2009 Australia Day Honours
The 2009 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2009 by the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce.[1]
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.[2]
† indicates an award given posthumously.
Order of Australia
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lessing Faith Bandler AM | For distinguished service to the community through the advancement of human rights and social justice, and by raising public awareness and understanding of the cultural heritage of South Seas Islanders, and to women's issues. | [1][3] |
| The Honourable Kim Christian Beazley AM | For service to the Parliament of Australia through contributions to the development of government policies in relation to defence and international relations, as an advocate for Indigenous people, and to the community. | |
| Marilyn Ann Darling | For service to the development, advancement and growth of visual arts in Australia and internationally, particularly through the National Portrait Gallery, and to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours. |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cheryl Sarah Bart | For service to the economic and cultural development of South Australia through leadership and executive roles, to the community through social welfare organisations, and to sport. | [1][4] |
| Professor Lynda Dent Beazley | For service to medical science, particularly in the field of brain-related research both nationally and internationally, and as a contributor to the development of science policy in Western Australia. | |
| John Anthony Bell AM OBE | For service to the performing arts, nationally and internationally, as an actor and a director, as a supporter of emerging artists, and through a range of educational programs. | |
| Julian W K Burnside QC | For service as a human rights advocate, particularly for refugees and asylum seekers, to the arts as a patron and fundraiser, and to the law. | |
| Emeritus Professor Graeme Wilber Clarke | For service to tertiary education as a leader and academic in the field of classical studies, and through executive and advisory roles with professional bodies. | |
| The Honourable Gregory John Crafter | For service to the Parliament of South Australia, to education policy in the areas of curriculum development and improved opportunities for teachers, and to the community through social welfare and youth organisations. | |
| Professor Brian Michael Crommelin | For service to the law and to legal education, particularly as a tertiary educator and through the development of mining and petroleum law in Australia. | |
| Doctor Ronald Bertram Cullen | For service to public administration in Victoria through the development of innovative management practices and organisational change. | |
| (Frà) Professor Richard Sydney Divall OBE | For service to the performing arts as a conductor, composer and musicologist, through the preservation of Australia's musical heritage and support for young performers, and to the community. | |
| John Brehmer Fairfax AM | For service to the print media industry, particularly the development of news services in rural and remote areas, and to the community through executive roles with agricultural, youth and charitable organisations. | |
| Doctor James Ian Gill | For service to water resource management and administration in Western Australia, to the transport industry, and to education. | |
| His Honour Kevin James Hammond | For service to the law, particularly in relation to criminal trial procedures and corruption investigation through judicial roles, review and administration. | |
| Professor David John Hill AM | For service to public health, particularly through leadership roles in the promotion of cancer awareness and prevention programs. | |
| David John Klingberg AM | For service to the tertiary education sector as a contributor to governance policy, and to commercial and economic development and infrastructure projects. | |
| Professor Pauline Yvonne Ladiges | For service to the advancement of botanical science and research, particularly in the field of taxonomy and plant systematics, and to the conservation of Australian flora and fauna. | |
| John Victor McCarthy | For service to the property and construction industries, particularly through leadership roles in peak bodies, and through promotion of co-operation, research and innovation. | |
| Doctor Brian Anthony McNamee | For service to business and commerce through innovative leadership in the expansion and growth of the Australian bioscience industry, and to the community. | |
| Doctor David Raymond Morgan | For service to the finance sector as a leader in the development of policies affecting the regulation of financial institutions, corporate social responsibility, and economic reform. | |
| The Honourable Ronald Sackville QC | For service to the administration of the Australian judicial system, to the reform of federal and state law, and to legal education. | |
| Laureate Professor Robert William Sanson-Fisher | For service to improving public health outcomes through research and education in the areas of behavioural science, cancer control and Indigenous health. | |
| Jane Louise Schwager | For service to social welfare through leadership roles with a range of organisations and the development of professional programs and standards. | |
| Professor Colin Edward Sullivan | For service to medicine as an innovator in the field of sleep disorders and the development of equipment and treatment practices. | |
| The Honourable Bernard George Teague | For service to the law, particularly through leadership roles with the Law Institute of Victoria, the Parole Board of Victoria and Forensicare, to the judiciary through the development of innovative courtroom practices, and to the community. |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Rear Admiral Davyd Rhys Thomas AM CSC RAN | For distinguished service as Commodore Flotillas, Maritime Commander Australia, Commander Australian Fleet and Commander, Australian Defence College. | [1][5] |
| Army | Major General Ian Bruce Flawith CSC | For distinguished service to the Australian Army in the fields of training and personnel, particularly as Commander 11th Brigade, Assistant Commander of the 1st Division and as Commander of the 2nd Division. | |
| Major General Richard Gary Wilson AM | For distinguished service to the Australian Army in the fields of force structure, personnel training and operations, particularly as Commander Training Command – Army and as the Commander of the 1st Division. |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Reverend Stuart Noel Abrahams | For service to international humanitarian aid through the establishment and administration of the Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. | [1][6][7] |
| Wilton Everett Ainsworth | For service to the community of Newcastle and the Hunter region through a range of infrastructure, business, educational and tourism organisations. | |
| Susan Mary Aldenhoven | For service to dental hygiene as a clinician and educator and through executive roles with professional organisations at state, national and international levels. | |
| Geoffrey David Allen | For service to business, particularly in the area of corporate public affairs, through a range of executive roles with professional organisations, and to the community. | |
| Geoffrey John Atherden | For service to the television industry as a scriptwriter, and to the advancement of writers for performance through executive roles with professional organisations. | |
| Wayne Bartholomew | For service to surfing as a competitor, administrator and mentor, and to the environment through support for a range of coastal conservation groups. | |
| Emeritus Professor Hedley Beare | For service to education at secondary and tertiary levels as an academic and administrator, to policy development, and to a range of professional associations. | |
| Associate Professor Robert J S (Bob) Beeton | For service to the environmental sciences as a researcher and educator and through a range of professional and natural resource management organisations. | |
| Luca Belgiorno-Nettis | For service to the arts and to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours and executive roles. | |
| James Raymond Bourke MG | For service to veterans and their families through the establishment and implementation of ‘Operation Aussies Home’. | |
| John Gillis Broinowski | For service to the community, particularly through the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, and to business. | |
| Doctor Robert Alexander (Alex) Buchanan | For service to food science and technology, particularly through research supporting aid programs in the South East Asia region, and to the community. | |
| Doctor Ian George Cameron | For service to civil engineering, particularly in the area of bridge construction, to dispute resolution, and to professional and community associations. | |
| Ian Leslie Carter | For service to the community, particularly through Anglicare WA and through executive roles in a range of social justice and community organisations. | |
| Bill Gabriel Casimaty | For service to the horticultural industry through the development and implementation of innovative turf construction and management practices and through the development of irrigation schemes, to viticulture, and to the community. | |
| Geoffrey Ross Cattach | For service to the community, particularly through the Children's Leukaemia and Cancer Research Foundation, and to agricultural, health, sporting and historical organisations in the Shire of Harvey. | |
| Professor Jocelyn Valerie Chey | For service to education, particularly in the field of Chinese studies and to fostering the development and promotion of academic and cultural links between Australia and China. | |
| The Honourable Richard Colin Chisholm | For service to the judiciary, to the law and to legal education, particularly in the field of family law and the welfare and rights of children and young people. | |
| Professor Narendranath Jayantha (Naren) Chitty | For service to education, particularly in the field of international communications as a researcher and academic, and to a range of professional associations. | |
| John Patrick Condon | For service to the dairy farming industry, particularly through the implementation of herd improvement initiatives and to a range of industry organisations, and to the community. | |
| Peter Francis Conran | For service to the executive arm of government, particularly through advisory roles and to strategic policy development and implementation, and to intergovernmental relations at both state and federal levels. | |
| Garry Leslie Coombes | For service to the community through St John Ambulance Australia, and to the technical and further education sector in South Australia. | |
| Peter James Corish | For service to agriculture, particularly the cotton industry, through the implementation of innovative farming practices, the development of agricultural and natural resources policies and through a range of industry and related organisations. | |
| Peter Corones | For service to the community of the Gladstone region through a range of local government, transport infrastructure, education, water, economic and industrial development and promotional organisations. | |
| Doctor David Charles Cousins | For service to the community through a range of executive roles contributing to the administration and development of consumer policy and legislation. | |
| Deborah (Debby) Cox | For service to the international community, particularly the conservation, protection, research and care of primates through the Jane Goodall Institute in Uganda and as a contributor to the establishment of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. | |
| The Honourable Justice Keiran Anthony Cullinane | For service to the judiciary and to the law, to the James Cook University, and to the community of north Queensland. | |
| Norman Francis Dalton | For service to engineering, particularly through contributions to the development, construction and commissioning of power stations in Victoria, and to the community, particularly through the Lord Somers Camp and Power House. | |
| Carmel Tyrrell Daveson | For service to the Mackay region through a range of social welfare, education and arts organisations. | |
| Sandra J de Wolf-Gurner | For service to child and family welfare, particularly as a contributor to policy development and service delivery issues affecting families and through Berry Street Victoria. | |
| †Edmund Francis (Tim) Denny DFC and Bar | For service to the essential oil industry, particularly through the development and application of steam distillation technology, and to tourism in Tasmania. | |
| Fiona Naomi Dixon-Thompson | For service to the international community through the establishment and coordination of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children project in Mwandi, Zambia and support for children affected by HIV/AIDS. | |
| Alan Russell Dodge | For service to arts organisations through management, administrative and advisory roles, through the continuing development of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, and to the community. | |
| The Most Reverend Doctor Adrian Leo Doyle | For service to the Catholic Church in Australia and to the community, particularly as Archbishop of Hobart and through Caritas programs supporting international aid to developing countries. | |
| Richard Dumbrell | For service to the development of the Australian oil and gas exploration and drilling industries and to the petroleum engineering profession. | |
| The Reverend Doctor William Howell Edwards | For service to the Indigenous community as an interpreter and through the recording of the languages and culture of the Anangu people of central Australia, to education, and to the Uniting Church in Australia. | |
| Elizabeth Ellis | For service to netball and the encouragement of women in sport, and to the community through support for a range of charitable organisations. | |
| Doctor Elizabeth Anne Farrell | For service to medicine in the field of women's health, particularly obstetrics and gynaecology through research, clinical practice, education and administrative roles and as a contributor to a range of professional organisations. | |
| Malcolm Dascar Garvin | For service to the community through the establishment of Fusion Australia and the development of social welfare programs that support and guide young people, and as a broadcaster and author. | |
| Roger John Gent | For service to medical science in the field of paediatric sonography as a practitioner, educator and researcher, and through the advancement of techniques and facilities aiding the investigation of children's disorders. | |
| Diane Jennifer Grady | For service to business, particularly in the areas of corporate governance and change management with a range of private sector organisations, and as an advocate for the advancement of women in business. | |
| Edward Douglas Graham | For service to the community through leadership roles in the successful search for HMAS Sydney. | |
| Doctor Anthony Knight Gregson | For service to agricultural science, particularly in the areas of agri-biotechnology and grain growing, to national and international research and development organisations through a range of executive roles, and to education. | |
| John Arno Halbert MBE | For service to Australian Rules football administration, to youth development, and to the community, particularly through the Lutheran Church of Australia. | |
| Ronald Ernest Hancock | For service to the finance sector, particularly through the development of the building society industry in Queensland, and to the community of Bundaberg. | |
| Clinical Professor Phillip John Harris | For service to medicine in the field of cardiology as a clinician, administrator and educator, through contributions to professional organisations, and to the community. | |
| David Ernest Hartley | For service to medical science and to the community through the design and development of minimally invasive surgical technology, particularly the intra-aortic stent. | |
| Brian Weir Henderson | For service as a pioneer in the television news and entertainment sectors, and as a mentor to aspiring and established presenters, readers and journalists. | |
| Doctor Patrick Joseph Henry | For service to dentistry as a clinician, researcher and educator contributing to the advancement of implant dental techniques. | |
| Marcia Elaine Hines | For service to the entertainment industry as a performer, judge and mentor, and to the community through a range of charitable organisations. | |
| Timothy James (Tim) Horan | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly as an international representative player, and to the community through promoting awareness of spinal injury prevention and support for youth mentoring organisations. | |
| William James Horman APM | For service to the community through a range of executive roles with crime and injury prevention and anti-violence organisations and raising awareness of responsible gambling. | |
| Professor Graham Leighton Hutchinson | For service to civil engineering, particularly in relation to the structural consequences of earthquakes through research, educational and advisory roles and contributions to professional organisations. | |
| Cynthia Jackson | For service to the arts as a benefactor and supporter of the Museum of Contemporary Art and through programs that encourage young artists. | |
| †Doctor Edward Ashley Jackson | For service to the arts as a benefactor and supporter of the Museum of Contemporary Art and through programs that encourage young artists. | |
| Doctor Michael Robert Jones PSM | For service to medicine in the areas of health services management, accreditation and patient care, particularly with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards and the World Health Organisation. | |
| Didi Ananda Kalika | For service to the welfare of children in Mongolia as the founder and director of the Lotus Children's Centre and through programs to improve child health and educational development. | |
| Professor Warren Merton Kerr | For service to architecture through leadership roles in a range of professional organisations and contributions to the planning and design of major health facilities. | |
| William Frederick Killinger | For service to railway engineering through the construction and development of passenger and freight transport systems in Australia and internationally, to professional organisations, to the mining sector, and to the community. | |
| Sharolyn Margaret Kimmorley | For service to the performing arts as an operatic accompanist, through the tuition and mentoring of young and emerging artists, and to the community. | |
| Annemaree Lanteri | For service to the law, particularly within the family law jurisdiction, to continuing legal education and to professional organisations. | |
| Marion Rose Lê OAM | For service to the community as a human rights advocate, cultural and migration adviser and contributor to the development of refugee programs in the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| Cedric John Lee | For service to the community as a foster parent providing care for short-term pre-adoptive placements and crisis care for babies and children. | |
| Deborah Yvonne Lee | For service to the community as a foster parent providing care for short-term pre-adoptive placements and crisis care for babies and children. | |
| Associate Professor Stephen Lee | For service to medicine in the field of dermatology as a clinician, mentor and educator and through roles with professional organisations. | |
| Clinical Associate Professor Brian Charles McCaughan | For service to medicine in the field of cardiothoracic surgery as a clinician, researcher and educator and through contributions to the delivery of health care services. | |
| Jennifer Sue McConnell | For service to physiotherapy as a practitioner and researcher, particularly through the development of innovative musculoskeletal pain management techniques and treatment. | |
| Doctor Neil Anderson McEwan | For service to music and to the community as an educator, researcher, musicologist and choral conductor and as Director of Music at Christ Church St Laurence in Sydney. | |
| Lesley Lorrelle McFarlane | For service to education, particularly as an advocate for improved learning opportunities for women and girls, through curriculum development and professional organisations. | |
| The Honourable Tony McGrady | For service to the Parliament of Queensland, to the community of Mount Isa through local government roles, and to youth training and development programs. | |
| George Millar McLaughlin | For service to the information technology sector through a range of advisory roles with national and international educational, research and infrastructure organisations, particularly Australia's Academic and Research Network. | |
| Ian James McLean CSC | For service to music as an administrator, director, conductor and musician, particularly through the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, to the promotion and development of the arts, and to the community. | |
| Doctor Toby Leitch McLeay | For service to medicine in rural and remote areas as a practitioner, trainer and mentor and through contributions to health services and programs in Indigenous communities. | |
| John Bernard McLenaghan | For service to the finance and banking industries, particularly in the field of international statistics, and to the promotion of Australian-American relations through academic and financial roles. | |
| Emeritus Professor Alison Gay Mackinnon | For service to education, particularly in the fields of social research and development, as an academic and author, and to the community through roles with history organisations. | |
| Doctor Michael Douglas Mann | For service to international relations through the development and provision of tertiary education opportunities in Vietnam, to educational reform, and as a contributor to philanthropic and humanitarian projects in the East Asia region. | |
| Walter Rinaldo Mariani | For service to the community through the international promotion of Australia as a tourism destination, and to aviation. | |
| †Doctor Raymattja Gandjalala Marika | For service to Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas as an educator, linguist and scholar, through the preservation of Indigenous languages and the promotion of reconciliation and cross-cultural understanding. | |
| Norman Alfred May OAM | For service to the community through promotional and support roles with the Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games Team Appeals and through cultural and seniors' organisations. | |
| Doctor Margaret J Mayston | For service to physiotherapy, particularly the treatment of people with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions using the Bobath method, to research in the area of neuro-rehabilitation, and to education. | |
| Alastair MacDonald Milroy | For service to national crime investigation and prevention, particularly through the Australian Crime Commission, and to the fostering and development of law enforcement and government inter-agency relations and co-operation. | |
| Dorothy Lucy Missingham | For service to international humanitarian aid through contributions to refugee resettlement and migrant assistance programs in South East Asia and Australia, and to the community. | |
| Doctor Lloyd Lewis Morris | For service to medicine in the fields of paediatric and diagnostic radiology as a clinician and educator and through the promotion of improved health services for children. | |
| Robert Douglas Morton | For service to science education, particularly chemistry through curriculum development, as a teacher and mentor and through contributions to educational and scientific organisations. | |
| Michael Woolf Naphtali | For service to the community through executive roles with environmental, sporting, educational and Jewish organisations. | |
| Dawn Marie O'Neil | For service to the community through the development of support services delivered by Lifeline Australia, and to the promotion of reform in the mental health sector. | |
| †Doctor Philip Henry Opas OBE QC | For service to the law through state and federal government review boards and tribunals, as a practitioner, and to the community through a range of charitable, historical and sporting organisations. | |
| Professor Patrick Newport Parkinson | For service to the law and to legal education, particularly in the areas of family and child protection law, as an author, through contributions to policy reform, and to the community. | |
| Marion Isabel Peters | For service to palliative care nursing through the adoption and promotion of advancements in pain and symptom management, through professional associations, and to the community. | |
| The Honourable John Charles Price | For service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community through executive roles with youth, educational, church and broadcasting organisations. | |
| Janine Norton Prior | For service to the community through the child sponsorship programs of Baptist World Aid Australia. | |
| Patricia Marie Ritchie | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to, and support for, medical research, Indigenous education and charitable organisations. | |
| Llewellyn Charles Russell | For service to the shipping and transport logistics industries, to the development and promotion of trade opportunities, and to professional associations. | |
| Doctor Susan Barbara Rutkowski | For service to medicine in the area of spinal cord rehabilitation as a clinician, mentor and researcher, and through contributions to advocacy groups and charitable organisations. | |
| Gary William Sansom | For service to primary industry through the development of sustainable agricultural practices and to the promotion of environmental and bio-security management systems within the chicken meat industry. | |
| David Charles Scarf | For service to the community, particularly through a range of executive and fundraising roles with church and social welfare organisations, and to the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand. | |
| Professor Julianne Schultz | For service to the community as a journalist, writer, editor and academic, to fostering debate on issues affecting society, and to professional ethics and accountability. | |
| Ian John Scotney | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly the development of improved professional standards for referees, as a player and coach and through a range of administrative roles. | |
| Peter John Short | For service to the law as a practitioner, to legal education and the promotion of ethical standards, through contributions to a range of professional organisations, and to the community, particularly people with an intellectual disability. | |
| June Valerie Smith | For service to the promotion of children's literature, particularly through the Children's Book Council of Australia, and as a supporter of emerging authors and illustrators. | |
| Mary Alice Squire | For service to conservation and the environment through the protection and propagation of threatened plant species in semi-arid areas and the promotion of land care. | |
| His Grace the Most Reverend Bishop Peter Edward Stasiuk | For service to religion and to the community as Bishop for the Ukrainian Catholics of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and through contributions to Catholic welfare, counselling and development programs. | |
| Brian John Suters | For service as an architect in the areas of design, education and the preservation of architectural heritage, through professional associations, and to the community. | |
| Professor James Clifford Taylor | For service to tertiary education, particularly in the areas of open learning, on-line and distance education, as an academic, researcher and administrator. | |
| Doctor Graham Adrian Toulmin | For service to international humanitarian aid, particularly through the provision of dental health services and pastoral care to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the community. | |
| Wendy Alison Toulmin | For service to international humanitarian aid, particularly through the provision of dental health services and pastoral care to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the community. | |
| Doctor Caroline Turner | For service to the visual arts through executive roles with the Queensland Art Gallery, to the establishment and fostering of cultural relationships in the Asia-Pacific region, as an academic, and to the community. | |
| †Gregory Lawrence Urwin PSM | For service to international relations through contributions to the promotion of regional co-operation and development as Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum. | |
| Doctor Barbara Julienne Wake | For service to international humanitarian aid through contributions to refugee resettlement and migrant assistance programs in South-East Asia and Australia, and to the community. | |
| Doctor Adrian Charles Walter | For service to the arts, particularly in the area of classical guitar performance and musical composition through the Darwin International Guitar Festival, to music education and as a supporter of emerging performers. | |
| Professor Erich Weigold | For service to the physical sciences through research, education and leadership roles, as an academic and author and to the development of scientific policy in Australia. | |
| Professor Harvey Alick Whiteford | For service to medicine as a leader in mental health reform, the development of national standards of clinical care, professional competence and economic policy. | |
| John Bolton Wood | For service to the performing arts as an operatic baritone, through the tuition and mentoring of emerging young artists, and to the community. | |
| †Klaus Rudolf Zimmer | For service to the visual arts as a master artisan in the area of stained glass design, to education as a teacher and for assisting the development of the studio glass movement in Australia. |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Commodore Timothy William Barrett | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy as Director Naval Officers’ Postings and as the Australian Navy Aviation Force Element Group Commander. | [8] |
| Commodore Peter James Marshall RAN | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy as Commander Australian Navy Patrol Boat Force Element Group, Director General Naval Certification and Safety Agency, Director General Navy Systems Branch and Chief Naval Engineer. | ||
| Captain Philip Spedding DSC, OAM, RAN | For exceptional performance of duty as the Commander, Combined Task Group 158.1 in the North Arabian Gulf on Operation CATALYST. | ||
| Army | Brigadier Nicholas Stephen Bartels | For exceptional service to Australian Army Aviation, particularly as Commandant of the Army Aviation Training Centre and Commander 16th Aviation Brigade. | |
| Brigadier Timothy James Hanna | For exceptional service to the Australian Army as Director Army Personnel Agency – Adelaide, as Commander 9th Brigade and as the Army Area Representative – South Australia. | ||
| Brigadier Donald George Higgins | For exceptional service while deployed on Operation CATALYST, and as a Senior Staff Officer and Deputy Commander within Special Operations Command. | ||
| Major General Craig William Orme CSC | For exceptional service as Director General Personnel Army and as Commander 1st Brigade. | ||
| Brigadier David Henry Saul | For exceptional service as Commander 17th Combat Service Support Brigade, Director Operations Headquarters Joint Logistic Command and Commanding Officer 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion. | ||
| Brigadier Andrew James Smith | For exceptional service as the Commander 7th Brigade, Joint Task Force 636 supporting the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and Joint Task Force 634 supporting the 2007 Asia Pacific Economic Conference. | ||
| Colonel Paul Edwin Straughair | For exceptional service as Director Network Centric Warfare – Army, Royal Australian Signals Head of Corps and Commandant of the Defence Force School of Signals. | ||
| Air Force | Group Captain Alexander Ralph Cato RFD | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve as the Director of Air Force Health Reserves – Personnel, and Senior General Surgeon – deployable surgical elements within the Australian Defence Force. | |
| Warrant Officer John Maddigan | For exceptional service as a Loadmaster with Air Lift Group, Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond and Amberley, and as a member of the C-17A Globemaster Transition Team. | ||
| Air Commodore Margaret Mary Staib CSC | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Defence Force in the field of logistics strategic planning as Director of Logistics Support Agency – Air Force and Director General Strategic Logistics, Joint Logistics Command. | ||
| Wing Commander Richard Greville Trotman-Dickenson | For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force as the Intelligence Commander Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit and as Wing Commander Operations (Information Warfare) at Information Warfare Wing. |
General Division
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Thomas Frederick Acheson | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, through administrative roles with aged-care organisations, and to the community. | [9] |
| Sylvia Munroe Aitken | For service to community welfare, particularly through the Silky Oaks Children's Haven. | |
| Dylan Martin Alcott | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Edward Allen† | For service to the community through Lions International. | |
| Noel Ancell | For service to choral music, particularly through a range of youth choirs as an artistic director, voice tutor and administrator and through the promotion of Australian musical compositions. | |
| Barbara Albine Anderson | For service to rural and regional communities in central Queensland, particularly through support roles with Anglicare for families affected by drought, financial and mental health issues. | |
| Florence Catherine Anderson† | For service to the community of Rochester through a range of service organisations, particularly the Australian Red Cross and the Rochester and District Hospital Auxiliary. | |
| John David Anderson | For service to the community of Rochester through a range of historical, social welfare and sporting organisations. | |
| Shirley Claire Antonio | For service to the community through a range of multicultural organisations and programs and through the promotion and preservation of Polynesian culture. | |
| Dr Rodney Amarasinghe Arambewela | For service to the Sri Lankan community through the development of cultural and educational programs and the promotion of Australia-Sri Lanka business relations. | |
| Margaret Hazel Atkins | For service to the community through a range of children's welfare organisations. | |
| June Diana Bailey† | For service to youth through the Guiding and Scouting movements, and to the community. | |
| Angie Lee Bainbridge | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| June Cecilia Baker | For service to education, and to the community of Parkes. | |
| Raymond Gordon "Ray" Baldwin | For service to veterans and their families through a range of roles with the 2/27th Battalion AIF Ex-Servicemen's Association. | |
| Terry Baldwin | For service to youth in the Northern Territory through the Goanna Park Land Association. | |
| George Hayden Bernard | For service to the community as a contributor to the development and coordination of vision improvement and eye health programs through Lions International. | |
| Bronte Amelia Barratt | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Bernard Michael Barron† | For service to the community of the Grafton region through contributions to a range of youth, sporting and service organisations, particularly Lions International. | |
| James William Beckensall | For service to the community, particularly children through the production and distribution of handmade toys to a range of charitable organisations. | |
| Keith Paul Beecher | For service to the performing arts through administrative roles with a range of organisations, and to the community. | |
| Neil Stanley Bennett | For service to the community of Stawell, particularly through the Country Fire Authority. | |
| Marie Bennetts | For service to surf lifesaving through the Kurrawa Surf Life Saving Club. | |
| Ann Bennison | For service to local government, particularly through the Queensland and Australian Local Government Associations, and to the community. | |
| Dennis Milton Betts | For service to education through teaching and administrative roles, to the development of youth training programs, and to the community of northern Tasmania. | |
| Walter Frederick Bishop | For service to the community through support for a range of charitable organisations, and to the music industry as a manager and promoter. | |
| Donald Alfred Blackam | For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to health, youth and dancesport organisations. | |
| Peter John Blom | For service to Rugby League football, and to the community of Tamworth. | |
| Jane Louise Bode | For service to international relations as a volunteer in the health care sector in Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania. | |
| Myroslaw Boluch | For service to the Ukrainian community, particularly through the financial services sector and to the recording of the history of Ukrainian settlement in Australia. | |
| Jeffrey William Bond | For service to elite athletes and coaches as a leader in the development of sport and performance psychology. | |
| Raymond Helmut "Ray" Borner | For service to basketball as a player at the elite level, as a coach and administrator. | |
| Alfredo Bovier | For service to the community through contributions to the restaurant sector, to the promotion of Italian culture and as a supporter of charitable and arts organisations. | |
| Christopher Loyd Bowen | For service to choral music as a composer, conductor and director, particularly through the Sydney University Graduate Choir, and to music education. | |
| Valerie Ann Bradley | For service to the community of the Orange region, particularly through administrative roles in the aged care sector, and to the Uniting Church in Australia. | |
| Edward Charles Bramble | For service to the law, and to the community of the Sutherland Shire. | |
| Sam Julian Bramham | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Dr Scott Michael Brennan | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| The Reverend Father John Robert Briffa | For service to the community through contributions to the establishment and support of educational and aged care facilities, and to the Catholic church. | |
| Deidre Alison Brown | For service to the community, particularly through the Alumni Association of the University of Queensland. | |
| Garry Keith Brown | For service to education, particularly as Headmaster of Mosman Church of England Preparatory School, and through a range of professional associations. | |
| Mark Brinley Bryant | For service to people with disabilities through The Spastic Centre of New South Wales. | |
| Dr Ian Hugh Bunce RFD, ED | For service to medicine in the field of haematology through clinical and administrative roles, and to the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland. | |
| Albert Louis Bergman | For service to the community of Wagga Wagga through a range of charitable, social welfare, veteran support and service organisations. | |
| Professor Louise Mary Burke | For service to sports nutrition as a dietician and through academic, research and administrative roles. | |
| Dr Christine Mary Bush | For service to the community of Lilydale as a general practitioner and through a range
of health and local development organisations. | |
| Raymond Harvey Buttery | For service to veterans and their families through a range of ex-service and social welfare organisations. | |
| Robyn Elizabeth Byrne | For service to the community of the Inner South and Port Melbourne areas through health care and legal services organisations. | |
| Allan George Byrnes | For service to Rugby League football as a referee, administrator and historian, and to the community of Wollongong. | |
| Shirley Rosabel Caba | For service to the community of Coffs Harbour through social welfare and music programs. | |
| Bonnie Cameron | For service to the community of Barwon Heads through a range of service, sporting and church-related organisations. | |
| George Campbell | For service to the trade union movement through contributions to workplace relations, and to the Australian Labor Party. | |
| Keith William Campbell | For service to veterans, particularly through the Bomber Command Association in Australia, and to the community. | |
| Thomas Mayo Capell | For service to the community of the Parkes region, and to the grain industry. | |
| Antonio Caputo | For service to the Italian community of Sydney through executive and volunteer roles with a range of organisations providing assistance to migrants. | |
| Malcolm John Catford | For service to local government, to health care and arts organisations, and to the community of Jamestown. | |
| Kenneth Burdett Chadwick | For service to the community, particularly through the Sunshine Coast Concert Band. | |
| Norman Joseph Charles | For service to athletics in South Australia, particularly through coaching roles with Little Athletics organisations, and to the community. | |
| Stanley Clarence Chilcott | For service to children and families through the establishment of the Temcare family support program. | |
| David John Christie | For service to veterans and their families through a range of ex-service organisations, and to the community of Goodna. | |
| Keith Joseph Clarke | For service to the Indigenous community through contributions to housing, employment and education. | |
| Patrick William Clements | For service to the community of West Tamar through support for a range of ex-service, sporting and agricultural show organisations. | |
| Adjunct Professor David Vincent Cody | For service to medicine, particularly in the fields of cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. | |
| Michael Colrain | For service to the performing arts as a musician, and to the community as a fundraiser and supporter of charitable organisations. | |
| Dr Martin Milton Comte | For service to music and arts education through teaching and administrative roles, and to professional organisations. | |
| Bruce Leo Conway | For service to the community through the provision of voluntary accountancy services to sporting, church and veterans’ organisations. | |
| Dr Bruce Alexander Cook | For service to education, particularly as Headmaster of The Southport School. | |
| Norma Frances Cooper | For service to the community of the Manly area through church, charitable and social welfare organisations. | |
| June Copeley | For service to local government, to sporting organisations, and to the community of Balga. | |
| Dr Bernard John Cormie | For service to the community as a general practitioner and through student support programs. | |
| William Jean Corneloup | For service to the French community of South Australia, particularly ex-service personnel, and to Australia-France relations. | |
| Gayle Corr | For service to the community of Arthurs Creek through contributions to emergency service, environmental and cultural organisations. | |
| Leonie Frederica Courtney-Bennett† | For service to people with a vision impairment through the Association for the Blind of Western Australia and as a teacher of Braille. | |
| Janet Isobel Cowles | For service to the communities of Ballarat and St Arnaud, particularly through the establishment and development of the Sovereign Hill historical village. | |
| William Bennett Crawford | For service to the community of the Bathurst region through a range of roles with local government and service organisations. | |
| David William Crawshay | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Sister May "Cecilia" Creigh | For service to people with a hearing impairment through advocacy, training and leadership roles, and to the Catholic church. | |
| Vera Lilian Crook | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance Australia in Queensland. | |
| Clive Robertson Crouch | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly as a supporter of projects to protect the fauna and native vegetation of the Wimmera and Mallee regions of western Victoria. | |
| Roger Geoffrey Cundell | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community through a range of service, nature conservation, and heritage organisations. | |
| George Edward Curphey | For service to the community through the administration of the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation. | |
| Harvey William Cuthill | For service to pharmacy through the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, and to the community of Launceston through service, health and sporting organisations. | |
| Dr Farvardin Daliri | For service to the community of north Queensland, particularly through roles with multicultural organisations and events. | |
| Lara Shiree Davenport | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Patricia Ann Davey | For service to the community, particularly as a foster parent. | |
| Raymond Kevin Davey | ||
| Edward George Davidson | For service to the community of Townsville, particularly through Rotary International and as a contributor to programs assisting youth at risk. | |
| Ronald Christopher Davidson | For service to education, particularly to people with special needs, through the Specific Learning Difficulties Association, Victoria. | |
| Melville John "Mel" Davies | For service to the community in the fields of mining history and veterans’ cycling. | |
| Graeme Ross Davis | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Deloraine and through a range of arts organisations. | |
| Susan Claire Daw | For service to people with a hearing impairment through teaching, training and executive roles with Better Hearing Australia. | |
| Elissa Hilary Demeny | For service to people with a disability, particularly through Manly Sailability. | |
| John Milne Dibben | For service to the community of Adelaide through a range of church, social welfare and disability organisations. | |
| Ronald "Glen" Dix | For service to motorsport, particularly the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, and to the community through Camp Quality. | |
| Victor Alan Doig | For service to surf lifesaving through the promotion of new resuscitation methods, and to engineering. | |
| Joseph "Denis" Donnelly | For service to education as a teacher and contributor to school sports. | |
| Arthur John Douglas | For service to aviation as a pilot, instructor and contributor to a range of industry bodies, and to the community. | |
| James George Douglas | For service to people with a hearing impairment through the Western Australian Deaf Society. | |
| Tom Anthony Doumanis | For service to football in New South Wales through executive roles with a range ofsporting clubs and organisations, and to the community. | |
| Robert Colin Dove | For service to the community through Lions Clubs International Australia, and to the accounting profession. | |
| Brendan John Dowler | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Phillip "Graeme" Downie | For service to Australian Rules football through administrative roles, and to the tourism industry in Queensland. | |
| Anne Marie Drake† | For service to local government, and to the community of Rosebery through a range of sporting and ex-service organisations. | |
| John Lewis Draper | For service to the community through the Victorian Railways Returned Servicemen's Association and the Retired Railway Employee Association of Victoria. | |
| Allan Drew | For service to the community through a range of charity and service organisations, and to the funeral industry. | |
| Rodney James Driver | For service to the Trade Union movement, and to the community of the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| Oliver "Melvyn" Duffy | For service to the visual arts as a landscape painter. | |
| Kenneth McLeod Duncan | For service to the arts as a landscape photographer and publisher, and to the community of the Central Coast of New South Wales. | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Graham John "Moose" Dunlop (Retired) | For service to veterans through the Royal Australian Regiment Association, and to youth, particularly through Operation Flinders. | |
| Matthew Stephen Dunn | For service to swimming, and to the community through Asthma Foundations Australia. | |
| Leslie Eileen East | For service to the community, particularly through the mentoring of youth and through a range of charitable organisations. | |
| Barry Maxwell Easther | For service to local government, and to the community of the West Tamar region. | |
| The Reverend Donald Haslam Edgar | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to support programs for refugees. | |
| Elizabeth Helen Ellis | For service to librarianship through a range of professional roles with the State Library of New South Wales. | |
| Mavis Elvira Euling | For service to the community of the Shepparton region through aged care, youth and charitable organisations. | |
| Justin Cain Eveson | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Douglas Newton Farmer | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community of Kingaroy. | [10] |
| Jean Elsie Ferguson | For service to literature and the bookselling industry, and to the community of Wollongong. | |
| Malcolm Liney Ferguson | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through social welfare and charitable organisations and the School Volunteer Program. | |
| Thomas Ford AFSM | For service to the community of Ballarat through school, sporting and service organisations. | |
| Alan Foskett | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through the preservation and documentation of the history of the region. | |
| Commander John Douglas Foster RAN (Retired) | For service to the recording of Australian naval history and the search for the submarine HMAS AE1 lost during World War One. | |
| Donald John Franklin | For service to the community of Beaudesert through business, cultural and charitable organisations. | |
| Ross Charles Fraser | For service to the livestock transport industry through a range of executive roles, and to the community of Warwick. | |
| Duncan Seth Free | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Lesley June Freeman | For service to the community of the Gold Coast through a range of charitable, youth and social welfare organisations. | |
| Maria "Luisa" Fuller | For service to multiculturalism, particularly through assistance and support to migrant communities in south east Queensland. | |
| Brian Terence Gallagher | For service to the community of Hobart, particularly through Southern Cross Care and to a range of charitable and social welfare organisations. | |
| Michael Thomas Gallagher | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Felicity Madeline Galvez | ||
| Kenneth John Gallagher | For service to youth through the Scouting movement. | |
| John Alan Geddie | For service to the community, particularly through the Hare Street Uniting Church and ethnic community radio. | |
| Patricia Geidans | For service to education and to the community, particularly through the Society for the Study of Early Christianity. | |
| Margaret Glenys Gibbs | For service to the community, particularly through the Tasmanian Bridge Association as a player and administrator. | |
| Karla Nicole Gilbert | For service to surf lifesaving as a competitor, and to the community. | |
| Susan Amelia Glasfurd | For service to international relations through the Australian American Association. | |
| Marion Gosper | For service to the community of Cudal though a range of social welfare and service organisations. | |
| Helen Marie Grainer | For service to the community of Holroyd through a range of initiatives providing support to refugees, the elderly and youth. | |
| Howard Charles Grant | For service to the community through the Canberra Woden Lions Club. | |
| Hilton Gordon Greaves | For service to veterans and their families, and to the community of Taree. | |
| Raymond Charles Green | For service to rowing through a range of administrative and coaching roles and as a competitor, and to the community of the Blue Mountains. | |
| Robin Herrod Green | For service to the community of Ipswich through a range of roles with ex-service, charitable, historical and sporting organisations. | |
| Carol Anne Greening | For service to the Mannum district, particularly through youth and community development organisations. | |
| Peter Ronald Grieve | For service to primary industry through the promotion of the Angus cattle breed. | |
| Dr Alison Isabel Gyger | For service to the arts and the community, particularly through the publication of the journal Opera-Opera. | |
| David Elliott Gyger | ||
| Neville George Halligan | For service to veterans’ tennis as a player and administrator. | |
| Ruth Crossman Harrington | For service to veterans through the South Australian Branch of the Returned Services League of Australia. | |
| Joseph George Harris | For service to the community through a range of service and charitable organisations. | |
| Judith Anne Harris | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory, particularly through the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service. | |
| Michael Mathew Hartnett | For service to the community of Launceston through the Scouting movement, the Baptist church and a range of sporting organisations. | |
| Ian Christopher Haskins | For service to the community of the Mornington Peninsula, particularly through the Nepean Conservation Group. | |
| Dr Kelvin John Hastie | For service to the community through the conservation, documentation and restoration of pipe organs. | |
| Andrew Havas | For service to the community through the promotion of cultural diversity and understanding. | |
| Donald Raymond Hawking RFD | For service to youth through the Army Cadet movement, and to the community through a range of sporting and service organisations. | |
| Professor Barbara Ann Hayes | For service to nursing, midwifery and mental health, particularly the facilitation of Indigenous student participation and perinatal anxiety and depression awareness, through education initiatives and research. | |
| Ian Charles Heath | For service to youth through the Scouting movement. | |
| Arthur Bealby Helyard | For service to the community, particularly the welfare of prison inmates through a range of service organisations. | |
| Yvonne Josephine Henderson | For service to the community, particularly the welfare of prison inmates through a range of service organisations. | |
| Dr Robert Gordon Henry | For service to dentistry in the field of orthodontics as a practitioner, administrator and teacher, and to the community. | |
| David Norman Heussner | For service to the surf lifesaving movement through a range of executive, coaching and competitor roles, and to canoeing. | |
| Dr Gary Philip Hewett | For service to the development of cross-cultural educational exchanges between Western Australia and Cambodia, and the establishment of services for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. | |
| David Reginald Hewitt | For service to remote Indigenous communities as a tradesman and volunteer relief worker, and to the community through preservation of the history of early European exploration in desert regions. | |
| Margaret May Hewitt | ||
| Evelyn Hill | For service to the community, particularly through the Castle Hill Art Society and St Matthew's Anglican Church at West Pennant Hills. | |
| Robyn Anne Hobbs | For service to the community as the founder of Carols in the Domain, to the Salvation Army through fundraising, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. | |
| Colonel James Frederick Hodgson ED (Retired) | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, and to a range of organisations in the Newcastle and Hunter area. | |
| Dorothy Fay Hoepner | For service to the community through a range of organisations in the Balaklava region. | |
| Esmond Wilfred Hoepner | For service to the community of Balaklava through roles in local government, church and health service organisations. | |
| Barbara Ann Hogbin | For service to the community through a range of swimming programs. | |
| Steven Leslie Hooker | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Dr Marsden Carr Hordern VRD | For service to the recording of Australian maritime history, particularly early exploration and naval history during World War Two. | |
| Dean Athol Hunt | For service to music, particularly through brass and concert bands and as a mentor of young musicians. | |
| Patricia Joan Jacka | For service to local government through the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council, and to the community through a range of organisations. | |
| Kenneth William Jacobs | For service to cricket, particularly through executive roles with Cricket Victoria and programs promoting the development of cricket in schools, and to the community. | |
| Dale Thomas Jennings | For service to the community of Geelong through a range of charitable, social welfare and business organisations. | |
| Ronald Frederick Johansen | For service to the Murwillumbah Historical Society, and to the community through a range of organisations. | |
| Anne Imelda Johanson | For service to the community through voluntary roles with Belmont Meals on Wheels. | |
| Robert Keith Johns | For service to the mineral resources and energy sector in South Australia through a range of research and administrative roles. | |
| David Matthew Johnston | For service to music and the community, particularly through organ performances, installations and restorations and fundraising events. | |
| Dr Adrian Neil Jones | For service to history education as a lecturer and author, and through executive roles with a range of historical and teaching associations. | |
| Frederick Norman Joughin | For service to sport, particularly through the Tasmanian University Soccer Club. | |
| Dr Franciscus "Frank" Junius | For service to medicine through research and clinical innovations in the use of the heart-lung machine and the improved outcomes for patients. | |
| Noel Charles Jupp | For service to the community and to horticulture, particularly through revegetation programs and the cultivation of native flora. | |
| Demetrius Athanasius Kalatzis | For service to the Greek community through consular support and the Scouting movement, and to the development of Freemasonry in South Australia. | |
| Raymond Lionel Kassel | For service to the community through a range of roles with aged care organisations. | |
| Ivan David Kayne | For service to the community through a range of charitable, health and service organisations. | |
| Marlene Kear | For service to the community of Mudjimba through a range of roles with conservation, youth and service organisations. | |
| William Walter Kear | For service to the community, particularly through the Mudjimba Progress Association and Bush Fire Brigade, and to a range of conservation and service organisations. | |
| Claudia Keech | For service to the community through raising awareness of the issues surrounding the roles of women in the workforce and at home. | |
| Lane Brendan Kelly | For service to the community of Geelong West, particularly through the St Peters Football Club. | |
| Dr Michael John Kennedy | For service to the community through health and sporting organisations, particularly Life Saving Victoria, and to local government. | |
| Ernest George Kidd | For service to Lions Australia, and to the community of Ryde through a range of organisations. | |
| Charles Kiefel | For service to the superannuation and funds management industries, and to the community as a supporter of charitable and educational organisations. | |
| Marie Jean Kilpatrick | For service to the community of Blacktown, particularly through the Australian Red Cross. | |
| Adrian John King | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Noelene Elizabeth King | For service to primary industry through the agricultural show movement in Victoria, and as a mentor to youth within the rural sector. | |
| Gary James Kirk | For service to the community through the Central Coast Men's Barbershop Chorus and a range of sporting and service organisations. | |
| Geoffrey Lewis Klug | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatric neurosurgery, as a clinician and mentor to professional organisations, and to the community. | |
| Alice Isabel Knight | For service to the community of Linton and district through a range of natural resource management, emergency service and church organisations. | |
| Kathlyn Mary Knight | For service to the retail property industry, particularly through the Property Council of Australia. | |
| Tristan Malcolm Knowles | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Arthur McKee Krust | For service to the building and construction industry, and to the community through church and service groups. | |
| Beverly Jane Laing | For service to the community of Parkes, particularly through a range of local government, service and welfare organisations. | |
| Carolyn Langsford | For service to people with multiple sclerosis through the establishment and development of the Trish MS Research Foundation. | |
| Ian "Roy" Langsford | ||
| Kenneth Reginald Langshaw | For service to the community through the Anglican Church of Australia and the Byron Place Community Centre. | |
| Anthony Joseph Lanza | For service to the community of Brisbane through the formation of The Anti-Graffiti Group. | |
| Elizabeth Ann Lanza | ||
| Tyson John Lawrence | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Valda Janet Lawrence | For service to local government through the Borough of Queenscliffe Council, and to the community. | |
| Harry Leaver | For service to the community, particularly through historical research of early explorers in the Western Australia region. | |
| Amen Kwai Lee | For service to the community, particularly through to the promotion of understanding between the people of Australia and China. | |
| Associate Professor Chee-Seong Lee | For service to veterinary education and research, to international student welfare at the University of Melbourne, and to the community through the Burwood Community Presbyterian Church. | |
| Henry Frederick Leech | For service to the community of Dunkeld through a range of organisations, particularly the Dunkeld Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. | |
| Peter Alan Leek | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Jane Antill Lemann | For service to the environment, particularly through the Mount Gibraltar Landcare and Bushcare Group, and to the community of the Wingecarribee Shire. | |
| Gordon Lewis | For service to the community of the Southern Highlands region through a range of local government, sporting and service organisations. | |
| Commodore James Gervys Longden RAN (Retired) | For service to the community of Eden-Monaro and the Australian Capital Territory through the Anglican church and a range of service organisations. | |
| John Mountiford "Jock" Longfield | For service to the agricultural show movement, and to the community of Quirindi. | |
| Malcolm Borland Longstaff | For service to the community through a range of maritime, social welfare, youth and cultural organisations. | |
| Pamela Scott Lord | For service to the community of Broken Hill, particularly through the Broken Hill Base Hospital and the Royal Flying Doctor Service Women's Auxiliary. | |
| Juan "Carlos" Loyola | For service to disability sport, particularly through the Doveton Special Soccer School. | |
| Christine Lynch | For service to the Greek community of New South Wales through a range of cultural and charitable organisations. | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Edward Thomas Lynes RFD, ED (Retired) | For service to the community, particularly ex-service personnel. | |
| Margaret Therese "Terry" Lyons | For service to the community of Yarrawonga, particularly through roles in various cultural, service and church organisations. | |
| Robert Henry Lytton | For service to the community of Forbes through a range of seniors, aged care, educational and service groups. | |
| Dr Michael Joseph McAulliffe | For service to the community of the Cairns region as a general practitioner and Government Medical Officer. | [11] |
| John Harris MacColl | For service to the community through the promotion and development of cultural, educational and business relationships between Australia and France. | |
| Robin McKay | For service to the community of Penrith and the Nepean district, particularly through business, religious, educational and service organisations and significant contributions to the architecture of the area. | |
| Linda June MacKenzie | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Helen Mae McKerrow | For service to the communities of Mount Isa and Cloncurry through a range of welfare, arts and youth organisations. | |
| James MacLachlan | For service to the community through roles in the Palerang and Yarrowlumla Shire Councils, the Rural Fire Service, the Scouting movement and other service and sporting organisations. | |
| Gordon Lindsay McMaster | For service to the merino wool industry and the kelpie working sheep dog industry. | |
| Jenny McNae | For service to the performing arts, particularly theatre, as a director, actor and mentor of young artists. | |
| Donald Duncan McNeice | For service to football as an administrator, coach and referee, and to the community through youth and ex-service organisations. | |
| Associate Professor Ian Bruce McPhee | For service to medicine in the field of orthopaedic surgery, as a clinician, academic, educator, researcher and contributor to professional organisations. | |
| Neil Ormiston MacPherson | For service to the community, particularly through the establishment of the Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association, and to raising the awareness of the prisoners of war experience. | |
| Donald Phillip McSweeny | For service to Australian Rules football in South Australia through a range of administrative roles, and to the communities of Cummins and Port Lincoln. | |
| Robert Geoffrey Mainwaring | For service to state and local government, and to the communities of Flinders Island and the Launceston region. | |
| William Kingsnorth Mallyon | For service to the community, and to the environment, particularly through roles in the preservation of the Adelaide Hills. | |
| Patrick Francis Manning | For service to surf lifesaving, particularly through coaching and administrative roles. | |
| Waninya Gary Marika | For service to the community of Yirrkala through cultural liaison. | |
| Pauline Anne Marlborough | For service to education, particularly as a specialist teacher working with students with special needs, and through the Socio Psychological Education Resource Centre (WA). | |
| Robert "Bruce" Marshall | For service to the community of Bacchus Marsh and surrounding district, particularly through improvements in local health services. | |
| Robert Quentin Marshall | For service to the environment through the establishment and maintenance of sustainable walking trails. | |
| Dr Bruce Bamford Martin | For service to ophthalmology as a practitioner and teacher, to people with a vision impairment, and to the community. | |
| Bruce Bernard Martin | For service to the thoroughbred horseracing industry, particularly as a broadcaster and administrator, and to the community through charitable organisations. | |
| William Harold Marwick | For service to the communities of Wanneroo and Joondalup, particularly through documentation of the region's history, and to the newspaper industry. | |
| Brian Raymond Mathews | For service to the community, particularly through roles with veteran car clubs and the establishment of the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania Foundation. | |
| Alexander Muir Mathieson | For service to the print media industry, and to the community, particularly through the Operation Flinders Foundation. | |
| Patrick Anthony Meacle | For service to local government, and to the communities of the Tara Shire through a range of organisations including the Flinton Race Club. | |
| Vasiliki Megaloconomos | For service to the Greek community, particularly through organisations providing assistance to the elderly, and to the community of Carinda. | |
| Irene Mellios | For service to the Greek community of Darwin, and to the Cancer Council of the Northern Territory. | |
| Douglas John Meyer | For service to the community, particularly through the Henty Machinery Field Days Co-operative. | |
| Lindsay Douglas Millar | For service to the community through the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Tasmanian Aero Club. | |
| Narelle Dawn Milton | For service to the community through the Uniting Church in Australia Coffs Harbour 'Soup Place'. | |
| Tony Misich | For service to education, particularly through the development and implementation of new initiatives in primary schools and to the Western Australian and Australian Primary Principals' Associations. | |
| Matthew John Mitcham | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Grant Karlis Mizens | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Marlene Monahan | For service to education through the Catholic primary school system, and to the community. | |
| Stephen Gerard Moore | For service to the community through the Narrabri Shire Band and the rural fire service, and to agriculture through plant breeding. | |
| Nigel Graham Morgan† | For service to the community through support for charitable, youth, social welfare and cultural organisations. | |
| Colin Francis Morris | For service to the community of Blacktown through sporting and charitable organisations. | |
| Robert David Moss | For service to youth through the Australian Air Force Cadets. | |
| Deslee Mavis Moyle | For service to the community through the collection and preservation of photographic records of the Australian Churches of Christ Indigenous Ministries in Western Australia. | |
| Christopher James "Chris" Mullins | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Bradley John "Brad" Ness | ||
| Fay Louisa Newell | For service to the community of Broken Hill as a nursing sister, mentor to nurses and allied health professionals, palliative care volunteer and historian. | |
| Ross Howard Newton | For service to the community of Highett, and to philately through roles with the Brighton Philatelic Society. | |
| Phung Dang Nguyen | For service to the Vietnamese community, and to martial arts as a Taekwondo instructor. | |
| Linda Olive Nixon | For service to the community of the Busselton region through roles with health and aged care organisations, and to hockey. | |
| The Reverend Father Neville Douglas Nixon | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia and to the community through Anglican Aid Abroad. | |
| Shaun Daryl Norris | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| John Henry O'Connor | For service to the community as an entertainer, particularly through fundraising events for children's charitable organisations. | |
| John Kevin O'Gorman BM | For service to the community through Police Remembrance Day and the Queensland Police Union. | |
| Evan George O'Hanlon | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Barbara Alison Oldfield | For service to the community through respite care support services. | |
| Denis William O'Meara | For service to the environment through native plant propagation and revegetation programs, to the mining industry, and to the community of the Pilbara region. | |
| Laszlo George Ory | For service to the Hungarian community in South Australia, and to a range of charitable organisations. | |
| Dierdre Helen Owen | For service to the welfare of veterans through roles with the South Australian Women's Auxiliary of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to lacrosse. | |
| Clive Joseph Owens | For service to the community, particularly through the surf lifesaving movement. | |
| Malcolm George Page | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| John Edward Palmer | For service to youth in central west and north west Queensland through roles with athletics organisations and the Scouting movement, and to the community. | |
| Kylie Jayne Palmer | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Kathleen Papallo | For service to the community as a church organist and choir conductor. | |
| Tessa Parkinson | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Agapitos "Jack" Passaris | For service to the community, particularly through the Ethnic Communities Council of New South Wales, and to local government. | |
| Marie Patapanian | For service to the Armenian community in the area of aged care. | |
| Rick Pendleton | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Rebel Penfold-Russell | For service to the community, particularly through philanthropic support for the arts and a range of charitable organisations. | |
| Ninon Rosa Phillips | For service to animal welfare through the care, treatment and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife, and to the arts as an illustrator and artist. | |
| Rodney John Polkinghorne | For service to the meat and livestock industries through research and the development of a standard beef grading system. | |
| Katrina Porter | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Richard Gwyn Pritchard | For service to the welfare of veterans, particularly through the Canley Heights Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. | |
| Philip Andrew Pullar | For service to agriculture, particularly through development of the canned fruit industry, to the community of Cobram, and to the sport of diving. | |
| Albert James Puxley† | For service to the community of Victor Harbor. | |
| Phyllis Margaret Quick | For service to the community of Ballarat and district through the Country Women's Association of Victoria and contributions to a range of choral groups. | |
| Vettath Tara Rajkumar | For service to the performing arts as a teacher, choreographer and performer of classical Indian dance. | |
| Elise Marie Rechichi | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Norma June Rees | For service to the community of Darebin through the management of volunteers and coordination of community support services. | |
| Shayne Leanne Reese | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Stephanie Louise Rice | ||
| Alexander Gordon Rickard† | For service to education through a range of teaching and administrative roles and the development of enrichment programs for primary school students. | |
| Barbara Mary Roberts | For service to ophthalmic nursing and the establishment of ambulatory day surgery centres in the Sydney area, and to people in Papua New Guinea, Cambodia and Myanmar through eye care and treatment centres. | |
| Erskine Hamilton Rodan | For service to the law, particularly through the Law Institute of Victoria, and to the community through legal aid and as an advocate for refugees. | |
| Dennis John Roles | For service to the community through advocacy roles supporting former and serving members of the Australian Defence Force and their families. | |
| Richard John Rolfe | For service to the community of Canberra through philanthropic support for sporting, service and charitable organisations. | |
| Dr Robert Henry Ross | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to the communities of the Riverland region of South Australia. | |
| Christopher Alan Ross-Smith | For service to the performing arts, and to the community of the Armidale region. | |
| William Anthony Rudd | For service to the community through historical research of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe. | |
| Garth Lindsay "Garry" Rumble | For service to the community of Penrith, particularly through Rotary International, and to local government. | |
| James Stewart Rutherford | For service to the community of Wyong, particularly through Lions International. | |
| Jayne Stoddart Salmon | For service to the community of Geelong through the Friends of Geelong Botanic Gardens. | [12] |
| Ian Bruce Samuel | For service to the community, particularly through the promotion of tolerance and social justice. | |
| Giovanni Antonio "John" Sanna | For service to the community of Orbost as a volunteer with health, aged care and social welfare organisations. | |
| Melanie Renée Schlanger | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| George Hector Schofield | For service to the greyhound racing industry, to the health and welfare of dogs, and as an animal chiropractor. | |
| Ian David "Shooey" Schuback | For service to lawn bowls as a coach, competitor and commentator. | |
| Mark Schwarzer | For service to football, particularly as an international representative player, and to the community. | |
| William Noel Searle | For service to the community of Bundaberg, particularly through Lions Australia. | |
| David George Seaton | For service to the community through roles with medical education, health administration and charitable organisations, and as Honorary Consul for Sweden in South Australia. | |
| Emily Jane Seebohm | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Barbara Joan Shephard | For service to the community of Coen, particularly in the areas of education and emergency services as a remote area nurse. | |
| Lyle Margaret Shore | For service to the community of Dee Why, particularly veterans and their families. | |
| Ronald David Siddons MBE | For service to people with a disability through the Rainbow Club Australia, and to the community of the Sutherland Shire. | |
| Tige Arthur Simmons | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Dennise Simpson | For service to the protection of women and children living with abuse and violence, particularly through the Domestic Violence Crisis Service and the Family Violence Intervention Program in the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| Ann Marie Sinclair | For service to the community as a volunteer, particularly through the Grafton Uniting Church. | |
| Dr Donald Arthur Sinclair | For service to the community, particularly through the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation, to education and to a range of professional associations. | |
| Rosemary Dale Skelly | For service to the community of the Redland region, particularly through a range of welfare, health and service organisations, and to local government. | |
| David Leslie Skewes | For service to the community of Yarrawonga through roles with a range of recreational, aged-care and social welfare organisations. | |
| Barrie James Smith | For service to the community, particularly youth, through leadership roles in surf lifesaving. | |
| Claudia Mary Smith | For service to the community, particularly through the Catholic church, as an organist and a volunteer. | |
| Warren Harold Smith | For service to cricket in New South Wales through coaching roles at state, regional and local levels. | |
| Gloria Smythe | For service to the arts and the sport of swimming as a designer, teacher and author. | |
| Emma Laura Snowsill | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Pamela Elizabeth "Pam" Soper | For service to the environment through executive roles with conservation organisations and the promotion of natural resource management. | |
| Margaret Joan Spalding | For service to the disability services sector in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding region. | |
| Harold Neville "Harry" Spencer | For service to basketball as a coach at local, state and national level, and to the community of Toowoomba. | |
| Dr Malcolm Lees Stening VRD | For service to medicine as a gynaecological surgeon, and to the community through the recording of naval history. | |
| Jean Elizabeth Stewart | For service to the community through the preservation and promotion of local history and heritage. | |
| Brett Andrew Stibners | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Professor David Frederick Story | For service to medical education and research, particularly in the field of pharmacology, through contributions to therapeutic regulation and the development of evidence-based Chinese medicine as an academic discipline. | |
| Margaret Sumner | For service to lawn bowls through administrative and representative roles. | |
| Stephen Sanchez Sunk | For service to education through curriculum design and development and as a teacher, to the Indigenous communities of the Northern Territory, and to professional organisations. | |
| Monsignor Joseph Karim Takchi | For service to the Lebanese community of Victoria as a Parish Priest, and to youth and the aged through a range of educational and care initiatives. | |
| Judith Helen Talbot | For service to the community of Brunswick Junction and the Shire of Harvey. | |
| Shirley Doreen Thompson | For service to the communities of Bonshaw, Ashford and region through the Country Women's Association and the agricultural show movement. | |
| Dr Harold William Thurlow | For service to the community as a general practitioner and volunteer medical officer with a range of sporting organisations. | |
| William Robert "Bill" Trevor | For service to local government through a range of roles, and to the community of Childers and the Wide Bay Burnett region. | |
| Commodore Robert Neil Trotter RAN (Retired) | For service to the community as a contributor to the successful search for HMAS Sydney. | |
| Adrian Roy Twitt | For service to the community of Wangaratta through a range of community and charitable organisations. | |
| Leslie Ronald "Ron" Tyrell | For service to local government, and to the community of Thuringowa. | |
| Desmond Ronald Upton | For service to boxing as a player, coach and mentor, and to the community of central Queensland, particularly through support for Indigenous and disadvantaged youth. | |
| Catherine Rhondda Vanzella | For service to politics through roles with the Liberal Party of Australia, and to the community. | |
| Roslyn Wilga Vaughan | For service to the community through support for Cystic Fibrosis NSW. | |
| Dr Phuoc Vo | For service to medicine and to medical organisations, to the Vietnamese community in Australia, and to the Vietnam Vision Program. | |
| Allan Mervyn Waddle | For service to the community through a range of justice, business, sporting and service organisations. | |
| Max Wahlhaus† | For service to education, particularly through curriculum development in the areas of Hebrew language and Jewish history, and as a teacher. | |
| Paul Thomas Wakeling | For service to the communities of Campbelltown and Macarthur through philanthropic contributions to a range of health and social welfare organisations. | |
| Charles Gilmour Wallace | For service to veterans and their families in the Central Coast region of New South Wales. | |
| Kenneth Maxwell Wallace | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Jock Campbell Wallis | For service to the community of Seymour through contributions to natural resource management, historical and service organisations. | |
| Margaret Clarice Wallis | For service to the community of Seymour through contributions to aged care, social family welfare and historical organisations. | |
| Ronald James "Jim" Walliss | For service to the community of the Shoalhaven region, to the environment, and to education. | |
| Ian Douglas Ward | For service to veterans through the coordination and organisation of commemorative and remembrance programs, and to the community. | |
| Dr Gail Marion Waterhouse | For service to the community through the provision of humanitarian aid to the people of Vietnam. | |
| Terence Stanley Weeks APM | For service to the community of Ararat through roles with a range of service, charitable and social welfare organisations. | |
| Dr Robert Leslie Weiland | For service to education in Western Australia, particularly for children with special learning needs. | |
| James Gwydir Whalan | For service to veterans and their families through contributions to ex-service organisations, and to the community. | |
| Jeanette Ann Wheeler | For service to the community through training and support roles with social welfare and youth organisations. | |
| Frederick Herbert White | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Lindisfarne Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. | |
| Tarnee Renee White | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Wendy Susan Whiteley | For service to the community through the establishment and maintenance of a public garden at Lavender Bay, and as a supporter of the visual arts. | |
| Juna Lovina Whittaker | For service to international relations in the Pacific region through education, training and development in the field of public administration, and to the community. | |
| Leigh Carruthers Wigglesworth | For service to music as an artistic director and choral conductor, and to the community. | |
| Rosemary Elizabeth "Rose" Wight | For service to the arts, particularly through executive roles with the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. | |
| Elizabeth Anne Wilkes | For service to the community of Templestowe, particularly through roles with social welfare and church organisations. | |
| Nathan James Wilmot | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| Dr Chester Gilmore Wilson | For service to rural and remote medicine as a general practitioner, and to the community of Charleville. | |
| Norman Rex Wilson | For service to local government, and to the community of Warren. | |
| Paul Dean Wilson DFC | For service to veterans through ex-service organisations, particularly the 462/466 Squadrons Reunion Association. | |
| Christine Ingrid Wolf | For service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. | |
| Grace Eileen Woolcock | For service to the community of Lambton, particularly through contributions to Meals on Wheels. | |
| Clive Thomas Woosnam | For service to the community through roles with cultural and musical societies, and to education. | |
| James "Chien-li" Wu | For service to education, particularly through the development of Chinese language teaching, as a teacher, and to the community. | |
| Sarkis Yedelian | For service to the Armenian community through the promotion and development of multicultural integration initiatives, and to local government. | |
| Joy Louise Yeo | For service to education through executive and administrative roles, to professional associations, and to the community. | |
| Dr Leonard Neville Young | For service to medicine in rural and remote areas as a physician and through professional organisations. | |
| Leonard Frank Yow | For service to the Chinese community through a range of roles with cultural, historical, social welfare and religious organisations. | |
| Ian Arthur Zirbel | For service to the community of Goondiwindi through a range of youth, sporting, historical and service groups. |
Military Division
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Warrant Officer Mark Rodney Budden | For meritorious service as the Chief of the Boat, HMAS Waller, from 2001 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2008 and in the Australian Fleet Sea Training Group between 2004 and 2006. | [13] |
| Commander Geoffrey Ronald Cannon RANR | For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy in the field of Weapons Electrical Engineering and the support and development of Combat Data Systems and Weapons Systems. | ||
| Lieutenant Commander Peter Anthony de Maskens RAN | For meritorious service in the field of maritime communications and information systems. | ||
| Warrant Officer Mark Raymond Donlan | For meritorious service throughout his career in the Royal Australian Navy, particularly as the inaugural Officer-in-Charge of the Local Career Management Centre at Fleet Base East. | ||
| Army | Corporal Scott Graeme Crutchett | For meritorious service on Operations CATALYST and ASTUTE between 2004 and 2008. | |
| Warrant Officer Class One David Anthony Hatton | For meritorious service as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Combat Training Centre (Live) and the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Robert Pontifex CSM | For meritorious service in the fields of Materiel Maintenance and Army Career Management. | ||
| Captain Brenton Luke White | For meritorious service as the Squadron Sergeant Major of the 21st Construction Squadron, Staff Officer Grade Three Land Command Engineers, and Operations Officer at the Army Explosive Hazards Centre. | ||
| Air Force | Wing Commander Timothy John Hurford | For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Air Force in the development of the Air Force Reserves as Commanding Officer Number 25 Squadron and as Officer-inCharge of the Training Development and Executive Officer Number 1 Airfield Defence Squadron | |
| Flight Lieutenant Gregory Roy Kerr | For meritorious service as a Flight Engineer at Number 92 Wing. |
Meritorious Service
Public Service Medal (PSM)
Public Service Medal ribbon
| State/ Territory | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fed. | Maria Axarlis-Coulter | For outstanding public service in assisting the effective transition of migrants and refugees into the Australian community. | [14] |
| Paul Geoffrey Burnard | For outstanding public service in advancing Australia's foreign relations in the strategic, economic and security policy fields. | ||
| Michael Joseph Callaghan | For outstanding public service in the reform of the financial and superannuation sectors in Australia. | ||
| Mark Ernest Cuncliffe | For outstanding public service in the provision of high level legal advice in the Department of Defence, particularly in relation to Australian Defence Force deployments overseas and reform of the military justice system. | ||
| Jennifer Anne Granger | For outstanding public service in the administration of taxation in Australia and internationally, particularly in the area of compliance. | ||
| Louise Helen Hand | For outstanding public service as Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in leading a whole-of-government approach to inter-agency work which has delivered significant outcomes for Australia and Indonesia. | ||
| Dr Thomas Joseph Hatton | For outstanding public service in leading ground breaking research into current and future water availability and management in Australia. | ||
| Vincent Joseph Lazzaro | For outstanding public service in extending and significantly improving the statistical information available for decision making in Australia. | ||
| Jacqueline Sue McRae | For outstanding public service in managing the planning, operational readiness and delivery phases of the Australia 2020 Summit and APEC 2007. | ||
| David Joseph Martinek | For outstanding public service in the field of aircraft corrosion control and management. | ||
| Nina Alexandrovna Mitropolskaya | For outstanding public service in facilitating trade and investment opportunities for Australian businesses in Russia and strengthening the Australia-Russia bilateral relationship. | ||
| Craig Andrew Storen | For outstanding public service as Chief Finance Officer in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, particularly the implementation of significant financial and personnel changes and delivery of a complex budget package. | ||
| Alan Leslie Stray | For outstanding public service in improving aviation safety in Australia and Indonesia. | ||
| David John Tune | For outstanding public service in the development of significant economic and social policy reforms in a way that models whole-of-government service. | ||
| Raelene Susan Vivian | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of significant reforms to the taxation arrangements governing superannuation. | ||
| NSW | Susan Frazer Dixon | For outstanding public service in the development of consumer protection and social justice policy in New South Wales. | |
| Unis Yim-Wah Goh | For outstanding public service, particularly in the provision of community housing in New South Wales. | ||
| Rodney Kevin Howard | For outstanding public service to Integral Energy Australia in New South Wales. | ||
| Richard Paul Irving AM, RFD | For outstanding public service, particularly in the implementation of public sector reforms and productivity in New South Wales. | ||
| Carole Anne McDiarmid | For outstanding public service to education in western New South Wales. | ||
| Norman Stanley McLeod | For outstanding public service to local government in New South Wales. | ||
| Rodney Dale Morrison | For outstanding public service, particularly in the development of enhanced safety measures within the mining industry in New South Wales. | ||
| David Lindsay Nolan | For outstanding public service, particularly with the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales. | ||
| Robert Grenville Smith | For outstanding public service, particularly to the Office of State Revenue in New South Wales. | ||
| Alan Travers | For outstanding public service to local government in the Penrith region. | ||
| Joe Woodward | For outstanding public service, particularly in the protection of the New South Wales environment. | ||
| VIC | Brian Francis Corney | For outstanding public service in promoting better relationships between employers and employees and in supporting Victoria's most vulnerable workers. | |
| Jillian Ann Howard | For outstanding public service, particularly towards the achievement of excellence in health planning and hospital design in Victoria. | ||
| John Lolas | For outstanding public service in the development of consumer rights protection in Victoria and in establishing a standard of excellence in conciliation services. | ||
| Claire Christine Thomas | For outstanding public service in the provision of advice on important economic, environmental and social policy issues affecting Victoria. | ||
| Leo Van der Toorren | For outstanding public service in the development of the State Crisis Centre in Victoria and to national crisis centre capability. | ||
| Thomas Franklin "Tom" Wills | For outstanding public service in enhancing the provision of justice services to regional Victoria. | ||
| QLD | Gregory Kenneth "Greg" Claydon | For outstanding public service in the areas of natural resource management and water reform. | |
| Warren Edward Day | For outstanding public service in the fields of engineering and disaster management. | ||
| David Joseph Kopelky | For outstanding public service to education in Queensland, particularly in the field of environmental education. | ||
| Jennifer Mary Muller | For outstanding public service within Queensland Health, particularly in the areas of cancer screening programs and access to health services. | ||
| John Patrick Strano | For outstanding public service in the areas of investment and trade. | ||
| Dennis Stanley Wogan | For outstanding public service to the road design and construction industry. | ||
| WA | Eric Henry Barker | For outstanding public service to the rock lobster industry in Western Australia. | |
| Janice Marie Stewart | For outstanding public service as the chief executive officer of Lotterywest. | ||
| SA | Julie Noreen Cann | For outstanding public service in the area of water licensing reform. | |
| John Walter Page | For outstanding public service through the maintenance and development of road transport infrastructure in remote South Australia. | ||
| Marcia May Stewart | For outstanding public service in achieving positive outcomes for Public Trustee clients. | ||
| ACT | Dianne Therese Ireland | For outstanding public service, particularly in the conduct of special events in the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| Kathleen Elizabeth "Kate" Jones | For outstanding public service, particularly in the field of child welfare psychology. | ||
| Helen Pappas | For outstanding public service to the welfare of children in the Australian Capital Territory. | ||
| NT | Kathleen Clayden | For outstanding public service, leadership and commitment to the Northern Territory Public Service. | |
| John Glasby | For outstanding public service, particularly to public education in the Northern Territory. |
Australian Police Medal (APM)
Australian Police Medal ribbon
| State/ Territory | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AFP | Assistant Commissioner Peter Thomas Drennan | [15] |
| Federal Agent Jarrod Andrew Ragg | ||
| Federal Agent Russel John Smith | ||
| NSW | Detective Chief Inspector Graeme McLeod Abel | |
| Superintendent Ian Andrew Ball | ||
| Superintendent Christopher Ronald Clark | ||
| Superintendent Michael John Fuller | ||
| Sergeant Brian Joseph Kenny | ||
| Detective Chief Superintendent Jeffrey Allen Loy | ||
| Detective Sergeant Janne Patricia McMahon | ||
| Sergeant John Charles Marshall | ||
| Senior Sergeant Christopher James Reardon | ||
| VIC | Acting Senior Sergeant Peter Ronald Bellion | |
| Detective Inspector Stephen Clark | ||
| Sergeant Gregory Glenn Faulkner | ||
| Inspector Allan George Folvig | ||
| Senior Sergeant Barry Raymond Gibson | ||
| Detective Inspector Trevor David Wilson | ||
| QLD | Inspector Joanne Mary Aitken | |
| Senior Sergeant Peter Bernard Banaghan | ||
| Chief Superinendent Leslie Mervyn Hopkins | ||
| Chief Superinendent Michael Joseph Keating | ||
| Chief Superinendent Donald Anthony Wright | ||
| WA | Superinendent Alfred Bernard Fordham | |
| First Class Sergeant Peter Haldane Harbison | ||
| Inspector Lance Douglas Martin | ||
| SA | Assistant Commissioner Anthony Gerard Harrison | |
| Brevet Sergeant Peter Alan Lawrence | ||
| Senior Sergeant Ross Samuel Rhodes | ||
| TAS | Commander Donna Louise Adams | |
| Commander Glenn Ronald Frame | ||
| NT | Sergeant Stuart Axtell Davis | |
| Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Alan Pollock |
Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)
Australian Fire Service Medal ribbon
| State/ Territory | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NSW | Frederick Albert Apthorpe | [16] |
| Stuart Wayne Bear | ||
| Mark Maxwell Brown | ||
| Bryan John Daly | ||
| James Henry Drane | ||
| Dennis Joiner | ||
| Joseph Robert "Joe" Knox | ||
| Stanley Ronald Reimer | ||
| Alfred "John" Sendall | ||
| Christopher John Smith | ||
| VIC | Robert Lindsay Barry | |
| Bayden Bruce Biggs | ||
| Thomas Joseph Brodie | ||
| Gregory Alfred Esnouf | ||
| Graham Parkes | ||
| Garry Ronald Watson | ||
| QLD | Edward Offord | |
| Grahame Lindsay Ray | ||
| David Oliver Roser | ||
| Bernard Paul Savage | ||
| WA | Terry Matthew Little | |
| SA | Robert Samuel Buttery† | |
| Wayne Brian Thorley | ||
| TAS | Gerald Charles Aulich | |
| Garry Michael Sullivan | ||
| Gregory Walter Williams |
Ambulance Service Medal (ASM)
Ambulance Service Medal ribbon
| State/ Territory | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NSW | Jeffrey Lindsay Gilchrist | [17] |
| Hendrik Kruit | ||
| Norm Spalding | ||
| Jennifer Van Cleef | ||
| Garry Ross Vincent | ||
| Jeffrey John Woods | ||
| VIC | Alan Kenneth Eade | |
| Austin Richard Gapper | ||
| Hector McLeod Stagg | ||
| QLD | Christopher Mark Broomfield | |
| Terry Franz Zillmann | ||
| Stephen Zsombok | ||
| WA | Evelyn Ronaldine Brady | |
| Michael James Jack | ||
| Brian McLuckie | ||
| SA | Robert Keith Miller | |
| TAS | Peter William Berry | |
| Wayne Phillip Doran | ||
| Paul Geoffrey Templar |
Emergency Service Medal (ESM)
Emergency Services Medal ribbon
| State/ Territory | Recipient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NSW | Mark William Coulter | [18] |
| Scott Hanckel | ||
| Glenn William McMahon | ||
| Kenneth Eric McManus | ||
| Gregory John Snape | ||
| Barry Gordon Swan RFD, ED | ||
| Stacey Tannos | ||
| VIC | Clive Anthony Radcliffe | |
| QLD | Warren George Bridson | |
| Terence John Ryan | ||
| WA | Bernard Allan McNamara | |
| SA | William "Stuart" Lambert | |
| TAS | Toni McIntyre Brown | |
| Paul James Shipp | ||
| NT | Selwyn Robert Kloeden |
Gallantry, Distinguished and Conspicuous Service
Medal for Gallantry (MG)
Medal for Gallantry ribbon
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Petty Officer Benjamin James Sime | For gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances during a waterborne terrorist attack in the North Persian Gulf, Iraq, during Operation Catalyst. | [19] |
| Army | Trooper S from the SAS | For acts of gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances in Afghanistan as part of the Special Operations Task Group during Operation Slipper, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. |
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
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Distinguished Service Cross ribbon
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Justin Frederick Ellwood | For distinguished command and leadership in action as the Commander of Rotation Three of the Overwatch Battle Group – West during Operation CATALYST. | [20] |
| Lieutenant Colonel David John Wainwright | For distinguished command and leadership in action as the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force on Operation SLIPPER. |
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
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Distinguished Service Medal ribbon
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army | Major Michael Brodie Bassingthwaighte | For distinguished leadership in action as the Officer Commanding, Security Task Group and Combat Team Spear of the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force on Operation SLIPPER. | [21] |
Commendation for Distinguished Service
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Commendation for Distinguished Service ribbon
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army | Major Paul Brenton Foura | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Officer Commanding the construction of Forward Operating Base LOCKE in Chora, southern Afghanistan, during Operation SLIPPER. | [22] |
| Major Kenneth Royston Martin | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Executive Officer of the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force, Operation SLIPPER in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan | ||
| Captain Scottie James Morris | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Operations Officer and Officer in Command Deployable Exploitation Team, Task Force Troy, Iraq. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Geoffrey Sidney Rowland | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Squadron Sergeant Major of the Engineer Task Group and Senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force on Operation SLIPPER. | ||
| Bombardier Noel Jonathan Toms | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, 3rd Reconstruction Task Force on Operation SLIPPER. | ||
| Air Force | Wing Commander William Kourelakos CSM | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Commander, Task Group 633.4 on Operation SLIPPER and Operation CATALYST at Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar. |
Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)
Conspicuous Service Cross ribbon
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Marc Henderson | For outstanding achievement as the Chief Petty Officer Promotions in the Directorate of Sailors’ Career Management. | [23] |
| Lieutenant Commander Adrian Joseph Lister RAN | For outstanding achievement as the Senior Military Recruiting Officer, Defence Force Recruiting Centre – NSW. | ||
| Commander Niel Joseph Wark RAN | For outstanding achievement as the Fleet Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Coordinating Officer. | ||
| Army | Colonel Stephen Anthony Coggin | For outstanding achievement as the Commander of Combined Task Force 635 Rotation 14. | |
| Major Leon Helmrich | For outstanding achievement in the development of small arms training, weapon safety and policy in the Australian Defence Force. | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Elizabeth Hodson | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 1st Psychology Unit. | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Wally John Jensen | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer of the 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One Richard Brian Lovelock | For outstanding achievement as Army's Soldier Recruit Induction Manager. | ||
| Brigadier Patrick Pezzuti RFD | For outstanding achievement as a specialist anaesthetist and adviser to the Defence Health Services Division. | ||
| Colonel Janet Fiona Scott | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Health Support Battalion and as the senior Dental Officer in South Australia. | ||
| Colonel Wesley David Volant | For outstanding achievement as the Commander Combat Training Centre from 2006 to 2008 and Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor of Combat Training Centre (Live) from 2005 to 2006. | ||
| Colonel Anthony George Wallace | For outstanding achievement as the Director Workforce Modelling, Forecasting and Analysis within the People Strategies and Policy Group. | ||
| Air Force | Sergeant Barry Damsma | For outstanding achievement as an aircraft technician at Number 285 Squadron. | |
| Flight Sergeant Adam Gegenhuber | For outstanding achievement as an Avionics Systems Technician at Number 77 Squadron. | ||
| Wing Commander Michelle Therese Heading | For outstanding achievement as the Executive Officer of the Australian Defence Force Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force. | ||
| Wing Commander Jason William Waller | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer of Number 2 Flying Training School. |
Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM)
Conspicuous Service Medal ribbon
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | Lieutenant Debra Jane Neil RAN | For meritorious achievement as the Course Implementation Officer, Royal Australian Navy Recruit School. | [24] |
| Lieutenant Duncan John Perryman RANR | For meritorious achievement as the Royal Australian Navy Senior Naval Historical Officer. | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Paul Ernest Phillips | For meritorious achievement as the senior electrical sailor onboard HMAS Anzac. | ||
| Lieutenant Commander Fraser Anderssen Vergelius | For devotion to duty as the Submarine Plans Officer, Fleet Headquarters. | ||
| Chief Petty Officer Jeremy Michael Wade | For meritorious achievement in optimising the materiel state and personnel training as a Marine Technician onboard HMAS Warramunga. | ||
| Chaplain Graeme Maxwell Watkinson RAN | For devotion to duty as the Senior Chaplain Training at HMAS Cerberus, particularly towards the introduction of the Lifeskilling and Alpha programs into the Royal Australian Navy. | ||
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Glenn David Armstrong | For meritorious achievement as Squadron Sergeant Major at the Australian Defence Force Academy. | |
| Captain Michael Robert Blazely | For meritorious achievement as the Logistics Officer, Rotation 12, Combined Task Force 635, Solomon Islands, between April and August 2007. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class One David Graeme Brown | For meritorious achievement as the Chief Clerk of the Headquarters 3rd Brigade in support of operational readiness for deployment to Timor Leste in 2006. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Joanne Pamela Cripps | For meritorious achievement as the Company Sergeant Major, Administration Company, the 7th Combat Services Support Battalion. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Donald Edward Gilson | For devotion to duty as the Warrant Officer Operations for Joint Operations Support Staff, New South Wales. | ||
| Sergeant Eliot Barlow Kruger | For meritorious achievement as Interface Sergeant and Manager of Telecommunications Systems within the Defence Communications Station Melbourne. | ||
| Major Ronaldo Zalamea Manahan | For devotion to duty as a Staff Officer Grade 2 Training Plans at Headquarters Training Command – Army. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two David Charlesb Oliver | For meritorious achievement as the All Source Intelligence Facility Commander, 3rd Reconstruction Task Force on Operation SLIPPER. | ||
| Private Michael Anthony Rayner | For devotion to duty as the Operator Supply of the 110th Air Defence Battery, the 16th Air Defence Regiment. | ||
| Warrant Officer Class Two Dale Bradley Wallace | For devotion to duty as the Training Warrant Officer, Regimental Headquarters, 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers. | ||
| Air Force | Corporal Robert John Bedggood | For meritorious achievement as the Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of Delamere Air Weapons Range, Number 44 Wing Detachment Tindal. | |
| Warrant Officer Wayne Thomas Milligan | For meritorious achievement as an Airworthiness Flight Systems Engineer at Air Movements Training and Development Unit. | ||
| Wing Commander Sarah Jane Pearson | For meritorious achievement in support of air combat capability as the Commanding Officer of the Strike Reconnaissance Logistics Management Unit. | ||
| Corporal David Gerald Rayfield | For meritorious achievement as the General Support Equipment Fitter at Royal Australian Air Force Base Scherger. | ||
| United States Air Force | Major Lee Campbell Guthrie | For meritorious achievement as the C-17A Globemaster United States Air Force exchange officer and the Standards and Role Qualification Flight Commander at Number 36 Squadron. |
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- "Australian Police Medal (APM)" (PDF). gg.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- "Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM)" (PDF). gg.gov.au. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- "Ambulance Service Medal (ASM)" (PDF). gg.gov.au. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- "Emergency Service Medal (ESM)" (PDF). gg.gov.au. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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