State/
Territory | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Aust. | Sheila Margaret Bird | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of reforms to child support policy and administration. | |
| Aust. | Neville John Bryan | For outstanding public service in the monitoring and review of the Australian intelligence community. | |
| Aust. | Ian Herbert Cousins | For outstanding public service in the delivery of Australia's security policy framework and critical infrastructure protection initiatives. | |
| Aust. | Gary Robert Dowling | For outstanding public service in the management of the Department of Defence's warehousing and maintenance outsourcing program at Puckapunyal. | |
| Aust. | Kym Francis Duggan | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of major reforms to the family law system. | |
| Aust. | Terrence Leo Gallagher | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of bankruptcy law reform. | |
| Aust. | Robert George Harvey | For outstanding public service in implementing reforms to the Community Development Employment Projects program for Indigenous Australians. | |
| Aust. | Dr Barry David Inglis | For outstanding public service in the field of measurement science, particularly his leadership role in the establishment of the National Measurement Institute. | |
| Aust. | Lynnita Mary Maddock | For outstanding public service to the communications sector, particularly in the regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting, radio communications and online content. | |
| Aust. | Mirah Nuryati | For outstanding public service in the development of collaborative agricultural research projects between Australia and Indonesia. | |
| Aust. | Robert William Peck | For outstanding public service in improving medication outcomes for the Australian veteran community. | |
| Aust. | Jan Louise Redfern | For outstanding public service in the field of corporate and financial services regulation and enforcement. | |
| Aust. | Roderick Richard Smith | For outstanding public service in leading Australia's consular service. | |
| Aust. | Dr Paul Anthony Taloni | For outstanding public service as Deputy Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation. | |
| Aust. | Dr Roger Samuel Turner | For outstanding public service in leading significant cultural and operational changes in the Australian meat export industry. | |
| NSW | Jane Margaret Burrow | For outstanding public service in the provision of home care to the Western Plains community. | |
| NSW | Peter Noel Barry | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of Government policies and strategies for consumer protection in strata schemes and residential parks. | |
| NSW | Roderick Charles Best | For outstanding public service in the provision of legal services within the New South Wales Department of Community Services. | |
| NSW | Neil Duncan Black | For outstanding public service to education in New South Wales. | |
| NSW | Elaine Gai Cunningham | For outstanding public service to education, particularly to the community of the Tweed River region. | |
| NSW | Allan Douglas Henderson | For outstanding public service to Sydney Water, particularly in the field of construction project management. | |
| NSW | Alastair Hamilton Howard | For outstanding public service to Forests New South Wales. | |
| NSW | Alan McCormack | For outstanding public service to the communities of Parkes and surrounding areas. | |
| NSW | John Francis Maher | For outstanding public service to the construction industry, in particular the development of the Sydney transport infrastructure. | |
| NSW | Thomas James Thorogood | For outstanding public service as a driver within the New South Wales Premier's Department. | |
| NSW | Richard Howard Wherritt | For outstanding public service, particularly in the field of construction project management. | |
| VIC | Christian Henry Barwick | For outstanding public service, particularly to young people within the Ararat community. | |
| VIC | Mark Duckworth | For outstanding public service to the development of the national counter-terrorism policy and response arrangements. | |
| VIC | Margaret Ruth Goding | For outstanding public service in the provision of public mental health to the Victoria community. | |
| VIC | Rodney Maxwell Gowans | For outstanding public service to the conservation of biodiversity and to the management of national parks. | |
| VIC | Ian Bruce Munro | For outstanding public service, particularly in the provision of an investment facilitation model and in the continued economic development of Victoria. | |
| VIC | James Edmond Pascal | For outstanding public service in the development and delivery of ‘English as a Second Language’ programs and refugee settlement in rural and regional Victoria. | |
| VIC | Douglas John Vickers | For outstanding public service, particularly to the Indigenous community and children with special needs. | |
| QLD | Colin Francis Black | For outstanding public service in the field of public housing. | |
| QLD | Christopher David Blanch | For outstanding public service to the towns and communities of western Queensland. | |
| QLD | Colin John Hegarty | For outstanding public service in the field of ICT procurement and contracting. | |
| QLD | Burton Frank Johnson | For outstanding public service in the field of civil construction and commitment to the environment. | |
| QLD | Peter John Neville | For outstanding public service and contribution to primary industries, especially fisheries. | |
| QLD | Dr Anthony John Pressland | For outstanding public service in the field of sustainable management of natural resources in Queensland. | |
| QLD | Dr John Purvis Thompson | For outstanding public service in the field of agricultural research and contribution to the grain industry. | |
| WA | Robert John Delane | For outstanding public service to the agriculture industries and the community of Western Australia. | |
| WA | Michael David Wallwork | For outstanding public service, particularly in the development of the road network within Western Australia. | |
| SA | Martin Breuker | For outstanding public service, particularly to the Eyre Peninsula community. | |
| SA | Martin Leslie Charman | For outstanding public service, particularly for his contribution to the development of emergency management arrangements for the Eyre Peninsula. | |
| SA | Roger Barrington Wickes | For outstanding public service, particularly for his contribution in the field of natural resource management. | |
| ACT | | For outstanding public service, particularly to the younger community in the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| NT | John Leonard Baskerville | For outstanding public service to the Central Australian community. | |
| NT | Rose Siew Kim Rhodes | For outstanding public service within the Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Army | Christopher Robert Caspani | For distinguished service as an infantry section commander of the Australian Security Detachment VIII, Baghdad. | |
| Army | Colonel Peter Alun Davies | For distinguished service on operations as the Chief of Staff within Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 during Operation CATALYST. | |
| Army | Major Mark Edward Fletcher | For distinguished service as Operations Officer for Al Muthanna Task Group Two as part of Operation CATALYST, Iraq. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Michael Fuerste | For distinguished service as the Transport Supervisor to the Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan. | |
| Army | Major Martin William Graves | For distinguished service in the performance of medical duties as a member of Special Operations Task Unit 637.1 during Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan 2005. | |
| Army | | For distinguished service during Operation CATALYST as the Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff Strategic Operations, Multi-National Force – Iraq. | |
| Army | Lieutenant John Brendon Taylor | For distinguished service on operations as an Infantry Platoon Commander of the Australian Security Detachment VIII in Baghdad. | |
| Army | Corporal Gary James Wheeler | For distinguished service as the sniper Team Leader of the Australian Security Detachment VIII Baghdad. | |
| Air Commodore Richard David Owen | For distinguished performance of duty as Chief of Staff Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 on Operation CATALYST during the period October 2005 to April 2006. | |
| Air Commodore Mark Alan Skidmore | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Director of the Coalition Combined Air Operations Centre in the Middle East Area of Operations during Operations CATALYST and SLIPPER. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | Vincenzo Emilio Di Pietro RAN | For outstanding achievement as Director General Navy Certification Safety and Acceptance. | |
| Navy | Commander Lee John Goddard RAN | For outstanding achievement as Commander Operations in the Maritime Component, Joint Operations Command. | |
| Navy | Captain Adam Lloyd Grunsell RAN | For outstanding achievement as the Director General Navy Communications and Coordination, Navy Headquarters. | |
| Navy | Captain Peter Michael Quinn RAN | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of HMAS SYDNEY. | |
| Navy | Petty Officer Benjamin John Robson | For outstanding achievement as the Guided Missile Launcher System Course Implementation Officer at the Combat Systems Maintenance School. | |
| Army | Colonel Michael Herbert Annett | For outstanding achievement as the Deputy Command and Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force 636 for Operation ACOLYTE. | |
| Army | Brigadier Christopher George Appleton | For outstanding achievement as a Company Commander, Director of Military Art and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Australia. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Jason Peter Blain | For outstanding achievement as a Career Adviser at the Directorate of Officer Career Management – Army. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Bernadette Carmel Boss | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer, Sydney University Regiment. | |
| Army | Captain Benjamin David Passmore | For outstanding achievement as the Regimental Technical Adjutant of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Aiden Richards | For outstanding achievement as Staff Officer Combat and Deputy Director Combat, Land Development Branch, Capability Systems Division, Capability Development Group. | |
| Squadron Leader Kevin John Beauline | For outstanding achievement as Staff Officer Maritime Patrol and Response. | |
| Group Captain Graham George Bond | For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer for Protocol, Air Force. | |
| | For outstanding achievement as Director General Aerospace Development, Capability Systems Division, Capability Development Group. | |
| Squadron Leader Ruth Patricia Elsley | For outstanding achievement as the first Commander Australian Contingent for the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the United Nations Mission in Sudan. | |
| Warrant Officer Stewart Michael Garth | For outstanding achievement as Manager Technical Analysis Section of the Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | Commander John William Chandler RAN | For outstanding service as Acting Director of the COLLINS Class Submarine System Program Office. | |
| Navy | Commander Robert Alan Heffey RAN | For outstanding service as Minor War Vessel Operational Test Director, Royal Australian Navy Test, Evaluation and Analysis Authority in transitioning the ARMIDALE Class Patrol Boats into operational service. | |
| Navy | Leading Seaman Jamie Johnson | For outstanding service and performance of duty as the communications supervisor at Australian Clearance Diving Team One in support of operational capability. | |
| Navy | | For outstanding service while employed in the Royal Australian Navy – United States Navy Personnel Exchange Program and deployed to Disaster Relief Operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. | |
| Army | Major Gary Roy Bergman | For outstanding service as Officer Commanding Development Group, Special Forces Training Centre in support of the development of Special Operations Command operational and training doctrine. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Dean Neville Birse | For outstanding service as the Battery Commander's Assistant of the 101st Medium Battery, the 8th/12th Medium Regiment, in support of emerging technologies and operations. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One John Donald Blake | For outstanding service as the Regimental Quartermaster of the 1st Armoured Regiment. | |
| Army | Major Robert Bruce Davis | For outstanding service as the Staff Officer Grade Two, Personnel and Logistics of the Forward Command Element, Joint Task Force 636 during Operation ACOLYTE. | |
| Army | Major Murray William Duckworth | For outstanding service as the Executive Officer, Security Task Group, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, and as Officer Commanding, 4th Brigade Reserve Response Force. | |
| Army | Captain Lyndon Kane Jackson | For outstanding service as the Quartermaster of the 1st Joint Support Unit. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Ralph Michael Jaeger | For outstanding service in his performance of duties at the Parachute Training School. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Alan Moore | For outstanding service as Senior Instructor, Tactics Wing, School of Infantry. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Shane David Niddrie | For outstanding service as the Company Sergeant Major, Charlie Company, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. | |
| Army | | For outstanding service as the Technical Warrant Officer System Integration in the Personnel Information Management Section – Army. | |
| Group Captain Peter David Brennan | For outstanding service as the Commander 1st Joint Movements Group. | |
| Warrant Officer Bernard Paul Hayes | For outstanding service as a member of Project Air 5402 – Air to Air Refuelling Project. | |
| Warrant Officer Anthony John Keogh | For outstanding service as a Flight Engineer at Number 11 Squadron, RAAF Base Edinburgh. | |
| Royal Air Force | Flight Lieutenant Carl Andrew Melen | For outstanding service as a Maritime Captain at Number 11 Squadron, RAAF Base Edinburgh. | |