KING’S BIRTHDAY 2025 HONOURS LIST AT A GLANCE
* 830 Australians recognised
* 581 people received awards in the general division of the Order of Australia
* 14 appointed as Companions (AC) of the Order of Australia
* 31 Officers (AO) of the Order of Australia
* 123 Members (AM) of the Order of Australia
* 413 Medals (OAM) of the Order of Australia
* 36 awarded in Military Division of the Order of Australia
* 149 Meritorious Awards
* 64 Distinguished and Conspicuous Awards
* 30 per cent more people have received a recognition when compared to the 2025 Australia Day Honours List
* Women make up about 35 per cent of those recognised
HIGH-PROFILE HONOUREES
* Scott Morrison (AC) – former Liberal prime minister
* Baz Luhrmann (AC) – filmmaker
* Catherine Martin (AC) – Academy Award-winning costume designer
* Mark Howden (AC) – environmental science professor
* Jennifer Westacott (AC) – business figure
* John Coetzee (AC) – author
* Geraldine Atkinson (AO) – First Nations leader
* Nicole Livingstone (AO) – former Olympic swimmer
* Gita Devi Mishra (AO) – epidemiologist and women’s health leader
* Christine Bigby (AO) – advocate for people with disability
* Nick Kaldas (AO) – Royal Commissioner into Defence and Veteran Suicide
* Deborah Hutton (OAM) – TV host and magazine editor
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY)
Ms Philippa Jane BROWN
Mawson ACT 2607
For outstanding public service in fiscal policy leadership.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE)
Ms Bina CHANDRA
ACT
For outstanding public service in the delivery of property outcomes, both nationally and internationally.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS)
Ms Robin EDMONDS
ACT
For outstanding public service for the co-founding of the Australian Public Sector Neurodiversity Community of Practice.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGED CARE)
Dr Bridget GILMOUR-WALSH
ACT
For outstanding public service in the development of new legislative regulation on vapes.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (ABORIGINAL HOSTELS LIMITED)
Ms Lehetta LANE-PORTER
NSW
For outstanding public service for work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the Kirinari Newcastle Hostel.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE)
Mr Vito (Vic) MAZZONE
Niddrie VIC 3042
For outstanding public service in the introduction of taxation and superannuation teaching resources into the Australian school curriculum.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET)
Mr Andrew James PFEIFFER
ACT
For outstanding public service for the co-founding of the Australian Public Sector Neurodiversity Community of Practice.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER)
Dr Julie QUINN
ACT
For outstanding public service in the management of biosecurity risks.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (SERVICES AUSTRALIA)
Mrs Michelle RICKS
Jerrabomberra NSW 2619
For outstanding public service in leadership and delivering complex information and communication technology solutions in the delivery of Medicare services.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT)
Ms Sarah Corinna SAMIOS
Aranda ACT 2614
For outstanding public service in establishing the Administrative Review Tribunal.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS)
Ms Clare Daphne SHARP
ACT
For outstanding public service in leadership of the Department of Home Affairs’ Legal Group.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (SERVICES AUSTRALIA)
Ms Anita Lee SUMMERS
QLD
For outstanding public service in leadership, program delivery and management in relation to services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS)
Mr David Robert TURVEY
Chifley ACT 2606
For outstanding public service in establishing the National Skills Commission and subsequently the formation of Jobs and Skills Australia.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE)
Ms Kylie WRIGHT
ACT
For outstanding public service in the establishment of the Australia, United Kingdom and United States licence-free environment.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)
Ms Louise Janet BARNOTT-CLEMENT
NSW
For outstanding public service to public education in NSW.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (NSW HEALTH)
Dr Srinivas BOLISETTY
Burwood NSW 2134
For outstanding public service to NSW health particularly in neonatal services.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (GWYDIR SHIRE COUNCIL)
Mr Maxwell Thomas EASTCOTT-LAYTON
Bingara NSW 2404
For outstanding public service to local government and the Gwydir Shire.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)
Mrs Janice ECCLESTON
Mount Druitt NSW 2770
For outstanding public service to NSW public education.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (NSW HEALTH)
Mr Wayne Henry JONES
Lennox Head NSW 2478
For outstanding public service to NSW Health particularly to emergency and disaster management.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (SYDNEY METRO)
Mr Christopher Hugh LAWSON
Leichhardt NSW 2040
For outstanding public service to public transport in NSW.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (TAFE NSW)
Ms Belinda Joy MACKINNON
Kiama NSW 2533
For outstanding public service to TAFE NSW in the delivery of education and organisational leadership.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (NSW HEALTH)
Ms Anne Catherine O’NEILL
NSW
For outstanding public service to NSW in the area of medical research and innovation.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (NSW NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT))
Mr Rafael PEDROZA
Bowral NSW 2576
For outstanding service to national parks and wildlife in the Southern Highlands region of NSW.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL)
Ms Fiona TOWERS
Lane Cove NSW 2066
For outstanding public service to economic regulatory reform in NSW.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE)
Mr Brett Christopher WHITWORTH
NSW
For outstanding public service to planning and the local government sector in NSW.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (VICTORIA POLICE)
Mr Natale CUTRI
For outstanding public service in leadership and advocacy for people with disability
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION (VICTORIA))
Mr Andrew Martin FENNESSY
VIC
For outstanding public service in modernising water infrastructure.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF FAMILIES, FAIRNESS AND HOUSING)
Ms Rachael GREEN
For outstanding public service in family violence, sexual assault, and women’s safety reforms.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF JOBS, SKILLS, INDUSTRY AND REGIONS)
Ms Lisa (Lill) HEALY
For outstanding public service in enhancing access to quality vocational training and employment.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (WAGE INSPECTORATE VICTORIA)
Mr Robert John HORTLE
VIC
For outstanding public service in industrial relations, workplace regulation, and fair employment practices.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF FAMILIES, FAIRNESS AND HOUSING)
Mr Dean Micheal LEE
For outstanding public service in the oversight and management of the Shrine of Remembrance.
Ms Peta MCCAMMON
VIC
For outstanding public service in reforms in disability services and family violence prevention.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (CORRECTIONS VICTORIA (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY))
Ms Marlene Kay MORISON
VIC
For outstanding public service in improving outcomes for people in custody and offenders in the community.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY (VICTORIA))
Ms Lisa Jacqueline SAXTON
VIC
For outstanding public service in enhancing governance, integrity and reforms in the Victorian racing industry.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL (QUEENSLAND))
Mr Peter Apostolos DELIBALTAS
Ormiston QLD 4160
For outstanding public service in the delivery and access to legal services for disadvantaged Queenslanders.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (QUEENSLAND HEALTH)
Associate Professor Carol Mary DOUGLAS
QLD
For outstanding public service in palliative medicine.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL (QUEENSLAND))
Mr Nigel Alexander MILLER
QLD
For outstanding public service to child protection litigation in Queensland.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (QUILPIE SHIRE COUNCIL)
Mr Peter Allen SEE
Warwick QLD 4370
For outstanding public service to infrastructure and local government in Queensland.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMER SERVICES, OPEN DATA AND SMALL AND FAMILY BUSINESS)
Mr Andrew John SPINA
QLD
For outstanding public service to innovation in digital and service delivery in Queensland.
PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (SA HEALTH)
Dr Paul Terence DIGNAM
SA
For outstanding public service in SA Health as a consultant psychiatrist.
Dr Lawrence Robert PALMER
SA
For outstanding public service in Palliative Medicine
Associate Professor Catherine Margaret SWETENHAM
SA
For outstanding public service in end of life care.
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE)
Assistant Commissioner Peter Barrington CROZIER
Detective Leading Senior Constable Kylie Andrea HEMIAK
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE)
Inspector Charles Francis AGIUS
Inspector Andrew James BRADY
Detective Chief Inspector Sotirios COURCOULOS
Detective Superintendent Matthew Ross CRAFT
Superintendent Shane Paul CRIBB
Superintendent Paul Raymond DUNSTAN
Detective Inspector Mardi Ann FORSYTH
Sergeant Sean Barry MCDOWELL
Detective Sergeant Craig Arthur RYAN
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (VICTORIA POLICE)
Superintendent Gregory James BARRAS
Superintendent Sharon Maree MCCRORY
Sergeant Joanna Maree PARISSIS
Senior Sergeant Helmut PIMPERL
Inspector Lisa Jane PRENTICE-EVANS
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE)
Inspector Peter Daniel DOYLE
Senior Sergeant Ewan Gordon FINDLATER
Senior Sergeant Kirsty Maree GLEESON
Detective Inspector Christopher Paul KNIGHT
Detective Inspector David Jeffrey NIXON
Sergeant David John REID
Sergeant Sarah-Jane TULACZ
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE FORCE)
Commander Martin HAIME
Detective Senior Sergeant Gregory Alan MCDONALD
Senior Aboriginal Police Liaison Officer Ian Jeffery TULLOCK
Detective Senior Sergeant Katharine Ann VENN
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE)
Detective Senior Sergeant Rebecca Lee HUGHES
Assistant Commissioner Ian Edward PARROTT
Superintendent Craig Stephen WALL
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (TASMANIA POLICE)
Commander Stephen Maxwell BURK
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL (NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE FORCE)
Commander Daniel Thomas BACON
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Andrew Anthony CAMERON
Arcadia NSW 2159
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (FIRE AND RESCUE NSW)
Mr Edwin John GRAY
Tenterfield NSW 2372
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Wayne Charles HALLIDAY
Sandy Flat NSW 2372
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (FIRE AND RESCUE NSW)
Mr Steven John HAYES
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Philip Michael HURST
Kurrajong Heights NSW 2758
Mr Mark LEWIS
Mr John Douglas NARDI
Coorabell NSW 2479
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (FIRE AND RESCUE NSW)
Mr Mark David PORTER
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (NSW NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT))
Mr Anthony David PRIOR
Bellingen NSW 2454
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Neil Edward SHEPHERD
NSW
Mr Andrew David SOUTHWELL
Rye Park NSW 2586
Mr Andrew Graeme SWEENEY
NSW
Mr Stephen Robert WALKER
Mildura VIC 3500
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY OF VICTORIA)
Mr Colin James BROWN
Warrandyte VIC 3113
Mrs Sharon Ann KENNELLY-MERRITT
Macclesfield VIC 3782
Mr Peter Damien LANGRIDGE
Montrose VIC 3765
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (FIRE RESCUE VICTORIA)
Mr Shaun Patrick LAWLOR
Lima VIC 3673
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY OF VICTORIA)
Mr Anthony Carmel SCICLUNA
VIC
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (FIRE RESCUE VICTORIA)
Mr Andrew Paul WATERSON
Newport VIC 3015
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (QUEENSLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT)
Miss Paula Jane DOUGLAS
QLD
Mr Matthew Edmund INWOOD
Mooloolaba QLD 4557
Mr Ricky Philip MAY
QLD
Mr Errol Leslie NOYE
Turkey Beach QLD 4678
Mr Gregory Konrad TOMAN
QLD
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES (WESTERN AUSTRALIA))
Mr Philip Thomas BRANDRETT
Bridgetown WA 6255
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION OF WA)
Mrs Simone Tracey CONKLIN
WA
Mr Anthony William DODD
WA
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF WA)
Mr Ian Ross MACGREGOR
Toodyay WA 6566
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES (WESTERN AUSTRALIA))
Assistant Commissioner Danny Steven MOSCONI
Palmyra WA 6157
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (SOUTH AUSTRALIAN METROPOLITAN FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Gideon James DOUGLAS
Balhannah SA 5242
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Gregory Robert JAMES
Balhannah SA 5242
Mr Gordon James SANDFORD
St Agnes SA 5097
Mr John Robert WRIGHT
Greenhill SA 5140
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (ACT RURAL FIRE SERVICE)
Mr Robert Ian GORE
ACT
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (NORTHERN TERRITORY FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE)
Mr James Joseph BROMLEY
AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL (BUSHFIRES NT (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND WATER SECURITY))
Ms Lee Ann HUMPHRIS
NT
AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (NSW AMBULANCE)
Ms Shireen DOYLE
NSW
Mr Michael Charles RICHER
Frenchs Forest NSW 2086
AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (QUEENSLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE)
Mr Patrick William BROWN
Ingham QLD 4850
Mr Peter Ashley HERON
Ayr QLD 4807
Mr Wayne Errol KIRK
Boonah QLD 4310
Mr Ian Thomas TARR
QLD
AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (ST JOHN AMBULANCE WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
Mr Shane John TOOVEY
Ballajura WA 6066
AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (SA AMBULANCE SERVICE)
Ms Tracey BELLAMY
Mount Barker SA 5251
Mr Leigh James NICOLSON
Woodcroft SA 5162
AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDAL (ACT AMBULANCE SERVICE)
Mrs Lisa Maree DECK
ACT
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (MARINE RESCUE NSW)
Commissioner Alexander Paul BARRELL
NSW
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (SURF LIFE SAVING NSW)
Miss Shaleigh Melinda LENNOX
NSW
Mr Douglas Scott LUCAS
Narrabeen NSW 2101
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (MARINE RESCUE NSW)
Mr Lance Hayden MILLER
South Penrith NSW 2750
Mr Stephen Ivan RAYMOND
Dora Creek NSW 2264
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (NSW STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Mr Gregory Philip STEELE
Smithtown NSW 2440
Mr Ashley Dean SULLIVAN
Corrimal NSW 2518
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Mr Wayne John BARNES
Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340
Mr Graham Wayne GALES
Bright VIC 3741
Mr Leo Harmen Eduard OP DEN BROUW
Mallacoota VIC 3892
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (QUEENSLAND STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Mr Kieran Adam GALEY
Bundaberg West QLD 4670
Mr Tristan Manning HARDWICK
Utchee Creek QLD 4871
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
Mr Lincoln George HEADING
WA
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Mr Scott Michael ANDERSON
Renmark SA 5341
Mr Roberto Carlo GRANDE
SA
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (ACT STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Ms Julia Joanna ROZYCKA
ACT
EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL (NORTHERN TERRITORY EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Ms Fleur De May O’CONNOR
NT
AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (CORRECTIVE SERVICES NSW (DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES AND JUSTICE))
Mr Matthew James BURGESS
Ms Claire Louise GRUNDY
Ms Melanie MUNRIGHT
Mr Joseph WALKER
AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (CORRECTIONS VICTORIA (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY))
Mr Gavin Roy BLAIR
Mr Colin KENDALL
Miss Rebecca Elizabeth WARBURTON
AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (QUEENSLAND CORRECTIVE SERVICES)
Ms Shannon Lesley ATKINS
Mr Stuart Russell MCHAFFIE
Mr Patrick David RALPH
AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (G4S)
Mr David Allan BRIDGES
AUSTRALIAN CORRECTIONS MEDAL (NORTHERN TERRITORY CORRECTIONAL SERVICES)
Mr David GORDON
