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Territory | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Fed. | Jonathan Robbie "Rob" Bray | For outstanding public service as a policy analyst and as a researcher, particularly in the areas of poverty and inequality. | |
| Fed. | Keith Alexander Byles | For outstanding public service as a legislative drafter, particularly the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and telecommunications and broadcasting reform. | |
| Fed. | Dr Michael Joseph Collins | For outstanding public service in the field of forensic science, particularly in the development of an international drug profiling program. | |
| Fed. | James Edgar Duffy | For outstanding public service in leading the Australian Crime Commission's operations in relation to serious and organised crime. | |
| Fed. | Carolyn Hogg | For outstanding public service in leading significant improvements in the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of Centrelink's service delivery and customer support. | |
| Fed. | Dr James Bruce Horne | For outstanding public service in the area of water policy, use and management in Australia. | |
| Fed. | Arja Sinikka Keski-Nummi | For outstanding public service in the development and delivery of Australia's humanitarian migration policies and programs. | |
| Fed. | Lyndall Jane Sachs | For outstanding public service as Australia's Ambassador to Lebanon, particularly her leadership role in the evacuation of Australian citizens during the recent conflict between Lebanon and Israel. | |
| Fed. | Kevin Douglas Slade | For outstanding public service in the fields of hydrographic charting and nautical information. | |
| Fed. | Brian Robert Stacey | For outstanding public service in the area of programs and services for Indigenous Australians. | |
| Fed. | Jody Louise Swirepik | For outstanding public service in driving the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's Living Murray initiative. | |
| Fed. | Kerrie Maree Westcott | For outstanding public service in the development and implementation of the Indigenous Communications Program. | |
| NSW | Leonard William Banks | For outstanding public service to agricultural research, the environment and climate change. | |
| NSW | Guy Stewart Cooper | For outstanding public service to the Taronga Conservation Society Australia. | |
| NSW | Gary William Corben | For outstanding public service to Australia Post, the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW and the NSW Police Force. | |
| NSW | Linda Franklin | For outstanding public service to the World Youth Day Coordination Authority in support of World Youth Day 2008. | |
| NSW | Phillip Peter Hahn | For outstanding public service to the National Parks and Wildlife Services. | |
| NSW | Michael Walter Harkins MVO | For outstanding public service to the Community Engagement and Events Division of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. | |
| NSW | Dr Surrey Jacobs† | For outstanding public service in the research of the systematics of grasses, water plants and salt bushes growing in Australia. | |
| NSW | Helen Scott-Orr | For outstanding public service to agricultural and veterinary science, particularly in the area of animal disease control. | |
| NSW | Mary Steward | For outstanding public service to WorkCover NSW in the Albury region. | |
| NSW | Pieter Van Breda | For outstanding public service to Sydney Water. | |
| VIC | Robert Ross Klemm | For outstanding public service as an educator and mentor, particularly to young people with a disability, providing them with the opportunity to play their game of choice as a valued and respected member of a sporting team. | |
| VIC | Peter Richard Lake | For outstanding public service in developing and improving Victoria's response to people who are homeless or experiencing family violence. | |
| VIC | Dr Hugh Warwick Millar | For outstanding public service to the general public and livestock industries as Chief Veterinary Officer, Victoria. | |
| VIC | Bruce Ronald Quinn | For outstanding public service in the conservation, welfare and recovery of the Helmeted Honeyeater – Victoria's avian emblem. | |
| VIC | Raymond William Tonkin | For outstanding public service to the recognition, management and promotion of Victoria's non-Indigenous cultural heritage. | |
| QLD | Barry William Ball | For outstanding public service, particularly in the south east Queensland region, in the area of water policy, management and reform. | |
| QLD | | For outstanding public service to Queensland Health, particularly in the delivery of mental health initiatives in rural Queensland. | |
| QLD | Laurel Francis Leinster | For outstanding public service to Queensland education through commitment and leadership as Deputy Principal of Mareeba State School. | |
| QLD | Elizabeth Anne-Marie Mackie | For outstanding public service to Queensland education, particularly in the community of Aurukun, through leadership and innovation as Principal of Aurukun Campus Western Cape College. | |
| QLD | Dr John James Patten | For outstanding public service to Queensland Health in the development of sexual health medicine in Queensland. | |
| QLD | Christopher Charles Rose | For outstanding public service, particularly to the community of Logan, as Chief Executive Officer of Logan City Council. | |
| WA | Susan Jane Hunt | For outstanding public service as the Chief Executive Officer of the Perth Zoological Parks Authority. | |
| WA | Colin Peter Murphy | For outstanding public service at senior levels in the financial and business services areas of the Western Australian Government. | |
| WA | Wayne Gordon Schmidt | For outstanding public service within the Parks and Visitor Services Division of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation. | |
| SA | Phillipa Walpole Dugan | For outstanding public service in the area of education and social inclusion within South Australia. | |
| SA | David John Maschmedt | For outstanding public service in the area of land resource assessment and land evaluation within South Australia. | |
| SA | Dr Donald James Plowman | For outstanding public service in the area of sustainable agricultural development. | |
| ACT | Susanne Elizabeth Burns | For outstanding public service to children's welfare within the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| ACT | Neil Kevin Cooper | For outstanding public service to the development of improved fire management programs within the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| NT | Julie Ann Nicholson | For outstanding public service to the machinery of government in the Northern Territory. | |
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| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Army | Sergeant D | For distinguished leadership in action as a patrol commander in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Sergeant G | For distinguished leadership in action in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Captain Paul William Graham | For distinguished leadership in action as Officer Commanding Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team 1 on Cemetery Hill West, Chora, Afghanistan between 23 and 25 November 2008. | |
| Army | Corporal Leon David Gray | For distinguished leadership in action while a section commander in 2 Platoon, Combat Team TUSK, Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1, in action in the Chora Valley, Afghanistan on 29 December 2008. | |
| Army | Corporal J | For distinguished leadership in action as second-in-command of a patrol in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Major J | For distinguished leadership in action as a troop commander in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Jacob Alexander Kleinman | For distinguished leadership in action as Officer Commanding Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team 3 in Kakarak, Afghanistan on 16 and 18 March 2009. | |
| Army | Major David William McCammon | For distinguished leadership in action while Officer Commanding the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team, Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1 from October 2008 to June 2009. | |
| Army | Captain P | For distinguished leadership in action as a platoon commander in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Captain T | For distinguished leadership in action as a platoon commander in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | | For distinguished leadership in action as a platoon mentor on Operation SLIPPER with Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1 in southern Afghanistan. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | Captain Michael Joseph Noonan RAN | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Chief of Staff, Headquarters Joint Task Force 633, Middle East Area of Operations from September 2008 to March 2009. | |
| Navy | Commander | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Commander of Task Group 633.1 and Commanding Officer, HMAS Parramatta, Middle East Area of Operations from August 2008 to January 2009. | |
| Army | Private A | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Nathan Cole | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Gun Line Section Commander, Royal Australian Artillery Troop and Second-in-Command, Kajaki Gun Troop in Afghanistan. | |
| Army | | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Lead Planner, Coalition Joint Plans Branch and as the Australian Senior National Representative on Headquarters International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. | |
| Army | Major J | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Corporal J | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
| Army | Sergeant M | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations, in Afghanistan, 2008. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two M | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations, in Afghanistan, 2008. | |
| Army | Lance Corporal Jack Kade McEwan | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations while a sniper team leader in Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force 1 in the Chora Valley, Afghanistan on the 23 November 2008. | |
| Army | Major Michael Lee Murdoch | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations while the Operations Officer, Reconstruction Task Force Rotation Four during Operation SLIPPER in Afghanistan. | |
| Army | Private Thomas Bao-Jin Price | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as a combat first aider in a mass casualty situation in the south of the Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan on 12 January 2009. | |
| Army | Captain R | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations, in Afghanistan in 2008. | |
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| Navy | Petty Officer Richard Allen Currie | For outstanding achievement as the Catering Services Manager, Fleet Logistic Support Element, HMAS Cairns in the provision of Catering Services and training. | |
| Navy | Captain Raymond John Leggatt RAN | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer HMAS Watson and as the Training Authority Maritime Warfare. | |
| Navy | Captain Scott Jeffrey Lockey RAN | For outstanding achievement as the Officer-in-Charge of the Rotary Wing Section in the Directorate General Technical Airworthiness and as the Chief Engineer of the Naval Aviation System Program Office. | |
| Navy | Commander Paul Karpo Mandziy | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of HMAS Manoora. | |
| Army | Brigadier Michael John Arnold | For outstanding achievement as the Commander Joint Task Force 662 on Operation VICFIRE ASSIST in February and March 2009. | |
| Army | | For outstanding achievement as a Staff Officer in the Force Development Group of the Land Warfare Development Centre. | |
| Army | Major Peter Sean Carnes | For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer Grade Two Simulation Operations in Army Simulation Wing, Land Warfare Development Centre. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Mark Gerard Flanagan | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer, 42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment and Rotation 15 of Combined Task Force 635, Operation ANODE. | |
| Army | Major Wayne Lee Gough | For outstanding achievement as the Chief of Plans, Unit-level Mission Rehearsal Exercises, Combat Training Centre Live, Combat Training Centre. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Timothy David Griggs | For outstanding achievement as Deputy Director Combat Support in Land Development Branch, Capability Development Group, since January 2005. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel James Angus McTavish | For outstanding achievement as the Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Army Recruit Training Centre. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Henry William Marr | For outstanding achievement as Staff Officer Grade One and Acting Director Supply Chain Operations, Headquarters Joint Logistics Command, Melbourne. | |
| Army | Colonel William Parker Monfries | For outstanding achievement as the Commander's Education, Training and Development adviser at Headquarters Training Command-Army. | |
| Army | Colonel Cameron Leigh Purdey | For outstanding achievement in providing logistics support as Commanding Officer 10th Force Support Battalion. | |
| Wing Commander Philip Blair Arms | For outstanding achievement as Deputy Director, Aircrew Sustainability Project. | |
| Wing Commander David Russell Ashworth | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer, Number 1 Recruit Training Unit. | |
| Wing Commander Nicholas Clarke MBE | For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer Grade 1 Satellite Communications in the Directorate of Communications and Network Operations within the Chief Information Officer Group. | |
| Group Captain Gary James Martin AM | For outstanding achievement as the Director C-17A Transition Team during the introduction of the C-17A Globemaster III aircraft into service. | |
| Warrant Officer Paul Robert Martin | For outstanding achievement as the Warrant Officer Engineer at Number 37 Squadron. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | Lieutenant Commander David Grieve Brown RAN | For meritorious achievement as the Weapons Electrical Engineering Officer in HMAS Farncomb during preparation for, and conduct of, operations between February 2006 and June 2007. | |
| Navy | Commander Wendy Anne Bullen RAN | For meritorious achievement as the Navy Graded Other Ranks Pay Case Coordinator in support of Navy personnel. | |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Neil Ian Chaplin | For meritorious achievement as Deputy Marine Engineering Officer in HMAS Farncomb. | |
| Navy | | For meritorious achievement to the Royal Australian Navy as the Port Services Manager, Fleet Base East, HMAS Kuttabul. | |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Benjamin Mark McQueen | For meritorious achievement while employed as Chief Boatswain on board the Landing Platform Amphibious HMAS Manoora. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Paul Michael Casey | For meritorious achievement as the personnel establishment subject matter expert in the Army Headquarters Organisation Section Review Team. | |
| Army | Captain Brendan Frederick Hayward | For meritorious achievement as the Battle Group Intelligence Officer, ANZAC East Timor Battle Group Four. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Birralee Ann King | For meritorious achievement as the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion. | |
| Army | Major Gregory Kohlmeyer | For meritorious achievement as the Senior Instructor-Ordnance and Staff Officer Grade One Development, Army Logistic Training Centre. | |
| Army | Corporal Simon Lawrence Majewski | For meritorious achievement as a Section Commander and Acting Platoon Sergeant within the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and in the development, training and deployment of the first Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team. | |
| Army | Major James William Robins | For meritorious achievement as Head of the Intelligence Section of the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force. | |
| Army | Major Selina Alice Rowland | For meritorious achievement as the Senior Instructor External Training Wing, Royal Military College, Duntroon. | |
| Army | Major Mark Anthony Scully | For meritorious achievement as the Staff Officer Grade Two Employment Management, Directorate of Workforce Management-Army. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Colin Friar Speirs | For meritorious achievement as the Electronics Counter Measures Warrant Officer of the Army Explosive Hazards Centre. | |
| Army | Sergeant T | For meritorious achievement in capability development for Australian Defence Force Counter Terrorism. | |
| Squadron Leader Stephen William Clarke | For meritorious achievement as a Qualified Flying Instructor within Number 82 Wing. | |
| Squadron Leader Nicholas Simon Elliott | For meritorious achievement as the Senior Engineering Officer at Number 11 Squadron. | |
| Flight Sergeant Adrian James Lee | For meritorious achievement as the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer-in-Charge of Avionics Section at Number 3 Squadron. | |
| Squadron Leader Adam Joshua Long | For meritorious achievement as ‘B’ Flight Commander at Number 2 Operational Conversion Unit. | |
| Wing Commander Stephen Trevor Mallett | For meritorious achievement as Staff Officer Technical Capability at Headquarters Combat Support Group, Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley. | |