| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Rudolf Alagich | For service to the community of Broken Hill, particularly the Yugoslav community, and to soccer. | [1] |
| Leonard James Anderson | For service to local government, to the Saleyard Operators Association, and to the community of Finley. |
| Norman Bruce Andrews | For service to the community, particularly through the Artillery Historical Trust of Tasmania and the Launceston Artillery Old Comrades Association. |
| Lorna Unis Angel | For service to the community of Nowra through welfare, musical and sporting groups. |
| John Christopher Anictomatis | For service to the Greek community in Darwin. |
| Cecil Frederick Anstey | For service to the community of Cessnock through school, service and sporting groups. |
| Gordon Gibson Arnold | For service to local government and to the community of North Queensland. |
| Kevin George Aussel | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser and through social care and sporting groups. |
| John Henry Bache | (Award wef 25 November 1998) For service to business, particularly through the egg marketing industries in Queensland and the Northern Territory. |
| Geoffrey St Vincent Ballard | For service to humanitarian aid, particularly through Amnesty International as a fundraiser. |
| Robyn Anne Bannerman | For service to Australian women's hockey, particularly as a player, umpire and umpire coach, and to the local community of Lithgow. |
| Walter Thomas Barber | For service to lawn bowls, particularly as a player and administrator at club, district and zone levels. |
| Nevil Roy Barlow | For service to local government and to the community of Bathurst. |
| John Hampton Beale | For service to local government and to the community of Hawthorn, particularly through Moorfields Community for Adult Care and historical societies. |
| Peter Allen Beaumont | For service to the community, particularly as a philanthropist. |
| Dr Sidney Douglas Bickerton | For service to the community of Dalby as a general medical practitioner. |
| Merle Bignell | For service to the preservation of local history, particularly through the Kojonup Historical Society, and as an author, researcher and editor. |
| Reginald Birch | For service to indigenous affairs, particularly in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. |
| John Playne Bird | (Award wef 7 May 1998) For service to sport aviation and aviation education. |
| Stanley Young Bisset | For service to veterans, particularly through the 2/14th Battalion Association, 7th Division. |
| Alison Markham Blackmore | For service to the community of Nowra, particularly as a fundraiser for charitable organisations. |
| Ian Donald Blair | (Award wef 24 August 1998) For service to the community of Onslow through service, aged care and social support organisations. |
| Albert Edward Blashki | For service to the community of Springvale through musical, youth, educational and welfare organisations. |
| Raymond Allen Braithwaite | For service to the community through youth, aged care, social welfare and health organisations, and to the Australian Parliament. |
| John Clifford Brice | For service to the community, particularly in the development of equestrian sports in South Australia and as a sponsor and fundraiser for sporting and community organisations. |
| Baron Ainslie Brooke | For service to veterans, particularly through the Royal Australian Air Force Association. |
| Cecil John Brown | For service to local government and to the community of Richmond. |
| Charles Henry Brown | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Epping Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to youth. |
| Ian Douglas Brown | For service to the community, particularly as a member of the Spirit of Australia South Pole Expedition, and to Scouts Australia. |
| Theodore Alexander Brown | For service to veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community. |
| William Alfred Brown | For service to cricket as a player, selector, coach and administrator. |
| Robyn Nell Bryant | For service to the child care industry, particularly through the Association of Child Care Directors (Community Based) ACT. |
| Eric William Bubb | For service to rifle shooting as a competitor, coach and administrator. |
| Dr Fredrick William Buddee | For service to people with disabilities through the Summerland House With No Steps, to health care programmes, and to medicine as a surgeon. |
| Donald Alwyn Bull | For service to the community, particularly as Chairman of the Australian Lions Drug Awareness Foundation. |
| Helen Winsome Burgin | For service to the community, particularly in the Manly Warringah area. |
| Patricia Honor Butler | For service to people with hearing impairments through the Sunshine Coast Branch of Better Hearing Australia Incorporated. |
| Kevin Rhodes Buxton | For service to sailing, particularly through the Belmont 16ft Sailing Club, and to people with disabilities through the Sailability/Belmont 16s. |
| John Charles Capes | For service to the community through the State Emergency Service and as an advocate for volunteer representation in emergency service management. |
| Nicholas Peter Careedy | For service to the Greek community, particularly through the Hellenic Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Australian Hellenic Education and Progressive Association. |
| William Peter Casey | For service to unemployed youth, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, through the development and implementation of training programmes. |
| Brian William Chatterton | For service to music and music education, particularly through the establishment and administration of Co*Opera. |
| Dr John Franklin Christmas | For service to the community, particularly through Rotary International. |
| Dr Raymond Phillip Cleary | For service to education, particularly adult education through the Berry Campus of the University of Wollongong, and to the community. |
| Beryl Patricia Coates | (Award wef 5 November 1998) For service to youth, particularly through the Guiding movement in Tasmania, and to the community. |
| Kevin Barry Collins | For service to the community, particularly through the Australasian Native Orchid Society and the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, and to amateur basketball. |
| George Andrew Comino | For service to special education, particularly the adaptation of computer technology for people with disabilities, and to the Spastic Centre of New South Wales. |
| John Anthony Conheady | For service to the community of Terang and district. |
| Maxwell James Connery | For service to homeless youth as the founder and Chairperson of Stepping Stone House, Dulwich Hill. |
| William Hughes Connick | For service to the communities of Goodnight and Tooleybuc, particularly through the Goodnight Irrigation Trust, school and sporting organisations. |
| Bernadette Doreen Connor | For service to the arts in Tasmania, particularly through the Hibiscus Gallery, and to the community. |
| Norma Vivienne Cook | For service to people with intellectual disabilities, particularly through the Community Visitors Program and the Helping Hand Association for the Intellectually Disabled (Northcote Preston). |
| Brian William Cooper | For service to the community, particularly to people with disabilities, through conducting life skills training programmes and as a fundraiser for charitable organisations. |
| Karen Ann Cornaggia | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through the 'New Concept' Tenpin Bowling League and the South Australian Disabled Tenpin Bowling Tournament Committee. |
| Patricia Mary Cossio | For service to the community of Grafton, particularly through the Australian Red Cross. |
| Peter Coughlin | For service to education, particularly in the areas of management and leadership of the school community. |
| Michael Gerald Coultas | For service to the promotion of international trade and the fostering of Australian/Sri Lankan relations. |
| Thelma Mary Crawley | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the RSL Women's Auxiliary of New South Wales, and to the community. |
| Teresa Croce-Benedetti | For service to the Italian community, particularly women living in the Sydney metropolitan area. |
| Valerie Florence Curran | For service to netball as a player, coach, umpire and administrator through the Illawarra Netball Association. |
| Sylvia Mae Curtis | For service to nursing, particularly in the area of aged care, and to the community. |
| Alan Henry Dainton | For service to visually impaired people through the Baringa Centre of the Vision Australia Foundation, and to the community of Shepparton. |
| Norma Mary Danks | For service to the community, particularly through the Board of Management and auxiliaries of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. |
| Dr Peter John Davies | For service to golf as an administrator and competitor. |
| Flora Erna Davis | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home and the Ladies Auxiliary of the North Shore Synagogue. |
| Linda Joyce Day | For service to the community of Narrandera, particularly through the Country Women's Association and the Teloca House Hostel for the frail aged. |
| Robert Jon De La Hunty | For service to the preservation of Australian aviation history, particularly through the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society. |
| Antony Charles Deakin | For service to the community of Armidale, particularly in the field of architecture. |
| Alick Denniss | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Limbless Soldiers' Association of Australia. |
| Dr Eric Donaldson | For service to aviation medicine and air safety procedures, and as an educator in these fields. |
| Brian Frederick Donnell | For service to surf lifesaving, particularly as an administrator, coach and examiner. |
| Joseph Tancred Dougall | For service to the communities of Parramatta and Granville through sporting, ex-Service and Maltese community groups. |
| Envoy Ronald Thomas Downes | For service to the community, particularly through the Salvation Army Gosford Community Services Centre. |
| Major Ross William Eastgate | For service to veterans and their families, particularly at state and sub-branch levels of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Doreen Mavis Elliott | For service to the community of Bermagui, particularly the aged through Meals on Wheels and the Centre Based Meal Day. |
| Davidson Freeman Evans | For service to the community of Boonah, particularly through the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal. |
| Norman John Evans | For service to the community of the Bega Valley. |
| Robert Brian Favero | For service to the communities of Young and Wagga Wagga, particularly through Lions International. |
| Dr William Henry Feneley | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, and to the Illawarra community through ex-Service, educational and church groups. |
| Paul Morris Finch | For service to veterans, particularly through the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community of Norfolk Island. |
| Julie Maria Finucane | For service to nursing, particularly in the areas of accident and emergency care, and to the community. |
| Ursula Flicker | For service to the preservation of Jewish history, particularly through the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust and Research Centre. |
| Walter John Fluke | For service to the community of Coomba, particularly through church, sporting and fire fighting organisations, and to people with disabilities. |
| Robert Keith Foreman | For service to youth, particularly through the Air Training Corps, and to gliding. |
| Andrew James Forsdike | For service to veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia. |
| Douglas Charles Forsyth | For service to the community of Willoughby, particularly through the Willoughby Musical Society and the Zenith Theatre. |
| Dr Richard Peter Freeman, RFD | For service to otolaryngology, particularly through the Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation, and through medical practice, research and training. |
| Kenneth William Fulton | For service to veterans and their families through the Geelong Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers Association of Victoria. |
| Mowarra Ganambarr | For service to the Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, particularly through the development of the Rorruway and Mata Mata Homeland Centres, and to the arts as a traditional indigenous artist. |
| Charles Tony Garnock | For service to the community of Bombala. |
| Bourke Lee Gibbons | For service to children with hearing impairments as a fundraiser for the Shepherd Centre. |
| Wolf Walter Gilbert-Purssey | For service to the community through the Australian Red Cross and the Cancer Council of the Northern Territory. |
| Enid Beatrice Gilchrist | For service to the community through the publication of books and articles for home sewing, with patterns designed for Australian families and their lifestyle. |
| Catherine Gluck | For service to the community in New South Wales, particularly the Jewish community, as a philanthropist. |
| Aileen Cecily Godfrey | For service to youth through the Guiding movement and as a teacher. |
| Ervin Graf | For service to the building and property industries, and to the community. |
| Dr Alan Charles Grice | For service to the community, particularly through involvement in medical and hospital administrative bodies and St John Ambulance (Tasmania), and to providing medical care in developing countries. |
| Kaydn Lawson Griffin | For service to the community, particularly through the Uniting Church in Australia, Rotary International, and St John Ambulance Australia. |
| Peter John Grimshaw | For service to industrial relations in the tertiary education sector, and to the credit union movement. |
| Mary Somers Grindrod-Penny | For service to the community through the Port Stephens Division of the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol. |
| Phillip Walter Hadlington | For service to the arboricultural and pest control industries as a consultant, researcher, author and teacher. |
| Harold Halvorsen | For service to the boat-building industry as a designer and builder, and to the community. |
| Ronald James Harding | For service to surf lifesaving at the club and state levels as an instructor and examiner, and at national level as a carnival official. |
| Michael Philip Harley | For service to cycling as the initiator and continuing administrator of the Findon Skid Kids bicycle club, and as a fundraiser for charitable organisations. |
| Donald Westwood Harris | For service to veterans and their families through ex-Service organisations. |
| Zelma Joy Hasselmann | For service to youth through the Guiding movement in New South Wales, and to the community of Maitland. |
| Lucy Carline Heap | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the Victorian Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| William Alfred Heel | For service to youth, particularly through the Scouting movement in Western Australia. |
| Dorothy Hilda Henderson | For service to the community through Baptist Community Services, NSW & ACT. |
| Julia Henning | For service to the community, particularly through the Cavalcade of History and Fashion, and Meals on Wheels. |
| Angela Jane Hijjas | For service to the advancement of Australian-Malaysian relations. |
| Harry Clement Hill | For service to the development and promotion of outdoor leisure activities within the Kosciuszko National Park area. |
| Margaret De Burgh Hockey | For service to the community, particularly through charitable organisations, the promotion of arts and crafts and the preservation of the local history of Beaudesert. |
| Eric John Holliday | For service to primary industry as a vegetable and flower producer, to agricultural education through the C B Alexander Agricultural College, and to the community. |
| John Edward Hollingshead | For service to community health, particularly through leadership of the Rotary Sight Restoration Project – Bali, Indonesia. |
| Ronald Ley Hooper | For service to veterans, particularly through the War Veterans Home Myrtle Bank, and to the community. |
| Muriel Agnes Hopwood | For service to the Leeton district through support of a wide range of community groups. |
| Ronald Stephen Horan | (Award wef 18 February 1999) For service to education through Fort Street High School, Sydney. |
| The Reverend James Hughan Houston | For service to the promotion of multiculturalism, and to the community through the Anglican Church in Australia. |
| James Douglas Huckstepp | For service to the communities of Glenelg and Brighton. |
| Paul Chapman Huggins | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the Tamworth Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community through the Currabubula Rural Fire Brigade. |
| Barry Richard Hutchins | For service to ornithology and aviculture. |
| Dr David Robert Hutchins | For service to veterinary science as an equine specialist and through the Rural Veterinary Centre of the University of Sydney. |
| John Barry Hutchins | For service to the community, particularly through facilities for aged care and drug rehabilitation, and to educational and church organisations. |
| Dr Gizela Huttner | For service to the promotion of international human rights through the Urgent Action Network of the Victorian Branch of Amnesty International. |
| Margaret Randal Illingworth | For service to the community of Narrabri, particularly through the Australian Red Cross. |
| Pamela Mary Inglis | For service to the community of Old Bar, particularly through the establishment of support facilities for the aged. |
| Stanley Jackson | For service to the community through the promotion of the concept of 'fitness for life' by undertaking marathon bicycle tours, and to environmental conservation. |
| Frances Shirley Jenkins | For service to the community, particularly through the Moe Youth Club. |
| Donald McGregor Johns | For service to the community, particularly through the Horsham Rural City Pride Committee. |
| Joan Johnston | For service to the community, particularly through health and charitable organisations. |
| Frances Janette Kelly | For service to the community of Barmedman, particularly as a swimming and lifesaving instructor. |
| Maxwell Austin Kimber | For service to veterans, particularly through the Australian Ex-Services Atomic Survivors Association, and to the community. |
| Barrington King | For service to the community, particularly through the Murweh Shire State Emergency Service Unit, and to the management of public lands and stock routes. |
| Bruce Ashby King | For service to the Australian and international communities as an administrator in the Baptist Church. |
| Valencea Gwendoline Kitchener | For service to the aged through St Andrew's Support Service, South Turramurra. |
| Dorothy Koreshoff | For service to horticulture, particularly the art of Bonsai in Australia. |
| Margo Laurel Koskelainen | For service to softball as an umpire and administrator at state, national and international levels. |
| Francis Les Kuffer | For service to veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to St John Ambulance Australia. |
| Joan Lang | For service to the community of Bright, particularly through organisations supporting people with disabilities and cancer. |
| William Kennings Langley | For service to the community, particularly through the Rural Fire Service and the Narrandera Show Society, and to local government. |
| Wendy Anne Langton | For service to ice skating, particularly as an administrator, judge, referee and coach. |
| Beatrice Lawrence | For service to youth through the Guiding movement, and to the community. |
| Emeritus Professor Simon Joshua Leach | For service to science, particularly in the field of protein chemistry. |
| John Danvers Leece | For service to the community through the Spirit of Australia South Pole Expedition, and to the Scouting movement. |
| Caroline Maria Lewthwaite | For service to the community through the Kempsey District Hospital Auxiliary. |
| Frederick John Lodder | For service to youth, particularly through the Rotary Interact programme, and to the Freemason movement. |
| Derek James Lucas | For service to the community, particularly through promoting experiential learning. |
| Robert Stanley Lucas | For service to yachting, particularly as an administrator. |
| John Lusted | For service to the community of Wyong, particularly through Rotary International, Apex and Camp Breakaway. |
| Yvonne June Lynch | For service to the community, particularly through the United Hospital Auxiliaries of NSW. |
| Dr Heather Evelyn Macgowan | For service to the community, particularly through the Royal Life Saving Society Australia and St John Ambulance Australia. |
| John Alexander Maclean | For service to sport as a triathlete and swimmer, to the promotion of sport for people with disabilities, and the encouragement of junior wheelchair athletes through the John Maclean Foundation. |
| John Falkiner Maffey | For service to education, particularly through Sydney Grammar Preparatory School. |
| Richard David Magoffin | For service to Australian folklore as an author of bush ballads and songs, and to the promotion and preservation of Australia's cultural heritage. |
| Evelyn Marie Maguire | For service to the community of Leeton and district, particularly through the preservation of local history as an author, and through Rotary International. |
| Nancy Joan Manefield | For service to the community of North Sydney, particularly through cultural and historical organisations. |
| Frank Margerison | For service to the community, particularly as an honorary auditor for organisations in the Nepean district. |
| Colonel Reginald Joseph Marr | (Award wef 14 July 1998) For service to veterans and their families through the Catalina Aircrew Group, and to the Christian Brothers College (Waverley). |
| Raymond Vivian Marriott | (Award wef 2 October 1998) For service to the retail meat industry, and to the community. |
| Dr Theo John Marshall | For service to science in the field of soil physics. |
| Harry Matthews | For service to surf lifesaving, particularly in the area of financial administration. |
| Gwendolyn Ethel May | For service to the community, particularly through Christian women's groups. |
| Bruce Likely McBrien | For service to the community, particularly through amateur theatre and the National Trust of Australia. |
| Margaret Ann McCauley | For service to people with physical and intellectual disabilities, particularly through Dadirri Incorporated. |
| Joseph McClenahan | For service to the community through Meals on Wheels, and to veterans through the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Margaret Markham McGuire | For service to the community of the Nowra region, particularly through the provision of musical entertainment, and as a fundraiser for hospitals and progress associations. |
| John Ernest McInnes | For service to local government, particularly in the area of land and water management, and to the community. |
| Elvie Minnie McKay | For service to the community, particularly through the Maroondah Hospital Croydon Auxiliary. |
| Brian Francis McKenzie | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia. |
| Neil James McKinnon | For service to local government, and to the community of Jerilderie through health service and sporting organisations. |
| Margaret Anne McLachlan | For service to amateur cycling for women. |
| Noel David McLaughlin | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Anne Margaret McLean | For service to youth, particularly through the Disability Support Network of Guides Victoria, and to medical librarianship. |
| Lindsay Alexander McLeod | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser for the Hazelbrook Public School. |
| Ian Ponsford McTaggart | For service to youth, particularly in the provision of support services, and to the community through Rotary, Freemasonry and the Uniting Church in Australia. |
| Dorothy Elizabeth Meadows | For service to the community, particularly through the Friends of Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands and the Chelsea and District Historical Society. |
| Benjamin John Meek | For service to the conservation of heritage buildings, particularly through the National Trust of Australia, and to the promotion and preservation of local history. |
| Peter Greville Mercer | For service to the promotion and preservation of history, particularly through the Burnie Pioneer Village Museum and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. |
| Glenn Anthony Miller | For service to the community in the Mildura region, particularly through the performing arts. |
| James Edward Miller | For service to classical ballet as a performer, teacher, examiner and choreographer. |
| John Harvey Milne | For service to the community, particularly through the Hawkesbury Agricultural College (University of Western Sydney) and the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association. |
| Mary Moloney | For service to the community, particularly through the Wyong Hospital Auxiliary. |
| Lieutenant Colonel Arthur John Moore | For service to the community, particularly as the initiator and organiser of the inaugural Reserve Forces Day commemorations. |
| Silvio Moschioni | For service to the community of Thangool and district, particularly through rural fire service and sporting organisations. |
| Samson Abraham Moshinsky | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through charitable, religious and cultural activities. |
| Mervyn Lionel Moss | For service to veterans and their families through the 47th Battalion Association in Bundaberg. |
| Brigitte Suzanne Muir | For service to mountaineering. |
| Catherine Jane Mulquiny | For service to the community, particularly through the Catholic Women's League and in the area of aged care. |
| Catherine Jean Nancarrow | For service to the communities of Young and Penrith, through service, church and youth groups. |
| John Reginald Nankervis | For service to the community, particularly through the development assistance programmes of Rotary International in Asia and Oceania. |
| Margaret Elizabeth Nolan | For service to international humanitarian aid through the New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust in Muniguda, India. |
| Carmel Therese O'Brien | For service to the community, particularly as a philanthropist providing support for the programmes of social welfare organisations in Victoria and in developing countries. |
| Frances Lynnette O'Brien | For service to the community through the Society of St Vincent de Paul. |
| Terrence Anthony O'Connell | For service to the community through the introduction of community conferencing as a means of dealing with crime, particularly juvenile crime and misbehaviour. |
| Gwen O'Dea | For service to conservation and the environment through the Mid North Coast Branch of the National Parks Association. |
| Janice Mary O'Donnell | For service to music, particularly through the Cairns Choral Society. |
| Kathleen Agnes O'Donnell | For service to music in the Burnie area as a teacher, and as a pianist and accompanist for community organisations and choirs. |
| William Edward O'Farrell | For service to veterans and their families through the Innisfail Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Michael Robert O'Hara | For service to the office equipment industry, and to the Business Technology Association of Australia. |
| Eriks Ozolins | For service to the Latvian community, particularly as a composer for and conductor of the Brisbane Latvian Choir. |
| Wilma Alice Paine | For service to the welfare of children through the Children's Protection Society, and as a foster parent. |
| Ernest Pardy | For service to the fruit and vegetable industry, particularly as a pioneer in the export of fresh produce. |
| Owen George Partridge | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through the Hunter Region Developmental Disability Service. |
| Betty Mavous Paxton | For service to softball as an administrator and coach, and to the youth of Redcliffe. |
| Dennis Percival Pecover | For service to veterans and their families through the Forestville Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community. |
| Frank Pellatt | For service to veterans through the Nambour Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Edna Hazel Peters | For service to children with hearing and visual impairments through the Blue Mountains Lantern Club. |
| Allen Brian Phillips | For service to the community, particularly through the South Australian Sea Rescue Squadron and Rotary International. |
| Luigi Piccone | For service to the community, particularly as a philanthropist providing support for educational, sporting, youth and charitable organisations. |
| Rosanne Bromley Pimm | For service to local government and to the community of Collie. |
| Dr Paula Pitt | For service to the community through support and fundraising activities for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. |
| Doris Eileen Pitty | For service to women, particularly through the Australian Women's Land Army United Association, and to the community. |
| Ivy Elma Pocock | For service to the community of Noosa, particularly through the Australian Red Cross, the Anglican Church in Australia and welfare organisations. |
| Doreen Prebble | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly through the Gosford Returned and Services League Women's Auxiliary. |
| Michelle Ann Price | For service to people with disabilities through Camp Breakaway, and to nursing. |
| William Francis Quill | For service to professional boxing, particularly to the safety and welfare of boxers through the World Boxing Council. |
| Antonio Reggi | For service to the Italian community through a range of cultural, social support and business organisations. |
| James Paul Rice | For service to the community, particularly as a supporter of parish councils and as a fundraiser for Catholic schools in the Australian Capital Territory. |
| Gisèle Florence Richens | For service to the community, particularly through the implementation and maintenance of quality care facilities for the frail and aged in Central Australia. |
| Henry George Roberts | For service to the community of Colac, particularly through the Portsea Children's Holiday Camp, the urban fire service and the pony club movement. |
| Patricia Evelyn Robertson | For service to the community through the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies. |
| Dawn Leuenza Rolls | For service to veterans and their families through the Ex-Prisoners of War Association and the Mitcham Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Joan Roots | For service to the community of Woodburn and district, particularly through the Country Women's Association. |
| Nancy Lu Rose | For service to visually impaired people as a music braille transcriber, and to the community. |
| Zelda Rosenbaum | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the Jewish Museum of Australia. |
| Ruth Winifred Ross | For service to women, particularly through the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women, and to the community. |
| William Buchanan Ross APM, QPM | For service to the families of deceased police officers through New South Wales Police Legacy. |
| Dr Raymond David Rothfield | For service to biochemical pathology, particularly in the areas of education and training, and to the Australian Defence Force. |
| William Thomas Rowlands | For service to Rugby Union football, particularly as an administrator, and to the community of Cowra. |
| Isabel Eleanor Royal | For service to the community, particularly through the Yooralla Society of Victoria. |
| Gerard Thomas Ryan | For service to the community, particularly as a supporter of sporting and charitable organisations, and to youth. |
| Patricia Marie Ryan | For service to education, particularly through the Catholic Ladies College, Eltham, and the Principals' Association of Victorian Catholic Secondary Schools. |
| Peter Thomas Ryan | For service to sport for people with intellectual disabilities in Victoria, particularly through the Football Integration Development Association. |
| Royston George Sadler | For service to youth, particularly through the international exchange programme of the Rotary Club of Epping. |
| The Reverend Philipp Adolf Scherer | (Award wef 12 November 1998) For service to the Lutheran Church in Australia, and to the indigenous people of Central Australia as a linguist and translator. |
| Dulcie Mavis Schmidt | For service to the community of Burrumbuttock, particularly through the Australian Red Cross, church activities, arts and sporting organisations. |
| Jean Evelyn Scott | For service to women through the Australian Women's Land Army United Association of New South Wales, particularly as a researcher and editor. |
| Hilton George Searle | For service to youth through the Scouting movement, and to the community of Orange. |
| Robert Gordon Seiffert | For service to local government in Victoria, and to the community through service and sporting clubs. |
| Grace Lilian Selway | For service to the community, particularly the frail and aged, through the provision of programmes aimed at fostering health and well-being. |
| Kenneth Henry Shafer | For service to the community of Campbelltown as a supporter of and fundraiser for a wide range of community organisations. |
| Margaret Anne Shafer | For service to the community of Campbelltown as a supporter of and fundraiser for a wide range of community organisations. |
| Paul Arthur Shakes | For service to the Western Australian State Emergency Service, particularly in the areas of training, occupational health and welfare. |
| Brother Reginald Leon Shepherd | For service to people with hearing impairments, particularly within the Catholic community. |
| Bruce Albert Skeggs | For service to harness racing, to the Victorian Parliament and local government, and to the community. |
| Judith Ann Skinner | For service to aged care, particularly through the Council on the Ageing Queensland, and to nursing. |
| Archer Morris Smith | For service to Hay as a supporter of and fundraiser for a wide range of community organisations. |
| Darryl Smith | For service to polocrosse as a competitor, coach, umpire and selector, and to the horse breeding industry. |
| The Reverend Ernest William Smith | For service to the Catholic Church in Australia and to social welfare, particularly through the Sacred Heart Mission in St Kilda. |
| Florence Victoria Smith | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and as a supporter of charitable, social support and emergency service organisations. |
| Lesley Lorraine Smith | For service to the communities of Ringwood and Croydon, particularly through the Maroondah Advisory Service. |
| Ruth Kathleen Smith | For service to Hay as a supporter of and fundraiser for a wide range of community organisations. |
| Sadie Myrtle Smith | For service to the community of Taree, particularly as a fundraiser for charitable organisations. |
| David Smorgon | For service to the Western Bulldogs Football Club as an administrator, and to the community through health, education and social welfare organisations. |
| Joan Margaret Somerville | For service to swimming, particularly as an administrator and official, and to the community. |
| Laurence John Sparke | For service to automotive engineering, particularly in the area of improving vehicle safety. |
| Margery Pearl Sparkes | For service to the community of Cumnock, and as a fundraiser for charitable organisations. |
| David Anthony Stegeman | For service to the community, particularly through the Bellbowrie and District Sports and Recreation Association. |
| Brian William Tait | For service to the entertainment industry through Brisbane television, theatre and radio, and to the community. |
| Peter Tavender | For service to the community, particularly through croquet as a player and administrator. |
| Marjorie Joy Tomlinson | For service to the community, particularly to visually impaired people and the frail aged. |
| Ernest Albert Toovey | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to cricket and baseball in Queensland. |
| Sydney Herbert Toovey | (Award wef 4 September 1998) For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Rats of Tobruk Association. |
| Mavis Amelia Tozer | For service to local government and to the community of Inverell, particularly the aged. |
| Hans Michael Trumm | For service to sport, particularly skiing as an administrator, and to the community. |
| The Reverend George Lawrence Turner | For service to the Uniting Church in Australia as a minister and administrator. |
| Associate Professor Giuong Van Phan | For service to education, particularly in the areas of Vietnamese language and culture, through the Victoria University of Technology and the Victorian School of Languages. |
| Santo Antonio Varapodio | For service to the community of Shepparton and district, and to the fruit industry. |
| Anthony William Vecellio | For service to athletics, particularly as a coach and administrator. |
| Peter Laurence Vinson | For service to the actuarial profession and the life insurance industry, particularly through the development of professional standards and legislation. |
| Clare Harrison Walker | For service to the community of Gunnedah and district through health, child care, social support and sporting organisations. |
| Edna Walker | For service to the community, particularly the contribution to music and musicians. |
| Kenelm George Waller | For service to education, particularly as Principal of Moreton Bay College. |
| Elaine Margaret Walters | For service to the community, particularly through education in the area of substance abuse, and to the support of families of those affected by drug dependency. |
| Carol Erna Ward | For service to nursing and community health in the East Arnhem district of the Northern Territory. |
| Edward Wassell | For service to cricket as a player, manager, coach and administrator. |
| Jennifer Helen Wein | For service to the community of Murwillumbah, through a wide range of social support, cultural and service groups, and to the Scouting movement. |
| Jack Fredrick Wells | For service to recreational fishing, particularly in the promotion of the sport and in the encouragement of junior anglers. |
| Joyce Pamela Westrip | For service to the arts, particularly through the organisation and administration of cultural events with visiting performers from countries in the Indian Ocean Rim. |
| Elizabeth Mary Whittaker | For service to the United Hospital Auxiliaries of NSW, and to the community of Yeoval. |
| Edna May Wilde | For service to local government and to the community of Ryde. |
| Edwin Dean Wilkins | For service to the cheese industry, particularly in the areas of education and training of industry practitioners. |
| Graham Phillip Wilkins | For service to the community, particularly as an administrator of social support and educational facilities, and through service and church organisations. |
| Keith George Williams | For service to the community as a member of the Spirit of Australia South Pole Expedition, and to the Scouting movement. |
| John Samuel Williamson | For service to equestrian sports through the pony club movement, and to agricultural shows. |
| Nancy Mabel Williamson | For service to equestrian sports through the pony club movement, and to agricultural shows. |
| Ronald Thomas Winch | For service to community history, particularly in the conservation of antiquarian books, to the National Trust of Australia, and to the community. |
| Helen Elizabeth Woosnam | For service to education, particularly to children with disabilities, and through Children's Week activities. |
| Dr Olive Wykes (Mrs Mence) | For service to education as a teacher of French, through secondary teacher training at the University of Melbourne, and in fostering educational opportunities for girls and women. |
| Dorothy Lynn Yates | For service to the Gold Coast community, particularly through women's support groups and projects for homeless youth. |
| Ronald Francis Young | For service to the community, particularly as a fundraiser for coast guard and marine rescue organisations. |
| The Very Reverend Father Nectarios Zorbalas | For service to the Greek Orthodox Church and to the community. |