| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Alan Bertram Alder | For services to the community, particularly through the State Emergency Service | [1] |
| Dr James Alexander, VRD | For services to youth, particularly through the scouting movement |
| Enid May Angell | For service to the community |
| Arthur Vey Angove | For service to the local government and the community |
| Walter Bruce Annabel | For service to the newspaper industry, particularly as the editor of the Bega District news and to the community |
| Herbert Hector Ashby, DCM | For service to the welfare of veterans |
| Judith Marjory Ashton | For service to the Australian tourism industry |
| Phyllis Evelyn Ashton | For service to the entertainment industry and charitable organisations |
| Douglas Joseph Ashton | For service to the entertainment industry and charitable organisations |
| Walter Howard Ashton | For service to horology |
| Stephen Gordon Ballard | For service to children with disabilities, particularly through the provision of respite care services |
| Elsie May Ballard | For service to children with disabilities, particularly through the provision of respite care services |
| Nina Gertrude Barden-Hoffman | For service to the support and promotion of charitable organisations, particularly as a journalist. |
| Harrie Sylvia Todds Barrett | For service to the community, particularly as a benefactor and supporter of charitable organisations |
| Allan Beahan | For service to the community |
| Conrad Geiger Beard | For service to the community through benevolent organisations |
| Ralph Beckingham | For service to sailing and the Olympic movement, particularly through sports administration |
| Walter Bedwell | For service to the community, particularly through the entertainment of veterans and the aged |
| Doreen Daisy Bent | For service to the community |
| George Tasman Benwell | For service to the community, particularly through the Westernport Safety Council |
| Betty Joy Beohm | For service to the community, particularly to ex-servicemen and women |
| Desmond Norman Bethke | For service to the community and local government |
| James Harold Bettess | For service to the community and local government |
| Phillip John Blakey | For service to youth, particularly as State Co-ordinator of 'Bridging the Gap', a job help program |
| Kenneth Roy Hilton Blanch | For service to journalism |
| Alan Michael Blow | For service to the arts, particularly through the Tasmanian Museum, Art Gallery and the Salamanca Arts Centre Inc |
| Frederick Mervyn Bond | For service to local government and sport, particularly Leisure Australia |
| Pamela Kay Borthwick | For service to the community and youth, particularly as a school councillor |
| Wilma Alice Bowman | For service to social welfare and disabilities services |
| Mary Therese Bowsher | For service to people with intellectual disabilities and their families |
| Helen Brown | For service to nursing and veterans, particularly in the area of aged and extended care |
| Wesley Edward Browne | For service to the community, particularly through ex-service welfare |
| Dr Francis Harding Burns | For service to medicine in the area of diabetes care and in the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse |
| Jennifer Lorraine Butt | For service to the community through the Rural Drought Relief for Women and Children Programme |
| Commissioner Alistair Grant Cairns | For service to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army |
| Robert Bruce Cameron | For service to vocational education and training, particularly in the automotive trades and the community |
| The Reverend John Colin Campbell | For service to the Baptist Church of NSW and the community |
| Tonya Roxanne Carew | For service to children, particularly through Protect All Children Today and the Pony club movement |
| Irene Case | For service to the Scleroderma Association of New South Wales |
| Jeffrey Alan Cheales | For service to the sport, particularly as a judge, coach and administrator |
| Alan Henry Clark | For service to veterans, particularly the Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated ex-service personnel |
| Beryl Adeline Conn | For service to the community, particularly the Caulfield Medical Centre Auxiliary |
| Ellen Cook | For service to the Scout Association of Australia |
| Wing Commander Geoffrey Laurence Cottee, RFD | For service to youth through the Air Training Corps |
| Elisabeth Claire Cruden | For service to people with hearing disabilities, particularly through Better Hearing Australia |
| Kingsley Grant Culley | For service to the water and waste water industry and the community |
| Beverley Joan Davies | For service to the community |
| Gordon Edwin Davison | For service to the Scout Association of Australia |
| Emils Delins | For service to the Latvian community |
| Lola Clair Downes | For service to sport, particularly track and field athletics |
| Henryk Jan Duszynski | For service to the 'Tatry' Polish Folklore Ensemble |
| Joseph Zev Eisenberg | For service to the arts, particularly as Director of the New England Regional Art Museum |
| Cecil Charles Etwell | For service to the community through the Mackay Show Association |
| Mavis Isabel Fagan | For service to the Alzheimer's Association of Tasmania |
| Professor Kevin Stanley Fagg | For service to the development of business and management studies at Central Queensland University |
| Nancy Margaret Falloon | For service to the Girl Guides Association of Australia and to the community |
| Joan Heather Fisher | For service to the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia |
| Sister Josephine Fitzpatrick | For service to education, particularly as Principle of the Sacred Heart School at Cunnamulla |
| Joseph Leonard Forace | For service to the Maltese community |
| Arnold Henry Scott Foster | For service to the community and to ballroom and old time dancing |
| John Richard Francis | For service to the community |
| Rodney Frank | For service to the community |
| John Robert Franklin | For service to the Australian Air League |
| Joan Gwenneth Freeman | For service to the community |
| Jeannette Isobel Fuller | For service to the community, particularly through providing support and care for the aged |
| Margaret Joyce Gaylard | For service to community health, particularly through providing support for the needs and care of the aged and the disadvantaged |
| Draga Gelt | For service to the Slovenian community |
| Mollie Isabella Gibson | For service to the community |
| Helen Margaret Gifford | For service to music as a composer |
| Trevor MacDonald Gifford | For service to the Volunteer Sea Search and Rescue Association of Western Australia and the Marine Rescue Association of Australia |
| Edward Frank Godfrey | For service to the blue nursing service. |
| Shirley Beatrice Gollings | For service to early childhood education. |
| Alan Leslie Gordon | For service to veterans, particularly through the Holbrook Sub-Branch and Club of the Returned and Services League |
| Zbigniew Grabczewski | For service to the Polish community and the taxi industry |
| Aileen May Griffiths | For service to the community |
| Helen Lurline Griffiths | For service to the community as an advocate for those affected by cystic fibrosis |
| John Charles Griffiths | For service to youth, particularly through the Victorian branch of the Scout Association, and to the community |
| Meredith Griggs | For service to early childhood education, particularly through KU Children’s Services |
| Mietka Irena Gruszka | For service to the Polish community and multicultural organisations |
| Dr Roger Kingsley Hall | For service to paediatric dentistry |
| Stewart James Harley | For service to aged people, particularly through Aged Care Tasmania |
| Beverley Elizabeth Harris | For service to netball |
| Neil John Harris | For service to the community, particularly through Lions Clubs International |
| Charlotte Annie Hastie | For service to rural women, particularly through the Country Women’s Association |
| Dr Mileham Geoffrey Hayes | For service to jazz as a player, promoter and administrator |
| Bryan Charles Hazell | For service to cricket as a player and administrator |
| David John Clifford Heath | For service to veterans, particularly through the Naval Association, the Naval Club and the Naval Reserve Cadet Movement |
| Sister Yvonne Anne Heffernan | For service to the well being of prisoners and their families, and to homeless men through the Matthew Talbot Hostel |
| Neville Joseph Henshaw | For service to surf-lifesaving at club state and national levels. |
| Joseph John Hepinstall | For service to the Adelaide and suburban cricket association and wildlife conservation. |
| Mildred Elizabeth Higgins | For service to the community. |
| Kathleen Elsie Holmes | For service to the community health, particularly through the Glaucoma Foundation of Australia. |
| The Reverend Ronald Victor Holt | For service the community through the Uniting Church in Australia |
| Captain Donald Arthur Hopper | For service to maritime safety and rescue communications |
| Michael Matthew Howlin | For service to veterans, particularly as treasurer of the Cabravale Ex-active Servicemen's Club. |
| Patricia Delsey Ingham | For service to aged people through the League of Help for the elderly and to the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service. |
| Trevor Huntley Jacobs | For service to the community. |
| Shirley Anne James | For service to people with intellectual disabilities, particularly through Eurella Community Services. |
| David Phillip John | For service to local government. |
| Bette Jones | For service in support of the Country Fire Authority as a radio operator and to the community. |
| Emeritus Professor Peter Numa Joubert | For service to road and offshore yachting safety |
| Constantine George Kailis | For service to the Greek community. |
| Philia Kambitsis | For service to the Greek community, particularly to aged people. |
| The Reverend William Duncan Kennedy | For service to the community as a hospital chaplain |
| Margaret Dawn Kidney | For service to the community particularly through the Offenders and Rehabilitation Services Auxiliary and through the Anglican Church. |
| Jack Lindsay Kile | For service to local government and to the community. |
| John Maxwell Knowles | For service to the community, particularly through the Lions Club International |
| Irene Krastev | For service to multicultural groups, the Bulgarian community, and to the aged |
| Zbigniew Tadeusz Sykstus Kwiecinski | For service to veterans |
| Jacqueline Ann Lambert | For service to Aboriginal studies through the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies |
| Margaret Yvonne Lamond | For service to education as a teacher and advocate in the field of hearing impairment |
| Marion Sau Foong Lau | For service to the Chinese community, and aged people |
| Patrick Victor Lewis | For service to veterans, particularly through the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women |
| Bruce Livingstone | For service to the Motor Trades Association and related organisations in the Australian Capital Territory |
| Paul John Mackett | For service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family history research |
| Gloria Dawn Mansfield | For service to primary industry, particularly through the Cattlemen’s Union of Australia |
| Stanley Marsh | For service to local government and the community |
| Barbara Mason | For service to community health organisations |
| Alice Mary Mayall | For service to the community |
| Heather Maureen McCabe | For service to music, particularly as musical director of the Bundaberg Symphony Orchestra |
| James Ian McCoy | For service to the community |
| Grace Thelma McDonald | For service to netball |
| Winifred McDonell | For service to education, particularly in the field of mathematics |
| Euphemia Stirling McDougall | For service to women’s hockey |
| Margaret Ellen McEntee | For service to women, particularly through the Catholic Women’s League of Australia |
| Thomas James McKean | For service to the community, particularly through the Lone Parents’ Support Service and the Corio Rotary Club |
| William John McLennan | For service to the community, particularly through the Society of St Vincent de Paul and senior citizens groups |
| Shirley June Meldrum | For service to the community |
| Dr Olga Henrietta Mendis | For service to the Sinhalese community |
| Henri Marie Joseph Meyer | For service to the trade union movement |
| Alois Mikula | For service to the Scout Association of Australia, and veterans |
| Peter Irvine Mitchell | For service to soccer administration |
| Patricia Mitchell | For service to rural education and the arts |
| Janet Moody | For service to the performing arts, particularly through the St Luke’s Little Theatre Society |
| Peter Edward Morriss | For service to the design and engraving of postage stamps and the engraving and development of banknotes |
| Joseph Masie Mosby | For service to the community of the Torres Strait Islands |
| Albert Moseley | For service to surf lifesaving |
| Michael Joseph Moy | For service to the community, particularly the aged and people with disabilities, and as an administrator of horse racing |
| Jeannine Seraphie Neumann | For service to the community through the Gold Coast Welfare Association |
| Leslie Patrick Gilwell Newman | For service to ballroom dancing |
| Lila Mary Notley | For service to the community, particularly through Life Education Centres |
| Ilga Nyirady | For service to the Latvian community |
| Kelvin Mahon O'Connell | For service to local government, primary industry and veterans |
| Patricia Marie O'Hara | For service to people with hearing impairment |
| Muriel Oehlman | For service to veterans, particularly through the Southport Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Douglas Orson Oldfield | For service to education through the Wesley College Council, and to the community |
| Alexander Overett | For service to business and commerce, particularly through the Auctineers and Agents Committee |
| Ruth Padgett | For service to the community through the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme |
| Graeme Alston Park | For service to youth through the Scouting movement |
| Anthony Joseph Parker | For service to accountancy, and the community |
| Rob Parrella | For service to sport, particularly lawn bowls |
| Nancy Hearne Paton | For service to the sugar industry |
| Robert George Phillips | For service to local government through the Clare District Council |
| Air Commodore Edward Thomas Pickerd, OBE, DFC, (Ret'd) | For service to youth through the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. |
| Louis David Platus | For service to sports administration through Maccabi Australia |
| Ian Stuart Armitage Power | For service to veterans, particularly through the Central Queensland district branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Malcolm Rabe | For service to the community |
| William Race | For service to veterans through the Sunnybank sub-branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Hermine Rose Raup | For service to the German/Austrian community |
| Linda Louise Lewis Reaby | For service to community health, particularly in the promotion of breast cancer awareness and research |
| Hilton James Redding | For service to radio broadcasting |
| Dr Beryl May Rich | For service to medicine, particularly in the areas of Aboriginal health and maternal and baby health |
| Ronald Robert Rich | For service to the community, particularly as chairman of Dubbo Base Hospital |
| Bruce Rindfleish | For service to local government and the community |
| Charles Robertson | For service to local government, the aged, and sports administration |
| Major Aylmer Campbell Robertson | For service to the community, particularly through the Toowoomba Art Gallery and the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce |
| Ian Rogers | For service to chess |
| Norman John Rowland | For service to the aged through the Mount Warrigal Retirement Village |
| Gustaf Frithiof Ryberg | For service to the community |
| Allan William Sansom | For service to the community |
| Mavis Olwin Sansom | For service to the community |
| Kenneth William Scarlett | For service to the arts, particularly in the promotion of Australian sculpture |
| Frederick Edmund Schipke | For service to the community through the teaching of music and as a musician |
| Marjory Hannah Meredith Scurlock | For service to the community, particularly through the Anglican Church and the Western Australian Branch of the National Council for Women |
| Gwen Secomb | For service to education through the South Australian Association of School Parents Clubs Inc |
| Marian Nell Shand | For service to conservation through the May Gibbs Foundation and the Nutcote Trust |
| Dr William Neil Shand | For service to conservation through the May Gibbs Foundation and the Nutcote Trust |
| Paul William Sharratt | For service to the arts, entertainment industry and the community |
| Reginald Leslie Shelswell | For service to junior cricket and rugby league football |
| Dorothy Ida Shepherdson | For service to the community |
| The Reverend Reginald Jack Skippen | For service to the community through the Blue Nursing Service |
| Roy Frederick Smalley | For service to tennis |
| Arthur James Smith | For service to veterans. |
| Harold Gordon Solomon | For service to veterans, particularly merchant mariners |
| Henry Edward Spicer | For service to the community, particularly through Lions International |
| George Raymond Spindler | For service to veterans and the community through the Returned and Services League |
| Margaret Louise Staas | For service to the community, particularly through the Australian Red Cross Society and the Lindfield Women’s Bowling Club |
| Madonna Pearl Staunton | For service to the visual arts |
| Neil Anthony Stephens | For service to cycling |
| Diana Yorke Stott | For service to aged people with disabilities |
| William Arthur Henry Stoyles | For service to veterans, particularly as Appeals Director, Victorian branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia |
| Rasalingam Subramaniam | For service to multicultural organisations, the Tamil community and local government |
| Louie John Sukari | For service to the Lebanese community |
| Kathleen Cavenagh Symes | For service to the community, particularly through the RSPCA and the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship |
| Joyce Winifred Thiele | For service to the community, particularly through the Children’s Medical Research Institute |
| Barry Edward Thompson | For service to aviation, particularly as General Manager, General Aviation, of the Federal Airports Corporation |
| George Ronald Thoms | For service to gynaecology and obstetrics, and hospital administration |
| Angus Leith Thomson | For service to tennis as a coach and administrator |
| Joan Adel Thorburn | For service to local government |
| Dr Bernard James Thorley | For service to special education |
| Howard James Tily | For service to the community, particularly through St John Ambulance Australia |
| John Henry Tinetti | For service to aged people through the Goldfields Aged Pensioners’ Welfare Association |
| Mary Evelyn (Peg) Tozer | For service to people with intellectual disabilities |
| William Arthur Creswick Trethowan | For service to lawn bowls administration |
| Hazel Elizabeth Treweek, MBE | For service to the arts through the teaching and encouragement of drama |
| George Francis Tucker | For service to the community, and to the funeral service industry |
| Patricia Margaret Tyler | For service to children with disabilities |
| Ruby May Muriel Underhill | For service to the Preston and Northcote Community Hospital Auxiliary |
| Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Leo Underwood, (Ret'd) | For service to the Queensland Canine Control Council |
| Winifred Ellen Urch | For service to the community |
| Dr Peter George Valder | For service to botany and horticulture |
| Adrianus Fransiscus Casper van den Ende | For service to the community, particularly through the State Emergency Service. |
| Anthony William Dean Vaughan | For service to local government and the community |
| Ferenc Vig | For service to gymnastics coaching and administration, the Queensland Renal Association and the Hungarian community |
| Bruce Maxwell Viney | For service to the community and local government |
| Dr Floriano Francesco Volpato | For service to the community, particularly the Italian community |
| William Arthur Wade | For service to the community, the New South Wales Parliament and local government |
| Peter Andrew Waite | For service to the community, particularly through the Scout Association of Australia |
| Brian Joseph Waldron | For service to accountancy and the community |
| Judith Devine Walker | For service to community health through nutrition education |
| John Walker | For service to the housing and timber manufacturing industries |
| Anthony John Warrener | For service to the community through the TAFE Motor Sport Service Smash Repair Team and to athletics administration |
| William Johnson Waudby | For service to the community |
| Robert Sidney Weatherall | For service to the community |
| Desme Heather White | For service to dance education |
| Gladys Winifred Whiteside | For service to the community, particularly people with vision impairment |
| Russell Trevor Whitmore | For service to surf-lifesaving |
| Bettine Isabel Wild | For service to diabetes education and to people with diabetes |
| Charles Alexander William G. Wilson | For service to the community of Mount Gambier, particularly through social welfare, veterans’ and learning programmes |
| Peter Muir Wilson | For service to the building and construction industry |
| Gregory Bruce Withnell | For service to the community, particularly through the State Emergency Service Road Accident Rescue Service |
| Ross Wolfenden | For service to sports and athletics coaching and administration |
| William Chon-Fang Wong | For service to the Chinese community |
| Marie Therese Woods | For service to the community, particularly through the Red Cross Singers |
| Roy Samuel Worfold | For service to the community, particularly through communications workshops |
| Noel Clifton Zeplin | For service to the preservation of Western Australia’s railway heritage |