| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
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| Leslie Frederick "Bunny" Abbott | For service to the community of Lithgow, particularly in Rugby League football as a player, coach, referee, official and timekeeper. | [10] |
| Dean Hornall Adams | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the 2/48 Battalion Returned Soldiers Welfare Club. |
| Rosemary Helen Aitken | For service to the community through health and welfare organisations in the Eltham district. |
| Russell Lawrence Aitken | For service to the communities of the Bellarine Peninsula through a range of youth, environmental, local government, emergency service and church groups. |
| James Joseph Altman | For service to the Jewish community and through fostering intercultural understanding. |
| Neil Stanley "Stan" Alves | For service to Australian Rules football as a player, coach and commentator, and to the community as a supporter of charitable organisations. |
| Peter Warner Anderson | For service to the sport of shooting, particularly pistol shooting, in administrative roles and as a coach and technical adviser. |
| Dr Barry John Arnison | For service to education and to the community. |
| Arthur Athans | For service to the Greek community of Western Australia through a range of cultural, charitable and media organisations. |
| Raymond William Averill | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia through a range of pastoral care roles, and to the community. |
| Petrina Roseanne Balmain | For service to the community as a foster carer with Barnardos Australia. |
| Dr Michael Patrick Barbato | For service to medicine in the palliative care field. |
| Graham Robert Battersby | For service to the community of Henley through a range of sporting, service and youth organisations. |
| Dr Arthur "Ray" Beckwith | For service to the Australian wine industry through contributions towards enhancing the quality and efficiency of the winemaking process. |
| Darell Henry Benjamin | For service to the community, particularly through fundraising activities for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. |
| Brian David Beyer | For service to the community of Laura and surrounding areas through a range of health, civic, youth and emergency organisations. |
| Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Charles Bidgood RFD, ED (Retired) | For service to the community, particularly to the Tasmania Police Pipe Band and through a range of ex-service organisations. |
| Ronald Peter Bidwell | For service to business through the establishment of the Australian Sign and Graphics Association, and to the communities of Portland and Fairfield. |
| Yvonne Estelle Bird | For service to the community, particularly through the National Boys Choir of Australia and the Heidelberg Ladies' Probus Club. |
| Lorraine Blackbourn | For service to the performing arts, particularly through a range of teaching and professional development roles in the field of ballet. |
| Dr Andrew Lewis Blair | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of paediatrics and child protection. |
| Beverley Jean Bos | For service to swimming and to the Jewish community. |
| Maria Bouzanis | For service to the community through diabetes public awareness and fundraising activities, particularly in association with the Greek community. |
| Judith Mercia Boyd | For service to nursing and nurse education, particularly in the area of care delivery to sufferers of a mental illness, to their families and to carers. |
| Leonard "Roy" Boyd | For service to athletics as a track and field coach, particularly in the discipline of hurdling, and through a range of professional and amateur sporting organisations. |
| John Joseph Brady | For service to the community of the Geelong region through support for a range of charitable, sporting and social welfare organisations. |
| John Robert "Bob" Broadfoot | For service to the community through leadership roles within the Federation of Community, Sporting and Workers' Clubs, and to the community of West Wallsend. |
| Dr Dennis Brian Brockenshire | For service to water and energy management, to the community of Geelong, and to tertiary education. |
| John William Brooker | For service to veterans, particularly through the First Armoured Regiment Association. |
| Desmond Thomas "Des" Brown | For service to the community of Warrnambool through ex-service and sporting organisations. |
| Raymond John Brown | For service to hockey, particularly in administrative roles. |
| Brian Frederick Baltitude | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Grafton Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Leslie Underwood "Les" Burdett | For service to the turf management industry as a grounds and ovals curator and through contributions to the development of new grasses and soils technology, and to the community. |
| John Frederick Burne | For service to athletics, particularly through a range of executive roles within the Little Athletics Association of New South Wales. |
| Lindsay Joseph Butler | For service to country music as a performer, recording artist and producer. |
| Henry Elworthy Caldwell QFSM | For service to the community of the Clarence Valley region through a range of emergency service, civic and canine organisations. |
| Duguld Campbell Cameron | For service to the Australian beef industry through significant contributions to the establishment of national eating quality standards for beef and through the Australian Lot Feeders Association. |
| Philip Donald Cameron | For service to the community, particularly to the welfare of veterans and their families. |
| Bessie Jean Carr | For service to youth through the Young Women's Christian Association, and to the community, particularly through support for females participating in sport and recreation. |
| Edna May Cartwright | For service to the community through a range of civic, church and service organisations. |
| Ivan Joseph Cash | For service to youth, particularly through the Scouting movement. |
| Darryl James Clare | For service to the community through the Scouting movement and St John Ambulance Australia. |
| Dr Leo Michael Clarebrough | For service to science in the area of metal physics, and to the community through activities supporting youth welfare, aged care, social justice and ecumenical dialogue. |
| John Patrick Clarence | For service to local government and to the community of Cessnock. |
| Anne Hilary Clarke | For service to the environment and education through the monitoring, conservation, planning, rehabilitation and management of urban waterways. |
| Leonard Lloyd Cleal | For service to the community of Goondiwindi, particularly through ex-service, church and social welfare organisations. |
| Frances "Frankie" Cleary | For service to the community of Oakey, particularly youth through the Guiding movement. |
| Dixie Hickman Cole | For service to special education, particularly through the Miranda Public School, and to the community. |
| Aileen Mary Colley | For service to the community, particularly through Meals on Wheels. |
| Kathleen Veronica "Kellie" Collins | For service to local government, and to the community of Blacktown through a range of sporting, charitable and civic organisations. |
| David John Cooper | For service to the community through veterans' organisations, and to the Army Cadet movement. |
| Marie Janice Cornish | For service to women's cricket as a player, coach and administrator, and to the community of Wellington. |
| Kenneth John "Ken" Coventry | For service to local government, particularly the Rural City of Murray Bridge, and to the community through a range of civic, sporting and service groups. |
| Maxwell Cramer | For service to maritime history and to the community of Geraldton. |
| Dr Rosemary Creswell | For service to literature, particularly through the promotion and support of Australian writers. |
| Frederick Cunliffe | For service to the community, particularly as a general practitioner and obstetrician in the Nepean region. |
| Douglas John Curtis | For service to education, particularly through the development of a range of programs and initiatives at Lucindale Area School and Roxby Downs Area School, and to the community. |
| Elizabeth Mary Daly | For service to education in Tasmania, particularly in the areas of early childhood education, language development and policy implementation, and to the community. |
| Barry James Davies | For service to the community through executive roles with the National Heart Foundation of Australia. |
| Stanley Dawson | For service to the community, particularly through Lions Clubs International. |
| Suzanne Judith Denison | For service to nursing as a nurse practitioner, and to the community of the Nundle district. |
| Harry Albert Dibley | For service to the community, particularly through the establishment of support groups for men through the Anglican Church. |
| John Desmond Dillon | For service to the community of Bruny Island, particularly through civic, local government, planning and development groups. |
| Norman Roy Drogemuller | For service to arbitration and mediation, particularly in the areas of architecture and construction, and to the community. |
| Richard James Embelton | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly through the Geelong Veterans' Welfare Centre. |
| Leslie Erdi | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to educational, charitable and Jewish organisations. |
| Beresford Dan Evans | For service to the coal and sugar industries, particularly through the design and manufacture of innovative equipment, and to the community of Ipswich. |
| Dr Harald Falge | For service to young people within the community of Cairns through the provision of support services to those who are homeless. | [11] |
| Cantor Shimon Farkas | For service to the Jewish community, particularly as the Cantor of the Central Synagogue, Sydney. |
| Susan Feller | For service to children with intellectual disabilities, particularly through The Joseph Varga School. |
| Ronald Claude Fisher | For service to the community of Canberra, particularly through the Australia Day in the National Capital Committee. |
| Hugo Fitz-Herbert | For service to country music and to the community. |
| Alexander Geoffrey Floyd | For service to botany, particularly through research and identification of sub-tropical rainforest plants and through support for the North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, and to conservation and environmental education. |
| Dr Choong Khean Foo | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, educator and advocate of traditional Chinese medicine, and to the community. |
| Ross Bernard Fowler | For service to local government, and to the community of Penrith through a range of service and disabled care organisations. |
| John Stirling Fraser | For service to surf lifesaving through a range of executive roles. |
| Christopher "John" Freeman | For service to aviation through the development of safe low flying techniques in the agricultural sector. |
| Dr Samuel Gedor Friedman | For service to the Jewish community through a range of executive, support and fundraising roles, particularly with The Yeshiva Centre. |
| George Paul Friend | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Broadwater Southport, and to veterans. |
| Raffaela Galati-Brown | For service to education and to Indigenous youth as the Principal of Northland Secondary College. |
| John Athol Galloway | For service to the community of Tamworth through a range of youth, service and church organisations. |
| Helen June Genders | For service to the community through fundraising activities with health and service organisations, and to music. |
| Fay Elizabeth Gerard | For service to the community as a fundraiser for a range of organisations, including the Adelaide Appeals Committee. |
| Robert Edwin "Ted" Gillies | For service to the community, particularly through a range of roles with Rotary International. |
| Maureen Louise Gleeson | For service to nursing, particularly through the care of those diagnosed with breast cancer. |
| William Bede Gleeson | For service to the community through music. |
| Tibor Gonczol | For service to the sport of shooting, particularly pistol shooting, in administrative roles and as a judge and coach. |
| Donald Henry Goodsir | For service to the community, particularly through environmental preservation and heritage organisations. |
| Hugh Chapman Grant | For service to the law through the Queensland Law Society, and to the community of Rockhampton. |
| Ian John Grant | For service to surf lifesaving, particularly through the promotion and development of first aid techniques. |
| Bruce William Greenland | For service to health, particularly palliative care, and to the community. |
| Chester Edwin Hallam | For service to veterans and their families through Veterans Support and Advocacy Service Australia. |
| Paul Clement Hammond | For service to the development and promotion of dance, particularly ballet, as a performer, choreographer and teacher. |
| Nicholas John Hampton | For service to the community through a range of charitable organisations supporting people with physical, intellectual and emotional disabilities, and to the music industry. |
| Virginia Marion Hansen | For service to the community through charitable organisations supporting cancer and mental health research. |
| Robyn Jean Hanson | For service to people with disabilities in the field of sport and recreation. |
| Narelle Hargreaves | For service to education, particularly in the areas of child and teacher development and welfare, and through a range of executive roles with professional organisations. |
| Dr Robin Jennifer Harvey | For service to the community through contributions to national classifications standards, and to child psychology and community health. |
| Ronald Leonard Harvey | For service to baseball, particularly as a coach educator and instructor, as a selector and to junior player development. |
| Margaret Peg Harwood | For service to the community of Geeveston through aged care, church and heritage organisations. |
| Ian Conway Hay | For service to the community through the Catholic Church and aged care services in the Canberra region. |
| Margo Hebbard | For service to youth through the Guiding movement, and to the community of Ryde. |
| M'liss Nellandra Henry | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through the provision of equestrian activities for young people, and to the community. |
| Ailsa Rosemary Hill-Ling | For service to the community, particularly through St Ann's College. |
| William Holmes | For service to the community, particularly through the hearing dogs program of Lions Australia. |
| William James Howitt | For service to the community of Narranderra, particularly through the provision of support for people with disabilities and through a range of church, service and educational organisations. |
| Nevin Willard Hughes | For service to health in rural and remote areas through a range of executive and advisory roles, to local government, and to the community. |
| Judith Anne Hunter | For service to veterans and their families through the Naval Association of Australia and the Women's Royal Australian Navy Service. |
| John Charles Hutchinson RFD, ED | For service to the community of the Gippsland region through executive roles with a range of organisations, to tertiary education, and to the energy industry. |
| Donald William Ingram | For service to education, particularly the Mentone Grammar School and through support for professional organisations, and to the community. |
| Dr John Roger James | For service to architecture as a practitioner, educator and historian, particularly as a leading scholar on French Gothic architectural history. |
| Yvonne Gladys Jenkins | For service to the communities of Lithgow and Rydal, particularly through a range of historical, agricultural show and arts bodies. |
| Donald Stewart Johnston | For service to lawn bowls through a range of administrative roles, and to the community. |
| Edward Ernest Johnston | For service to the community of Merredin, particularly as an honorary auditor to a range of local organisations. |
| Leslie William Jones | For service to the community through the Y Service Club of Bendigo. |
| Cyril Kalippa | For service to the development of the community of the Tiwi Islands. |
| Jane Turley Keir | For service to nursing, particularly in the field of palliative care, and to the community of the Walgett Shire and surrounds. |
| David Maxwell Keith | For service to the community of Taralga, particularly through aged care and a range of church, sporting and civic groups. |
| Yvonne Mary Kelley | For service to the preservation of healthcare history in central Queensland, and to the community of Rockhampton. |
| Albert Edward Kellock | For service to the community of Shepparton through a range of roles with service, charitable, social welfare and local government organisations. |
| William Joseph Kelly | For service to the arts as a visual artist, and to urban design. |
| Professor David James Kemp | For service to medical research as a molecular biologist, particularly in the areas of tropical health and infectious diseases, through contributions to Indigenous health and to professional organisations. |
| James Thomas Kennett | For service to the community of Bombala, particularly through organisations that support the welfare of veterans and their families. |
| The Honourable Daniel Eric Kent | For service to the community of the Gippsland district through a range of church, historical and sporting groups, and to the Parliament of Victoria. |
| Ruth MacNeill Kerruish | For service to horticulture as a teacher, author and publisher, particularly in the area of plant protection, and to the community. |
| Ronda Lilian Kimble | For service to netball as a competitor, coach, umpire and administrator. |
| Betty Ann Kitchener | For service to the community through the development of the Mental Health First Aid Program. |
| Dr David Komesaroff | For service to medicine as an anaesthetist, particularly through innovations in the areas of pain relief and resuscitation and the training of rural general practitioners. |
| Joan Ida Kreiser | For service to the community, particularly through a range of local government, fundraising and civic roles in the Mannum area. |
| Rosalie Meredith Kuhlmann | For service to remote education, particularly through support for Indigenous students and children with special needs in the Northern Territory. |
| Dr Arunachalam Lakshmanan | For service to medicine and the community of Holbrook as a general practitioner and through a range of philanthropic activities. |
| Jennifer Stuart Lamb | For service to art as Director of the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, and to the community. |
| David Evatt Landa | For service to the law in New South Wales through judicial and mediation roles, and to the community. |
| Dr Colin Robert Laverty | For service to medicine in the fields of gynaecological cytology and histopathology, particularly through the advancement of cervical screening services in Australia and through developments in establishing the role of the human papillomavirus in the genesis of cervical cancer; and to art, particularly Indigenous art both in Australia and overseas. |
| Nancy Eunice Lawson | For service to the community, particularly through the Moorabbin Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary. |
| Raymond John Leeson | For service to the print media as editor of the Goulburn Post, and to the community. |
| Charlotte Isabell Leung | For service to the community as a social worker in the area of mental health, particularly through management and advisory roles in public and private sector mental health organisations. |
| Geoffrey Robert Levey | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Sunbury Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Melton and District Sub-Branch of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia. |
| Ruth Elaine Lilian | For service to the community, particularly through event management, administrative roles in medical professional bodies and a range of Jewish organisations. |
| Alexander James Lillie | For service to the communities of Lilydale and Mount Evelyn through a range of ex-service, local government and community service organisations. |
| David John Lindh | For service to business, particularly within the resources and energy sectors as a company director, and to equestrian sport. |
| Grahame Robert Lindsay | For service to the Indigenous community of the Nauiya Nambiya region. |
| Sister Elizabeth Little | For service to education in the Northern Territory, particularly through Indigenous staff support roles. |
| Sister Helen Mary Little | For service to education, particularly in the Northern Territory, to religious life through the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and to the community of Darwin. |
| The Reverend Neville "Keith" Little | For service to the community through the development and practice of clinical pastoral education, and to ecumenism. |
| Mark Hugh Lloyd | For service to the tourism and hospitality industry as a contributor to the development of the McLaren Vale region as a premium wine and food tourism destination, as a wine maker, and to the arts. |
| Barry Stewart Lodge | For service to the community through the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. |
| Margaret Ellen "Mandy" Loton | For service to the community through support and fundraising for a range of arts, charitable, cultural and heritage groups. |
| Ian John Lovegreen | For service to the youth, particularly through Volunteers for Isolated Students Education. |
| Vicki Anne Lovegreen |
| Emeritus Professor Harold Roger Lovell | For service to business and commerce through the food and packaging sector, particularly as an advocate for education and training. |
| Jennifer "Kerry" Lovering | For service to the status of women, particularly through the Women's Electoral Lobby. |
| Beverley Helen Lowe | For service to the community through a range of social welfare and disability support organisations. |
| John Lowe | For service to the community through the provision of social welfare services. |
| Patricia Mae Lummis | For service to the community of Gilgandra through a range of social welfare, charitable and sporting organisations. |
| Carolyn Jane Lyons | For service to rural communities, particularly in the area of health and through activities with the Sisters of Charity Outreach. |
| Barbara Eileen McCarthy | For service to the community of Chatswood through business, arts and charitable organisations. | [12] |
| Joyce Olga McCarthy | For service to the community of Illawarra, particularly in the areas of local history and heritage preservation. |
| Glenda Joy McChesney-Clark | For service to the community, particularly through the Council on the Ageing Queensland. |
| Elizabeth Agnes "Aggie" McClutchey | For service to the community of the Taree region, particularly through the development of the Flair Fashion Awards and support for emerging fashion designers. |
| Despa McDonnell | For service to the Greek community through the Castellorizian Ladies Association of Western Australia and a range of historical, sporting and youth organisations. |
| Linda Jane McGillivray | For service to children, particularly through the Guiding movement, to young people with a disability, and to the Uniting Church in Australia. |
| Gregory John McIntyre RFD | For service to people with disabilities, and to public education through the Technical and Further Education sector. |
| Leslie John McIntyre | For service to Rugby League football, particularly as inaugural Chairman of the Canberra Raiders Rugby League Football Club. |
| Sandra "Sandy" McKellar | For service to nursing in the area of cardiac rehabilitation as a clinician and educator and through contributions to professional bodies. |
| Margery McWilliam | For service to women's golf in New South Wales as a referee and administrator. |
| Kenneth Raymond Maguire | For service to young people, particularly through the Scouting movement, and to the community as a philanthropist. |
| Patrick Leslie Maley | For service to the horseracing industry, and to the community of the Bega Valley Shire. |
| Betty Malone | For service to the community through the research and documentation of the history of Prahran and surrounding areas. |
| Peter Mandelj | For service to the Slovenian community, particularly through the Council of Slovenian Organisations of Australia. |
| Janet Elizabeth Marchant | For service to the community, particularly people with a visual impairment, through the provision of print-handicapped radio services. |
| Lina Marrocco | For service to the community, particularly through fundraising roles supporting medical research and educational organisations. |
| Sofia Mastoris | For service to the Greek community in Victoria, particularly through the Pan Hellenic Women's Federation. |
| Robert William Maxwell | For service to the community of Narrogin through a range of aged welfare, local government, civic, and sporting organisations. |
| Major Henry MacDonald May | For service to the community and Australian Defence Force personnel through The Salvation Army. |
| Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" Menzies | For service to the visual arts through the study, preservation and promotion of Asian art in Australia, particularly in curatorial roles at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. |
| Christine Elizabeth Meredith | For service to children with a learning disability and their families, particularly through the Australian Dyspraxia Association. |
| Douglas Charles Miller | For service to the community through a range of amateur photographic and church organisations. |
| Associate Professor Eugen Molodysky | For service to medical education, particularly in the areas of general practice, through clinical teaching, curriculum and professional development and research into cervical cancer prevention. |
| David Moore | For service to agriculture, particularly through the seed and grain industry, and to the community of Gawler. |
| Joan Bridget Moore | For service to the community, particularly through the Queensland Branch of the Australian Pensioners' and Superannuants' League. |
| Robert George Moran | For service to the community through the establishment of the Myeloma Foundation of Australia and support for people with cancer and their families. |
| Annette Morris | For service to international relations through the provision of consular services at the Australian High Commission, Singapore. |
| Lorna Frances Morris | For service to the community of Numurkah, particularly through a range of church and sporting organisations, and to the provision of support services for users of the magistrates court system. |
| Dr Michael John Mullany | For service to the community of Young, particularly in the areas of aged care and disability support. |
| Joyce May Mulligan | For service to the community, particularly through the Trefoil Guild and the Guiding movement. |
| Anita Lucia Narduzzo | For service to community health, particularly through the activities of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Dialysis Support Group. |
| Joel Jacob Nathan | For service to the community through the establishment of organisations to support people with cancer and through the development and training of health and allied care professionals. |
| Marion Jean Neil | For service to the community through organisations providing care for aged people and for children. |
| Marie-Claire Nemec | For service to the community through historical, seniors, civic and aged care organisations in the Cairns area, and to accountancy. |
| John Francis Newnham | For service to the community, particularly in aged care, Australian Red Cross and Lions. |
| James Henry Nichol | For service to the community of Canberra as a volunteer with a range of organisations. |
| Kenneth William Nicholls | For service to the community through the Rotary Australia World Community Service and the Rotary Club of Granville. |
| Peter John Norman | For service to the law, particularly through contributions in the areas of crime prevention, forensic science and offender welfare. |
| Robert Reginald Oatley | For service to Australian Rules football as a coach and as a contributor to the development of younger players. |
| Irene Thelma O'Brien | For service to the community through The Girls' Brigade Victoria, particularly in the Rosanna and West Heidelberg areas. |
| Therese O'Brien | For service to the community of Toowoomba through a range of social welfare services. |
| Sean Leonard O'Mara | For service to the welfare of veterans’ and their families, particularly through the Mackay Veterans Support Group. |
| Jennifer Isobel O'Sullivan | For service to the community as a speech pathologist, particularly to people with hearing impairments and as a contributor to the development of cognitive thinking techniques. |
| Julie Otremba | For service to the community of Yanchep and Two Rocks through a range of civic, welfare, sporting and educational bodies. |
| Fay Catherine Owens | For service to the community of central Queensland through a range of health care, educational, charitable, church and local government organisations. |
| Mary Gemma Pagani | For service to the community, particularly the terminally ill, through the provision of pastoral care. |
| Jeffrey William Parish | For service to the irrigation industry through the development and implementation of water delivery services and through contributions to efficient resource management, and to the community. |
| Stephen William Parish | For service to the publishing industry, particularly through the publication of nature photography. |
| Leslie William Parrott | For service to lawn bowls, particularly through the Newcastle District Bowling Association. |
| Geoffrey Robert Patch | For service to local government through the Crows Nest Shire Council, and to the community. |
| Dr Colin Lindsay Pate | For service to the rural community of Bombala. |
| The Very Reverend Edward Ross Pearsons | For service to the Presbyterian Church of Australia as Moderator-General, and to the community through the provision of pastoral care. |
| Anthony Maxwell Pederick | For service to local government, to business, and to the community through a range of educational, financial and youth organisations. |
| Timothy George Peken | For service to the law, and to the community through a range of executive and voluntary roles with alumni, business and sporting organisations. |
| Helen Blanche Pointon | For service to the community, particularly through roles supporting women's and children's organisations in South Australia. |
| Mavis Lillian Pope | For service to the community, particularly through fundraising activities supporting the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. |
| Kay Evelyn Poustie | For service to the library and information services sector, and to the community through the Zonta International movement and aged welfare. |
| William Kenneth Pride | For service to sailing, particularly the development and promotion of the sport, to Australian Rules football, and to the community of Hobsons Bay. |
| Dr James Morris Purchas | For service to medicine as a general practitioner and anaesthetist in Canberra and Young, and to the community through the recording and documentation of the history of Graduates of the Faculty of Medicine at Sydney University. |
| Dr Douglas Ratcliff | For service to the community, particularly through the delivery of information technology assistance to staff and students of the Albany Creek State School. |
| Elizabeth Anne Paupach | For service to the visual and performing arts, particularly in the areas of education, administration and training. |
| Dr Oliver John Raymond | For service to the Canberra region through a range of community organisations. |
| Colin Campbell Read | For service to the community of Noarlunga through a range of aged welfare, service and local government organisations, and to Technical and Further Education in South Australia. |
| John Morgan Redden | For service to aged care, and to the community of Coonabarabran. |
| Bruno Riccio | For service to the community through philanthropic roles in support of medical research organisations, and to the Italian community. |
| Marion Oribin Rick | For service to the communities of Mission Beach and Innisfail through a range of women's, educational and civic organisations. |
| Hugh "John" Ritchie | For service to the community of Taree, particularly through service groups and surf lifesaving. |
| Pamela Margaret Rivers | For service to people with disabilities, and to the community through a range of civic, church and political organisations. |
| Esther Mary Roadnight | For service to the community of Kalgoorlie and region, particularly through a range of social, business, youth, tourism and cultural organisations, and to local government. |
| Colonel Francis Adrian Roberts (Retired) | For service to veterans in the Australian Capital Territory, particularly through the Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Association. |
| Frank Robinson | For service to the welfare of aged citizens, particularly through the Grey Power Association, and to the community of Gunnedah. |
| Dr Herbert Norman "Herc" Rose | For service to medicine as a general practitioner in the Newcastle area. |
| Alfons Martin Rosenstrauss | For service to medical research though the establishment and management of the Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation. |
| Associate Professor Suzanne Dorothy Rutland | For service to Jewish education and history through a range of higher education development roles and as an author and academic, and to the promotion of interfaith relations. |
| Sister Helen Margaret Ryan | For service to the community, particularly in the field of choral music. |
| Thelma Loraine Ryan | For service to the community of Berrigan through a range of social welfare, church and aged care organisations. |
| Julie Susan Sattler | For service to the personnel recruitment and consulting sectors, and to the community. | [13] |
| Professor Michael Gifford Sawyer | For service to medicine in the field of child and adolescent mental health as a researcher and educator, particularly through contributions to the design of new programs of intervention and through the promotion of community awareness. |
| Kenneth Mark Schneider | For service to the community, particularly young people, through St John Ambulance Australia. |
| Frank Lawrence Scicluna | For service to the Maltese community, particularly through the teaching and preservation of the Maltese language, and to multicultural education. |
| Helen Margaret Scott | For service to local government, particularly through the Australian Local Government Women's Association, and to the community of the Southern Midlands region of Tasmania. |
| Rosemary Elizabeth "Rosie" Scott | For service to the community of Murray Bridge, particularly through the establishment of an employment and training program to support individuals with a disability. |
| Ellen Marjorie Seagrave | For service to the community of Emmaville through a range of health, education and church organisations. |
| Leslie John Searle | For service to natural resource management, to primary industry, and to the community of Ayr. |
| Winnifred Anne "Win" Secombe | For service to the community of Wauchope through a range of health, aged care, women's, church, service and charitable organisations. |
| Clement George Senior | For service to the community of Marion through local government, ex-service and youth organisations. |
| Dr Leo Francis Shanahan | For service to medicine in the field of ophthalmology as a pioneer of new ophthalmic surgical techniques and through the provision of eye care services in the Canberra region and in remote Indigenous communities. |
| Albert Brinsley Sheridan | For service to the community of the Port Stephens region through a range of health, aged care, service and local government organisations. |
| Robert Alan Shirlaw | For service to rowing as a coach, administrator and competitor, and to education. |
| Dr Robert William "Bob" Sillar | For service to medicine, particularly as a practitioner and educator in the field of surgical oncology and melanoma, as a general surgeon and through the provision of humanitarian surgical aid overseas.. |
| Ronald Joseph Skeen | For service to the community through Lions International. |
| The Venerable Peter James Smart | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia through administrative, educational and ministry roles. |
| Adrienne Mary Smith | For service to sports administration, particularly in the area of sport for people with a disability. |
| John Francis "Jack" Smith | For service to the community of Winnaleah through civic, local government, health and sporting organisations. |
| Robert Charles Snedden | For service to conservation and the environment, and to the printing industry. |
| William Breen Sole | For service to education, particularly through contributions to school sport. |
| Peter Melville Speirs | For service to local government, and to the community of Temora. |
| Leonard Spira | For service to music, particularly as a contributor to the early development of opera in Melbourne and through establishing and directing a range of musical groups in Sydney and the Noosa district. |
| Jennifer Staddon | For service to the community through the Scouting movement, particularly youth in remote areas of north west Queensland. |
| Ronald Edward Stafford | For service to the community of the Bega Shire through a range of community organisations. |
| Lorraine "Anne" Steel | For service to the community of Parkes through the establishment of the Elvis Festival and through a range of other community organisations. |
| Robert John Steel |
| Brenda Mary Stewart | For service to the community of Bentleigh through a range of church and charitable organisations. |
| Michael Stewart |
| Dr William Orrock Stewart | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to the community of Lang Lang. |
| Colleen Olive Stock | For service to education in rural and remote areas, particularly through Volunteers for Isolated Students' Education. |
| Margaret "Kay" Strickland | For service to the community, particularly through palliative care support services. |
| Marie Eveline Stubbs | For service to the community through a range of youth, ex-service and other community groups. |
| David Ritchie Summers | For service to the construction industry, particularly in the field of quantity surveying and through leadership of professional bodies. |
| Merilyn Helen Syme | For service to the community, particularly through the Victorian Canine Association. |
| Deborah Eugene Tabart | For service to the conservation, management and protection of koalas and their habitat through the Australian Koala Foundation. |
| Francis Ray Taggart | For service to the community of the Manning Valley, particularly through the promotion of business development in the region. |
| Allan "George" Taylor | For service to the community of Warrnambool, particularly through a range of sporting organisations. |
| Neil Warren Terrill | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly in the Gippsland region, through chemical science education, water conservation and treatment and ecological sustainability. |
| Francis Reginald Thompson | For service to the community through a range of civic, health and local government organisations. |
| Harry Edward Thompson | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia through administrative roles at local and state level, and to the community of Corinda. |
| Ronald Albert Tindall | For service to sport, particularly through the development of football and through the education and development of sports coaches. |
| Leslie Raymond Tobler | For service to the community, particularly through the Construction Industry Drug and Alcohol Foundation and through the Building Trades Group Drug and Alcohol Committee. |
| Dorothea Anne Tom | For service to the community of Parkes through support for a range of charitable, cultural and historical organisations. |
| Michael Robert Torney BM | For service to the community, particularly through the La Trobe University Students' Union, and to tertiary sector professional associations. |
| Dr Kevin Treston | For service to Catholic education, particularly in the areas of leadership, school renewal, teacher and curriculum development and through contributions to theological and pastoral care programs. |
| Brian Kenrick Tucker | For service to the sport of cycling as a coach, administrator and competitor. |
| Valerie Anne Tuckett | For service to nursing, particularly as an administrator and through the promotion of nurse education and professional health services. |
| Tasha Vanos | For service to the Greek community, particularly through the Australasian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association and through the promotion of Hellenic culture and traditions in Australia. |
| David Norman Vendy | For service to local government, and to the community of Ballarat. |
| Katariina Vernham | For service to the community of Port Hedland through a range of local government, Indigenous support and sporting organisations. |
| Trevor Anthony Vincent | For service to athletics as a competitor, administrator and selector and through support for the development of young athletes. |
| Dr Vindigni | For service to community health, particularly through the establishment and provision of a range of voluntary services and training programs for disadvantaged people in the Asian-Pacific through Hands on Health Australia, and as a chiropractor through clinical practice and support for community education programs. |
| Noel Reginald Viney | For service to the community through a range of horticulture, service, surf lifesaving and sporting organisations. |
| Berta Frances von Bibra | For service to the community, particularly through administrative roles with a range of political, legal and medical organisations. |
| Ivan Albert Vonhoff | For service to the Lutheran Church of Australia, to the dairy industry through a range of executive roles, and to the community. |
| Kathleen Anne Waddell | For service to the community as a church organist, choir director and music teacher. |
| Dr Julie Anne Waddy | For service to the community through linguistic and ethnobiological research of Indigenous culture on Groote Eylandt. |
| Paul Vincent Wakim | For service to the community through contributions to a range of migration and multicultural organisations, and to the law. |
| Jeannine Patricia Walsh | For service to the teleservices sector, particularly through the Australian Teleservices Association and in the promotion of industry best practice. |
| Brian Desmond Ward | For service to the community, particularly through a range of executive roles with the Australian Red Cross. |
| Trevor "Phillip" Ward | For service to the community of Ryde through a range of youth, musical, church and educational organisations. |
| Leonard Norman Webb | For service to the film industry, particularly through the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society of New South Wales. |
| Mavis Lillian Webb | For service to the community of Glenorchy through a range of voluntary roles with the Glenorchy Primary School. |
| Dr Cameron Keith Webber | For service to medicine as a general practitioner and as a fundraiser for a range of health organisations, and to education through the Australian National University Medical School. |
| Alasdair Paine Webster | For service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community through Indigenous, educational and service organisations. |
| Primrose Irene Werkmeister | For service to the Sri Lankan community, particularly as a fundraiser for the disadvantaged. |
| Captain Peter William Wertheimer RFD (Retired) | For service to the community, particularly veterans, as convenor of Reserve Forces Day commemorations and through the Defence Reserves Association. |
| Marcel Weyland | For service to the Polish community in Australia and internationally through the preservation and promotion of Polish cultural heritage, particularly literature. |
| Roy Hamilton Whitecross | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly through the Headquarters 8th Division Association, and to the community. |
| Jean Mary Whitla | For service to the community of Wodonga, particularly through local history, youth and media organisations. |
| Neville James Whitley | For service to sport, particularly through administrative roles involving Australian Rules football, to the licensed club industry, and to the community of Geelong. |
| Dr Ubeyasiri Wijeyananda Wickrama | For service to the Sri Lankan community of New South Wales. |
| Monica Wilkinson | For service to medicine, particularly as an audiologist and through the establishment of programs for the screening of hearing and diagnosis of hearing loss in newborn babies. |
| Deidre Ann Williams | For service to the arts as an administrator for a range of arts organisations in South Australia, to the development of arts policy, and through support for youth arts and children's theatre. |
| Maxwell Norman Williams | For service to local government, and to the community through a range of aged care, sporting, emergency service and school organisations. |
| Stephen Paul Williams | For service to football, and to the Greek community. |
| Rosemary Wilson | For service to the Guiding movement, and to the community of West Epping. |
| John Philip Woodruff | For service to the popular music industry, particularly as a manager, promoter and mentor of musical acts. |
| Dr Arthur Frederick Woods | For service to medicine in the field of anaesthetics as a clinician, teacher and examiner, and to the community. |
| Trevor John Wortley | For service to the community, particularly through support for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their families. |
| Berenice Deirdre Wright | For service to the community of Mackay as a local historian and through volunteer roles with health care, church and civic organisations. |
| Barry Hanry Young | For service to the community of Albury through support for a range of youth, service and aged care organisations. |
| Graeme Arthur Young | For service to youth through the development and support of primary school football. |
