| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Phillip Maxwell Adams | For service to pistol shooting | [1][2] |
| Ernest Edward Adsett | For service to trade unions and the community |
| Maxwell Ainley | For service to the community |
| Trevor Allan | For services to rugby union football |
| William George Alma | For service as a magician and to the conservation of conjuring memorabilia |
| Dr Irene Amos | For service to the arts administration |
| Franciscus Egidius Gerardus Arendse | For service to the community and youth |
| John Frank Ashby | For service to the community, particularly the security industry |
| Sister Mary Theodore Asmar | For service to international relations, particularly to children with disabilities in Madras, India |
| Thomas Ernest Atterton | For service to the community, particularly aged people and veterans |
| Arthur Edward Baker | For service to the aged people through the Meals on Wheels organisation |
| Kerry Neil Bales | For service to the welfare of children suffering from cancer and leukaemia |
| Helen Maydos Bales | For service to the welfare of children suffering from cancer and leukaemia |
| Anthony Louis Barber | For service to the entertainment industry |
| Dr Peter Allan Barr | For service to medicine, particularly through paediatrics and grief counselling |
| Jeanette Anne Barritt | For service to public health, particularly through the Australian Cranio Facial Unit |
| Mary Josephine Barry | For service to the nursing profession |
| Dr Ross Jan Bastiaan | For service to Australian military history |
| Clifford Curnow Bennett, ISO | For service to the community |
| Michael George Best | For service to people with disabilities |
| Una May Bishop | For service to the community |
| William Thomas Hayes Bodman | For service to the livestock industry |
| Alderman Peter Francis Bolt | For service to local government and to the electricity industry |
| Kenneth Hamilton Bond | For service to the transport industry, particularly aviation |
| Dr Peter Eric Boon | For service to medicine, particularly the training of ambulance paramedics |
| Lynda Margaret Booth | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Multiple Birth Association |
| Francis Charles Boyle | For service to the community |
| Joan Maude Brand | For service to children as a foster carer |
| Isabella Brierley | For service to local history of the Sydney North Shore area |
| Ronald Heath Brockie | For service to veterans, particularly to those with visual impairment |
| Harold Arthur Brooks | For service as a ballroom dancing instructor |
| Leslie Edwin Brownlie | For service to primary industry |
| Maureen Patricia Burchell | For service to the community |
| Councillor Albert Roy Burr | For service to local government |
| James David Caldwell | For service to the sport of rugby league football |
| Dr Robert William Stuart Cannon | For service to dentistry, particularly prosthodontics |
| Joseph Carbonaro | For service to the Italian community |
| Erik Roger Bede Carlson | For service to the community |
| Andrew Carter | For service to promoting community awareness of HIV/AIDS |
| Tristram Ogilvie Cary | For service to music |
| Diana Elwyn Howard Cavaye | For services to the community and public health |
| Terrence William Chapman | For service to education through the Association of Independent Schools, New South Wales |
| Alderman Colin Roy Chapman | For service to the community |
| Dr Philip Hin Yee Cheung | For service to public health and to service organisations |
| Rex Chown | For service to the community, particularly training for the road transport industry |
| Edythe Marie Christie | For service to youth |
| Mervyn Frank Clark, MBE | For service to the community, particularly veterans |
| Henry Lewis Clark | For service to the community, particularly as co-ordinator of search and rescue operations |
| Olive Clemens-Palmer | For service to the community, particularly veterans |
| Margaret Jane Cockman | For service to the community |
| James Ronald Cole | For service to the community, particularly aged people and to those with disabilities |
| Thomas Gerald Connolly | For service to the community |
| Errol John Considine | For service to the community |
| Alison Aston Cox | For service to public health through the Tresillian Family Care Centres |
| Donald Boyd Craig | For service to scouting |
| Ian Michael Craig | For service to the horse racing industry |
| John James Craig | For service to the community, particularly through music and old time dancing |
| Betty Dorothea Crisp | For service to the Wilcannia community |
| Alan Barons Crompton | For service to the sport of cricket |
| Frederick Albert Cullen | For service to the community, particularly veterans |
| Gwendoline Jean D'Emden | For service to the arts through the preservation of equipment for sound recording |
| Jack Dalton | For service to children's welfare, particularly as instigator of the organisation 'Foster Care' |
| Warren James Daly | For service to music as band leader and drummer |
| Thomas Charles Davey | For service to local government |
| Suzanne Nadine Davidson | For service to the arts as a ballet dancer, teacher and administrator |
| Gertrude Mary Davis | For service to the community |
| Betty May Dawson | For service to the education of disadvantaged people and those with disabilities |
| Sister Margaret Elizabeth Dolan | For service to the community, particularly aged and the bereaved |
| Muriel Mary Downie | For service to the lawn bowls, particularly for those with visual impairment |
| Maurice James Drake | For service to the community through the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Queensland |
| Sister Marie Paule Francoise Duford | For service to Aboriginal people on Palm and Fantome Islands |
| Leslie Reginald Dunn | For services to the sport of cycling |
| William Dunn | For services to the community, particularly the Aboriginal community |
| Patricia Dorothy Dunne | For service to hospital administration |
| John Leslie Durkin | For service to the community, particularly through emergency maritime rescues |
| The Reverend Brother Peter William Dwyer | For service to education |
| Edgar James Ebsary | For service to the community |
| George Frederick William Eshman | For service to the sport of soccer |
| William John Fennell | For service to the entertainment industry |
| Douglas Noel Ferguson | For service to lifesaving and to youth |
| Eugene Austrail Flaherty | For service to the aged |
| Janice Anne Forrest | For service to youth through the Girl Guides Association |
| David John Foster | For service to the sport of woodchopping |
| Dr Dermot Clarence Foster | For service to community organisations, particularly the St John Ambulance Association |
| Jean Dorothy Franklin | For service to the community |
| Alexander Fraser | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary International |
| Audrey Victoria Freburg | For service to the disabled |
| Alderman Sydney Jack Friedlander | For service to local government |
| Jill Eve Gaitely | For service to children's welfare as a foster carer |
| Janet Grace Galley | For service to the community, particularly through woman's organisations |
| Councillor Robin Gardini | For service to the community and to local government |
| Ann Mary Garms | For service to the tourism and hospitality industry and to the community |
| The Honourable Harry Walter Gayfer | For service to primary industry, particularly through Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd, Western Australia |
| Gertrude Jean Gibson | For service to the promotion of the arts |
| Susan Agnes Giles | For service to the community, particularly through the Biggenden Returned and Services League, Women's Auxiliary |
| Lillian May Golding | For service to the community |
| Betty Patricia Grant | For service to politics |
| Nancy Jean Gurner | For service to public health |
| Kenneth Edwin Gutte | For service to education, particularly the rehabilitation of offenders |
| William Henry Sutherland Hall, BEM | For service to veterans |
| Inspector James Edward Hampstead | For service to the community, particularly during and after the Nyngan floods |
| Noel Thomas Hansen | For public service and for service to the community |
| Murray Leslie Hansen | For service to youth, particularly through the School Cadet Corps |
| Victor William Harris | For service to business and commerce, particularly through the Master Plumbers' Association |
| Dorothy Ethel Harvey-Hall | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Caryl Lynette Haslem | For service to the community |
| John Alister Haynes | For service to the community |
| Essie Catherine Heazlett | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Sister Cecily Mary Caterina Heffernan | For service to education, particularly students with hearing impairments |
| Yvonne Helberg | For service to international relations and in particular to the health and welfare of people on Rote Island, Indonesia |
| Lieutenant Colonel Rowland Alfred Hill | For service to Christian journalism particularly as editor of the War Cry |
| Inspector Reginald William Hinchey | For public service with the New South Wales Police Force |
| Councillor John James Hoare | For service to the community, particularly during and after the Nyngan floods |
| Patricia Blanche Holdenson | For service to the community particularly through charitable organisations |
| Richard Murray Hooper | For service to the community |
| Mary Margaret Hill Hope | For service to conservation and the environment and to the community |
| Captain Kenneth James Hopper, RD | For service to preservation through the Newcastle Maritime Museum and to the community |
| Henry Morton Horsburgh | For service to local government and the community |
| Alan Francis Howe | For service to the Aboriginal community |
| James Maitland Hullick | For service to local government and to the community |
| James William Hunt | For service to the promotion of the Australian arts in the United Kingdom |
| Frances Huntington | For service to the community, to sport and to youth |
| Rosemary Eleanor Hyde | For service to the community |
| Robert James Hyde | For service to the community and to local government |
| Brian Samuel Jasper | For service to the community and to local government |
| John Laurie Jenkins | For service to the community |
| John Godschall Johnson | For service to the arts, particularly as a maker and preserver of string instruments |
| Gordon Stanley Jones | For service to public health |
| David Wynne Jones | For service to scouting |
| John Lambert Kane | For service to veterans |
| John Mathew Keily | For service to youth |
| Henry Douglas Kennerson | For service to education, particularly in the area of administration, and to the building industry |
| Dr Allan James Kerr, RFD | For service to public health, particularly through the development of the Coonabarabaran Medical Centre |
| Sika Kerry | For service to multiculturalism and to local government |
| Mildred Geraldine Joy Kirkpatrick | For service to the entertainment industry |
| John Knight | For service to local government and to the community |
| John Kosnar | For service to manufacturing and to the Czechoslovakian community |
| Dr Kalev Kruup | For service to the Estonian community and to multiculturalism |
| Dr Peter Murray Last | For service to medicine |
| Dorothy Ellen Laughton | For service to sport, particularly for those with visual impairments |
| Allen James Lee | For service to the community and to the Anglican Church |
| Vernon Lisle | For service to music and to broadcasting |
| Lucy Magrath | For service to education, particularly children and young adults with special needs |
| Malvina Malinek | For service to the community, particularly women's affairs |
| Allan Thomas Marriott | For service to the community |
| Albert Martin-Henry | For service to veterans |
| Alderman Norman Francis Henry Matesich | For service to local government and to the community |
| William Wallace Mathison | For service to the Warwick Hospital, particularly as a radiographer |
| Vincent Michael McCaffrey | For service to youth and to the community |
| John Malcolm McDonald | For service to those with disabilities |
| Hector North McDonald | For service to the community, particularly through surf lifesaving |
| Betty Bilton McDonell | For service to the community |
| Patrick George McGann | For service to children with disabilities, particularly through the Pathfinders' Auxiliary |
| Bevan Francis McInerney | For service to the community, particularly through the St John Ambulance Association |
| Ian Edward McIntyre | For service to local government and to the community |
| Councillor Donald John McKay | For service to local government and to the community |
| Mary Jane McKenzie | For service to veterans |
| Alistair Murray McLean | For service to international relations, particularly as Consul-General, Shanghai |
| Timothy James McManus | For service to the community |
| Albert Russell Mead | For service to primary industry, particularly horticulture |
| Ronald Usher Metcalfe | For service to veterans |
| Evelyn Millar | For service to the community |
| Jessie Millington | For service to the community, particularly through fund raising for charitable organisations |
| Neville John Payne Mills | For service to surf lifesaving |
| James Ormandy Milne | For service to the community |
| Quenton Keith Moloney | For service to community organisations |
| Florence May Morley | For service to the community |
| John Arthur Morony | For public service |
| Kenneth Eugene Morrison | For public service with the Victorian Department of Conservation and Environment |
| John Bede Mullen | For service to the community, particularly through the St Vincent de Paul Society |
| Kevin Bernard Newman | For service to horse sports |
| Paul Colin Newnham, BEM | For service as regional director, Victorian State Emergency Service |
| Colin Brynmor Nicholas | For service to hockey |
| Richard Edward Nixon | For service to local history and to the community |
| Graham Walter O'Donnell | For service to veterans, particularly as a bugler |
| Clement Henry O'Keeffe | For service to the community |
| Laurel Joy Oakley | For service to youth and to women's affairs |
| Marjorie Elizabeth Oke | For service to aged people, particularly women |
| George William Oliver | For service to lawn bowls and to the community |
| Athol Stephen Owen | For service to veterans |
| Rollan Warwick Oxenham | For public service |
| David Roy Packham | For service to the development of aerial ignition techniques for bush fire management |
| Vasgo Pailagian | For service to the Armenian community |
| Councillor Sydney Herbert Pargeter | For service to local government and to the community |
| Norman Claude Desmond Parker | For service to opera, particularly technical operations |
| Klytie Wingfield Pate | For service to the arts, particularly ceramic art and sculpture |
| Councillor Geoffrey Simon Patience, BEM | For service to local government and to Lions International |
| The Reverend Kenneth John Patterson | For service to religion, particularly through the Churches of Christ |
| Peter Volkert Payens | For service to photography, particularly aerial photography, and to the community |
| George Buel Peet | For service to the development of aerial ignition techniques for bush fire management |
| Dr James Nixon Pendlebury | For service to the Uniting Church and to education |
| Joseph Henry Philbey | For service to the grain industry in South Australia |
| Beverley Merle Piper | For service to the community, particularly through Meals On Wheels and as a children's hospital visitor |
| Councillor Julius Clive Pollack, MBE | For service to local government and to the community |
| Norman George Pope | For service to veterans and to the community |
| Dr John Louis Potts | For service to medicine |
| James Powell | For service to music, particularly through the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music |
| George Henderson Prescott | For service to those with disabilities, particularly through the Chatswood Sheltered Industries |
| Herbert William Price | For service to veterans and to Legacy |
| Theodore Pridham | For service to the community, particularly through the St Vincent de Paul Society |
| Beris Annette Pritchard | For service to the community, particularly through Quota International |
| Jenny Barr Prohaska | For service to promoting world peace, and to equal opportunity and the status of women |
| The Very Reverend Father Michael Alex Protopopov | For service to the Russian community |
| Laurence Maxwell Pulley | For service to music and to youth |
| Kosta Athan Radin | For service to the Macedonian community in South Australia |
| Allen Hayward Rains | For service to brass band music |
| Leo Francis Ramsdale | For service to the community |
| Jean Stuart Raymond | For service to the community, particularly as secretary to the Bellingen River District Hospital Ladies Auxiliary |
| Dorino Ridolfi | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary |
| Laurence Athol Roberts | For service to the barley industry |
| Betty Ann Roberts | For service to social welfare |
| Bernard James Robertson | For service to the community |
| Sidney Robinson | For service to the Western Australian School for Deaf Children |
| Francis Hugh Robinson | For service to the citrus growing industry and to the community |
| William Francis Rose | For service to cricket |
| Lawrence Rosenblum | For service to the Jewish community |
| Jack Sammons | For service to veterans and to the community |
| James Russell Savage | For service to children, particularly through SPELD |
| Norma Nellie Sawicki | For service to those with visual and hearing impairments through library services |
| George William Scammell | For service to the community |
| Peter Elliston Seager | For service to primary industry, particularly through the Royal National Agriculture and Pastoral Society of Tasmania |
| James Joseph See | For service to industrial relations and for public service |
| Nathan Segal | For service to the community |
| Graeme Carleton Skarratt | For service to children with hearing and visual impairments |
| Ronald Mervyn Skinner | For service to the community, particularly veterans |
| Alderman Thomas Arthur Slattery | For service to local government |
| Marjorie Irene Smith | For service to swimming |
| Gregory Robert Smith | For service to veterans |
| Annita Mary Sommariva | For service to the community, particularly aged people |
| Paul Manfred Sowa | For service to the German community |
| Stanley John Spencer | For service to the education of disabled children, particularly through the Nepean Special School |
| Ida Verdun Spencer | For service to the community, particularly through Red Cross Transport, South Australia |
| Charles George Stening, ED | For service to veterans |
| Lieutenant Colonel Peggy Doralene Stephens | For service to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army |
| Godfrey Taylor Stephens | For service to the credit union movement in Queensland |
| Harold Roy Vincent Stevens | For service to local government and to the community |
| Isabel Stix | For service to youth, particularly refugee children |
| Alfred John Stone | For service to veterans |
| Arthur Edmund Strike | For service to local government and to the community, particularly through the Noah's Ark Toy Library |
| Alexander John Sturgeon | For service to the performing arts |
| Rex Lionel Swinton | For service to adult education and to the community |
| Algimantas Patricijus Taskunas | For service to tertiary education administration and to the Baltic communities |
| Jack Taylor | For service to local government and to the community |
| Donald David Thomas | For service to the community, particularly through the ambulance service |
| Mervyn Herbert Thomas | For service to veterans |
| Norma Knight Thornthwaite | For service to the community, particularly through the Association of Women's Forum Clubs of Australia |
| Linsley James Thorpe | For service to horse racing and to cricket |
| Patricia Adah Tompkins | For service to scouting |
| Joseph Torrent | For service to the community |
| Boris Trajkov | For service to the Macedonian and other communities |
| Henry Shiu-Lung Tsang | For service to ethnic communities |
| The Reverend Vernon Kenneth Turner | For service to Christian broadcasting |
| Reginald George Tutty | For service to the industry, particularly exhibition game poultry |
| Valrene Tweedie | For service to ballet and dance |
| Josephine Winifred Van Lawick | For service to those with intellectual disabilities particularly through the Endeavour Foundation |
| Speros Vardos | For service to the Greek community |
| Giulio Cesare Francesco Vidoni | For service to children with disabilities, particularly through Handital-NSW Inc |
| Elma Janet Viertel | For service to hockey |
| Ivan Leonard Ray Vincent | For service to the Churches of Christ and to social welfare |
| Pauline Patricia Wallace | For service to the community, particularly during the Nyngan floods |
| Ross Reginald Walladge | For service to the community, particularly through the St Vincent de Paul Society |
| Kenneth John Walter | For service to conservation and the environment |
| Hugh Douglas Waring | For service to soil science, forestry and to education |
| Lillian Annie Warren | For service to the Girls' Brigade |
| Dorothy Louisa Watts | For service to those with disabilities, particularly through the House With No Steps |
| Jean Weeks Webster | For service to hockey and to women's bowls |
| Barry George Weston | For service to commercial security and to crime prevention |
| Randal Derek White | For service to education, to engineering and to the community |
| Kevin Claude Michael Whouley | For service to the community |
| May Wiblen | For service to the community |
| Betty Isabel Willis | For service to youth particularly through the YWCA and the Uniting Church |
| Clarice Pearl Willoughby | For service to the community, particularly through Meals on Wheels |
| Stella Irene Willson | For service to the community |
| Colin Woods | For service to music, particularly through the Salvation Army Melbourne Staff Band |
| Henry Woolnough | For service to the community |
| Alonzo Pearse Wymond | For service to the preservation of rail transport history and to tourism |
| Charlie Yankos | For service to soccer |
| Peter Alan Yeldham | For service to the arts, particularly as a script writer |
| Keithwell Arthur Young | For service to those with disabilities, particularly through the Spastic Society of Victoria |
| Ann Choma Zablud | For service to the Jewish community and to women's affairs |