community through the Anglican Church |
| James Husband, BEM | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Association |
| John Williss Hutchinson | For service to the wool industry, particularly as a shearing instructor and coordinator of training |
| Dr Elizabeth Rae Jane | For service to medicine in the field of general practice, and to the community through Soroptimist International |
| John William Johnston | For service to the community of Scone |
| Alwynne Beryl Jona | For service to the community through the Victorian Association for the Blind |
| Elaine Jones | For service to the community of Narrabri |
| Wlodzimierz Anthony Jucha | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Polish Ex-Servicemen's Association and the 8th Battalion Association |
| Despina Kalaf | For service to the Greek community |
| John Maxwell Kidd | For service to the community, particularly youth, and to Rugby Union football |
| Susanne Gay King | For service to squash |
| Dr Robert Peter Knight | For service to the development of veterinary services in the community of Terang and Noorat |
| Matti Allan Kolkka | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Maria Krupska | For service to the Polish community |
| Leonard Bruce Kubbere | For service to the community and to tourism through the establishment of the Featherdale Wildlife Park |
| Esme Lane | For service to youth through the scouting movement |
| Harold Murray Lang | For service to local government and to the community |
| John Harold Albert Lang | For service to the community through charitable and service organisations |
| Kevin Raymond Langdon | For service to the community through the Motor Neurone Disease Association of New South Wales |
| Betty Irene Lawrence | For service to the community of Red Cliffs |
| Sylvia May Le Marquand | For service to youth through Guides Australia, and to the community |
| Claire Elizabeth Lee | For service to the St Mary's Polio Rehabilitation Centre in Andra Pradesh, India, as a missionary and physiotherapist |
| Philip Leong | For service to the community of Townsville |
| Basil Richard Lewers | For service to recreational and sport fishing |
| David Barton Lewis | For service to Rugby Union football |
| Robert Alfred Little | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Malcolm David Little | For service to the community |
| Malcolm Reid Lobsey | For service to the community and to local government |
| Jack Kingsley Looney | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Dr Peter Robin Macneil | For service to rural medicine, and to community health |
| John Richard Maidment | For service to Australia's cultural heritage through the Organ Historical Trust of Australia |
| Tamara Makeev | For service to the Russian Orthodox community, and to the Ethnic Communities Council of the ACT |
| Marie Amy Manning | For service to the development of community information services in South Australia |
| Adrian Edward Mannix | For service to the communities of Drysdale and the Bellarine Peninsula |
| Stephen John Mason | For service to veterans as editor of the Australian Special Wireless Group Association newsletter |
| Linda Doone Mayne | For service to people with disabilities through the Sunshine Welfare and Remedial Association |
| John Anthony McAuliffe | For service to junior surf lifesaving, and to lawn tennis |
| George McBride | For service to the community through the Lions Club and Meals on Wheels |
| Bettine Patricia McCaughan | For service to the arts, particularly as a teacher of voice |
| Ronald David McClure | For service to the sugar cane industry, particularly in the Mackay region |
| Craig John McDermott | For service to cricket and to the community |
| Bevan John McDonald | For service to the community through the Salvation Army and Rotary |
| Albert Louis McDonell | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Graeme McGee | For service to the community, particularly through Fire and Emergency Services, and to competitive long bore shooting events |
| Shauna Fogarty McGilvray | For service to the community through the Graffiti Alert Project and the Legal Arts Crew |
| Annette Jean McGuiness | For service to community health, and to the welfare of the people of Wedge Island |
| Cleveland John (Toby) McLeish | For service to the community, particularly as bandmaster of the Cowra Band |
| Roslyn Anne McLeod | For service to the tourism industry, particularly through the promotion of Australian venues and facilities for conferences and meetings |
| Roy Anthony Peter Medich | For service to the community through fund raising |
| Robert John Meehan | For service to Vietnam veterans and to the preservation of military history |
| Giuseppe Gianfranco Merizzi | For service to the Italian community |
| Robert John Middleton | For service to lawn bowls |
| William George Dyer Middleton | For service to conservation and the environment, and to land management |
| Graeme Allan Millar | For service to the community of Gisborne |
| John Antill Millett | For service to literature as editor of Poetry Australia |
| Elizabeth Milnes | For service to pioneering and facilitating the development and infrastructure of Alice Springs |
| Ethel May Mitchell | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia (Victorian Synod) and to the community |
| Warren John Mitchell | For service to surf lifesaving through the development and introduction of the inflatable rescue boat (IRB) |
| Eric George Molyneux | For service to veterans, particularly through the 2/43rd Battalion Association and the 10th Field Regiment Association |
| Olive Marie Mulholland | For service to the community through welfare organisations of the Catholic Church |
| Jean Estelle Neilson | For service to secondary education through the development of innovative programmes for girls, and to the community |
| Gwendoline Newitt | For service to the community of Sorrell |
| Stanley Alfred Newman | For service to the community, particularly through arts organisations, and to local government |
| Jack Thomas Newman | For service to the community through the St Giles Society, and to architecture |
| Ann Elizabeth Nichol | For service to aged care and to community health organisations |
| Edna Louie Florence Norton-Baker | For service to the community as a fundraiser |
| John Charles O'Donnell | For service to the performing arts, particularly through the Cairns Choral Society and the North Queensland Eisteddfod Council |
| Richard Quin O'Neill | For service to the community, particularly through the Murgon Local Ambulance Committee |
| Alma Doris O'Rourke | For service to nursing, particularly aged care |
| Joseph Thaddeus O'Sullivan, OBE | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian-Irish Heritage Association, the Perth Centre of International Pen and the W B Yeats Society |
| Jillian Anne Munro Nivison Oppenheimer | For service to heritage conservation and the environment, particularly through the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) |
| Kenneth Paul Owens | For service to the community of Redhead |
| Daniel William Page | For service to the community of Blanchetown |
| Thelma Ann Parish | For service to the community, particularly to children with intellectual disabilities and their families |
| Albert Graham Parish | For service to the community, particularly to children with intellectual disabilities and their families |
| Frank Passalaqua | For service to the community of Guildford |
| Raymond Passmore | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Henry John Paternoster | For service to cricket and to the community |
| Francis William Pengelly | For service to lawn bowls and to the community |
| Rosemary Jean Penn | For service to visually impaired people, particularly through the South Australian Blind Cricket Club |
| Ann Penny | For service to ex-servicewomen and to the community |
| Shirley Dawn Penny | For service to the community of Mildura and district |
| Brian Neville Phemister | For service to the community through the New South Wales Retired Commissioned Officers’ Association |
| Richard Robert Phillips | For service to the preservation of Australia's military history and heritage |
| Stanley Robert Ping | For service to the community and to local government |
| Sister Camille Poidevine | For service to community health and to music education |
| John Crichton Polack | For service to the community, particularly to aged care |
| The Reverend Joyce Sylvia Polson | For service to the community through the Anglican Church |
| Norman Geoffrey Poulter | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the Speleological Research Group of Western Australia |
| Fofy Prouzos | For service to the Greek community |
| John Adrian Pulbrook | For service to the community of Morawa |
| Colleen Mary Pyne | For service to education, and to the establishment of the North Australia Research Unit |
| Mavis Irene Quartermaine | For service to youth through Guides Australia, and to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society |
| Elaine Phyllis Quickenden | For service to the environment through the Lamington Natural History Association |
| Frederick Ernest Raffo | For service to youth and to veterans |
| Eileen Patricia Redrup | For service to the community through charitable organisations |
| Alan John Rees | For service to youth, particularly through the Australian Services Cadet Scheme |
| Dr Edgar Richard Reid | For service to community medicine as a general practitioner, to veterans and to sporting groups |
| George Percy Reid | For service to the community, particularly through the Coleambally Rescue Service and the Murrumbidgee Shire Bushfire Service |
| Richard David Richmond Rex, BEM | For service to veterans and their families |
| Joy Rice | For service to the community, particularly through the Radar Air Defence Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force Association |
| Lyal Gordon Richardson | For service to local government and to the community |
| Jean Ivy Lucy Roberts | For service to women in South Australia through the National Council of Women and the Churches of Christ |
| The Reverend Father John Brendan Rogers | For service to the community, and to veterans and their families |
| Robert George Romanes | For service to the community through the Recreation Industry Council of Australia |
| Russell Sidney Ronan | For service to the community, particularly through Ballina Tidy Towns and Riding for the Disabled |
| John Duncan Ross | For service to tourism and to charitable organisations |
| Francis Thomas Rowell | For service to veterans |
| Desmond John Rundle | For service to cricket administration |
| Douglas John Rymer | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Mavis Jean Salisbury | For service to the preservation and recording of community history |
| Evelyn Margaret Scott | For service to children with intellectual disabilities, particularly through the ACT Down Syndrome Association |
| Dr Dorothy Scott | For service to the discipline of social welfare through research and education, and to the development of specialist support services in the areas of ante- and post-natal depression and child abuse and neglect |
| Walter Batchelor Scott-Smith | For service to youth through the Scout Association of Australia, and to the community |
| John William Seager | For service to veterans through the New South Wales section of the Naval Association and the Submariners’ Association of Australia |
| Helen Audrey Ray Searle | For service to athletics as a coach, administrator and competitor |
| Christopher Sheed | For service to conservation and to the preservation of old growth forests |
| Donald Herbert Sheffield | For service to the Institute of Municipal Engineering Australia |
| Councillor Anthony John Sheridan | For service to local government |
| Caroline Elisabeth Oswald Simpson | For service to the conservation of Australian heritage |
| Bessie Sledge | For service to conservation and the environment through the Cooleman Ridge Parkcare Group |
| Gwendoline Betty Small | For service to the community, particularly through the Raymond Terrace Ladies’ Bowling Club |
| George Smith | For service to the welfare of veterans through the 7th Australian Division Association and the 2/25th Field Regiment Association |
| Harry Smith | For service to aged people, and to sport |
| Gavin John Staines | For service to music education, particularly through school and community bands |
| Giovanni (John) Stefanelli | For service to the community through business and service organisations |
| Margaret Frances Stevens | For service to the community of Roebourne, particularly through the Pilbara Aboriginal Church |
| David George Stevens | For service to THE COMMUNITY OF ROEBOURNE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PILBARA ABORIGINAL CHURCH. OAM S16 1999 |
| Maxwell Alan Wyndham Stone | For service to the community of Broadmeadows, and to local government |
| Philip Gordon Swan | For service to the community, particularly children, as a Primary School Chaplain |
| Mabel Dowling Taylor | For service to the community of Ballarat |
| Clifford Frank Theilley | For service to cricket through the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association |
| Zillah Helen Thomas | For service to the community of Katanning, particularly through the Good Samaritan Industries |
| Enid Sydney Thompson | For service to the community, particularly through the Schizophrenia Fellowship of Victoria |
| Joseph Thomsen | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Moya Margaret Turner | For service to the community of Penrith |
| Leonard James Turner, MBE | For service to veterans through the Western Australian Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Carole Turner | For service to the community, particularly through the Fairfield Community Aid and Information Service |
| Frank Samuel Van Straten | For service to the performing arts as a historian, museum director and radio broadcaster |
| Walter Rhodes Varley | For service to veterans through the 2/1st Australian Armoured Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron Association |
| Joan Margaret Vaughan | For service to the community, particularly through surf lifesaving |
| Peter Anthony Vodic | For service to the mining industry, and to the community of Broken Hill |
| Dr William Downing Walker | For service to overseas medical aid programmes through Interplast |
| John William Walker | For service to local government and to the community |
| Helen Jean Walker | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Jozef Waclaw Wasiel | For service to the Polish community |
| Agnes Irene Webb | For service to the community, particularly through the United Hospital Auxiliaries |
| Kim West | For service to the community through Life Education Victoria |
| Penelope Jane White | For service to veterans as a physiotherapist |
| Alexander Geoffrey Duckett White | For service to the community through the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation |
| Cynthia Joan Williams | For service to the community of Guyra |
| Mary Louise Willsallen | For service to the sport of carriage driving, particularly through the Equestrian Federation of Australia and the Australian Driving Society |
| Shirley Cameron Wilson | For service to the community, particularly through art organisations |
| Harold Woodward | For service to youth through scouting, and to the community |
| Bryan Åland Woolcock | For service to veterinary science, and to the community |
| Ernest Eric Zillmann | For service to the observation, recording and promotion of Australia's natural history |
