| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Aust. | Martin Gerard Bowles | For outstanding public service in delivering highly successful energy efficiency policies and remediation programs for the Home Insulation and Green Loans programs. |
| Aust. | Blair Robert Comley | For outstanding public service in the development of public policy, particularly in the areas of carbon pricing and emissions trading, tax policy design and debt management. |
| Aust. | Gregory Dark | For outstanding public service in continuity to tax administration, particularly in the areas of major project implementation and innovative service delivery. |
| Aust. | Janet Florence Dorrington | For outstanding public service through management of Australian border security as National Director, Passengers Division, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. |
| Aust. | Gregory Douglas Farr | For outstanding public service in leading major reforms to the strategy and delivery of information and Communication Technology Systems, particularly in the Department of Defence. |
| Aust. | Alistair Legge | For outstanding public service in enhancing Australia's support for electoral processes in neighbouring countries and for the successful establishment of the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program. |
| Aust. | Gary Wayne Maroske | For outstanding public service in establishing and maintaining effective biosecurity measures in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula areas. |
| Aust. | James John Marshall | For outstanding public service in the management and delivery of Australia's mail-sorting and delivery network. |
| Aust. | Neil Richard Orme | For outstanding public service in the fields of Defence policy development, corporate renewal and strategic issues management. |
| Aust. | Ronald Thompson Perry | For outstanding public service in the development and maintenance of the Council of Australian Governments as an effective institution of Australian governments. |
| Aust. | Leslie May Riggs | For outstanding public service in playing critical roles in driving national transport reform. |
| Aust. | Dr Michelle Claire Storey | For outstanding public service in establishing the Murchison Radioastronomy OBservatory and for assisting Australia's bid to host the international Square Kilometre Array project. |
| Aust. | Thomas Fiaschi Yates | For outstanding public service in organising the evacuation of Australian citizens from Tripoli, Libya, in February 2011. |
| NSW | Michael Richard Allen | For outstanding public service to the improvement of social housing in New South Wales. |
| NSW | John Leonard Burke | For outstanding public service in the development of the Government Records Repository in New South Wales. |
| NSW | Patricia Anne Darlington | For outstanding public service to the enhancement of public awareness of the environment. |
| NSW | Annette Dale Gallard | For outstanding public service to the achievement of social justice for disadvantaged people in New South Wales. |
| NSW | Daniel Joseph Graham | For outstanding public service in pioneering the development and delivery of public infrastructure in New South Wales through Public Private Partnerships and Privately Financed Partnerships. |
| NSW | Timothy Charles Hager | For outstanding public service in the area of environmental conservation in New South Wales. |
| NSW | Terrence Ernest Kiss | For outstanding public service in the community of the Coolamon Shire. |
| NSW | Dr Klaus Koop | For outstanding public service in the area of marine estuarine ecology and biogeochemistry. |
| NSW | Christopher Kenneth Ryan | For outstanding public service to public education and training in New South Wales. |
| NSW | Clarence John Slockee | For outstanding public service to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. |
| NSW | Robert Michael Williams | For outstanding public service to water management in New South Wales. |
| Vic. | Yehudi Blacher | For outstanding public service in the instigation, promotion and implementation of innovative reforms in public administration. |
| Vic. | Mary Yin Chan | For outstanding public service as a leader among Supported Residential Services in Victoria, willing to work on pilot projects and continually endeavouring to improve services and living standards for the elderly. |
| Vic. | Susan Leigh Williams | For outstanding public service to tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. |
| Qld | Philip Adrian Berting | For outstanding public service to local government in Queensland. |
| Qld | Dr Geoffrey James Dickie | For outstanding public service in Queensland's economic growth while ensuring responsible development and sustainability. |
| Qld | Robyn Gail Eltherington | For outstanding public service to Forgotten Australians - former residents of Queensland institutions. |
| Qld | Leslie Naureen Shirreffs | For outstanding public service to environmental conservation and management in Queensland. |
| Qld | Dr David Craig Sowden | For outstanding public service in Queensland Health, particularly in the areas of infectious diseases and clinical education. |
| Qld | Peter Thomas Trim | For outstanding public service to the development and delivery of road and transport infrastructure in Queensland. |
| WA | Peter John Mitchell | For outstanding public service, particularly as the Sheriff of Western Australia. |
| WA | Dr Shayne Silcox | For outstanding public service, particularly to local government in Western Australia. |
| SA | Dr Terence George Donald | For outstanding public service in the area of child protection services. |
| SA | Margot Jean Foster | For outstanding public service in the area of education. |
| SA | Andrew William Johnson | For outstanding public service in the area of environmental and natural resource management. |
| ACT | Anthony Seamus Gill | For outstanding public service to road safety within the Australian Capital Territory. |
| NT | Brendan Joseph Lawson | For outstanding public service to the Northern Territory, particularly in the successful management of major infrastructure projects. |
| Branch | Recipient |
| New South Wales Emergency Services | Mark David Darling |
| New South Wales Emergency Services | Rolf Leonard Garda |
| New South Wales Emergency Services | Trevor Gordon Milgate OAM |
| Victoria Emergency Services | Peter Thomas Kueffer |
| Victoria Emergency Services | Gary John Lovell |
| Victoria Emergency Services | Michael John Matthews |
| Queensland Emergency Services | Peter Andrew Gould |
| Queensland Emergency Services | Carrollyn Anne Hennessy |
| Western Australia Emergency Services | David Emmanuel Clark |
| Western Australia Emergency Services | Leslie Alexander Hayter |
| Western Australia Emergency Services | William John Norris |
| South Australia Emergency Services | Lynette Joy Berghofer |
| South Australia Emergency Services | Donald Wayne Rose |
| Tasmania Emergency Services | Gregory Donald French |
| Tasmania Emergency Services | Andrew James Lea |
| Tasmania Emergency Services | Ian Andrew Nielsen OAM |
| Northern Territory Emergency Services | Gary Douglas Carrington |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Army | Private A— | For acts of gallantry in action. |
| Army | Corporal C— | For acts of gallantry in action while a team commander. |
| Army | Corporal D— | For acts of gallantry in action while a team commander. |
| Army | Corporal Adam John Heemskerk | For acts of gallantry in action on 20 August 2010 while a section commander with Mentoring Team Alpha, the 1st Mentoring Task Force at Musazai, Mirabad Valley, Afghanistan. |
| Army | Lance Corporal Shaun Miller Kober | For acts of gallantry in action during October 2010 and January 2011 while a sniper team second-in-command in Mentoring Team Four Three Bravo, Combat Team Delta, the 2nd Mentoring Task Force in Chora, Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan. |
| Army | Private Shaun Patrick Parker | For acts of gallantry in action on 24 August 2010 while a machine gunner with Mentoring Team Delta, the 1st Mentoring Task Force at Derapet, Tangi Valley, Afghanistan. |
| Army | Private S— | For acts of gallantry in action. |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Commodore Roger Livingston Boyce | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 on Operation Slipper in the Middle East Area of Operations from April to October 2010. |
| Navy | Rear Admiral David Lance Johnston | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 on Operations Slipper and Kruger from October 2010 to March 2011. |
| Army | Major A— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations. |
| Army | Trooper A— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action. |
| Army | Sergeant A— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action. |
| Army | Captain C— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action. |
| Army | Sergeant K— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action. |
| Army | Sergeant M— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action. |
| Army | Corporal P— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations. |
| Army | Brigadier Simon Roach AM | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Assistant Commander Joint Task Force 633 on Operation Slipper in the Middle East Area of Operations from April 2010 to February 2011. |
| Army | Private Brenden Leigh Robins | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action while a combat medic with the 2nd Mentoring Task Force on Operation Slipper in Chora, Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan from October 2010 to February 2011. |
| Army | Colonel Nicholas David Rowntree | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Senior Military Adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq on Operation Riverbank. |
| Army | Sergeant S— | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations and in action. |
| Army | Major Richard Shannon Simson | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as Staff Officer Grade Two - Afghan National Army Development, Headquarters Regional Command on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan from April to November 2010. |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Richard Anthony Vagg | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as the Commanding Officer, Artillery Training Team Kabul on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan from April to November 2010. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Martin John Smith | For distinguished performance of duty in warlike operations as the inaugural Commanding Officer, Multi-National Base Command Tarin Kowt, on Operation Slipper in Afghanistan from June 2010 to January 2011. |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Dennis Bentley | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Operations Manager, Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund. |
| Navy | Commander Darren Greville Grogan | For meritorious achievement in the field of Border Protection at Headquarters Northern Command and at the Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boat Group. |
| Navy | Lieutenant Commander Michael Leslie Jacobson | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Executive Officer of Submarine Crew Two in HMAS Collins. |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Andrew William Maskell | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Personnel Officer aboard HMAS Manoora and for services to the wider naval community. |
| Navy | Commander Paul James O'Grady | For meritorious achievement as Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Brian James Buskell | For meritorious achievement as the Regimental Sergeant Major, Combined Task Force 635 on Operation Anode in the Solomon Islands in 2010. |
| Army | Captain D— | For meritorious achievement in logistic support and management. |
| Army | Major Ian Thomas Dodd | For meritorious achievement as the Staff Officer Grade Three, Facilities at Headquarters 17th Combat Service Support Brigade. |
| Army | Major Daniel Scott Farrands | For meritorious achievement as Second-in-Command of the North West Mobile Force and Joint Task Force 641, Operation Outreach. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Andrew Charles Grubb | For meritorious achievement in the field of soldier career management. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Ian Douglas Hancock | For meritorious devotion to duty in support of the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program and the Defence Co-operation Program. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Christopher Raymond Hodder | For meritorious achievement as Defence Administrative Assistant, Defence Section, Australian Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
| Army | Major Jason Timothy Kerr | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Project Officer with the Australian Fromelles Project Group. |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Joanne Maria Novak | For meritorious devotion to duty in the field of logistic training development and employment category management. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Daryl Allan Bossert | For meritorious achievement as a personnel manager in the Directorate of Personnel - Air Force. |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Mathew James Butler | For meritorious achievement as the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Targets at Number 82 Tactical Intelligence Flight, Number 87 Squadron. |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Stewart Clay Freeman OAM | For meritorious achievement as the Deputy Director Business Management and Development, Directorate of Supply Chain Support within the Joint Logistics Command. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Lara Jayne Gunn | For meritorious achievement as the Health Logistics Staff Officer at Headquarters Health Services Wing. |
| Air Force | Warrant Officer Trevor Allen Scholl | For meritorious devotion to duty as the Warrant Officer Engineer, Joint Task Force 639 Air Component Coordination Element. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Jason Gregory Taylor | For meritorious achievement as the Officer-in-Charge of Logistics Support Flight and Executive Officer at Number 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron. |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Wendy Anne Walker | For meritorious achievement as the Principal Staff Officer Logistics and the Service Delivery Manager on Operation Astute in East Timor from August 2010 to April 2011. |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Gavin Keith Willmett | For meritorious achievement as the Air Operations Clerk, Australian Defence Staff Papua New Guinea. |