State/
Territory | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Federal | David John Braggett | For outstanding public service in the area of aged care reform | |
| Federal | Rhana Sheila Crago | For outstanding public service in the role of Executive Assistant in the Health and Finance portfolios. | |
| Federal | Maria Fernandez | For outstanding public service in advancing Australia's interest. | |
| Federal | Katrina Anne Harry | For outstanding public service in the area of veteran's entitlements. | |
| Federal | Nicole Allison Hinder | For outstanding public service in the area of biosecurity management. | |
| Federal | Roxanne Louise Kelley | For outstanding public service in the areas of public sector reform and governance, particularly in the Defence portfolio. | |
| Federal | Matthew John Koval | For outstanding public service to the advancement of Australian agriculture. | |
| Federal | Paul Gregory Lang RFD | For outstanding public service through the provision of legal advice to the Commonwealth. | |
| Federal | Dr Ralph Lattimore | For outstanding public service in the area of economic and social policy reform. | |
| Federal | Michael Robert Pennell | For outstanding public service in the development of the terrorism insurance scheme. | |
| NSW | Stephanie Susan Brown | For outstanding public service to education in New South Wales as a teacher and administrator. | |
| NSW | Mira Haramis | For outstanding public service to education and training in the health sector in New South Wales. | |
| NSW | Dr Pedro Thomas Harris | For outstanding public service in New South Wales through the design and delivery of information technology solutions. | |
| NSW | Gregorie George McTaggart | For outstanding public service to the maintenance and conservation of the Sydney Opera House. | |
| NSW | Peter Joseph Riordan | For outstanding public service to industrial relations and education in New South Wales. | |
| NSW | Graham Patrick Tobin | For outstanding public service to the roads and maritime sector in New South Wales. | |
| NSW | Mark Phillip Wilson | For outstanding public service to the correctional sector in New South Wales. | |
| VIC | Professor Michael John Ackland | For outstanding public service through contributions to the health and wellbeing of people in Victoria. | |
| VIC | Maree Amanda Cameron | For outstanding public service to residential aged care standards and improved quality of life for older persons in Victoria. | |
| VIC | Dr Robin Anthony Hirst | For outstanding public service through the development of community engagement with the museum and galleries sector in Victoria. | |
| VIC | David "Graham" Parkes AFSM | For outstanding public service to park management and environmental conservation in Victoria. | |
| VIC | | For outstanding public service through scientific research programs in the agricultural sector in Victoria. | |
| VIC | Gemma Cecilia Varley | For outstanding public service through the drafting of legislation in Victoria. | |
| VIC | Michael Lawrence Wells | For outstanding public service through the protection of rights for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Victoria. | |
| QLD | Randall Burton Cox | For outstanding public service to the natural resources sector in Queensland. | |
| QLD | Dr Philip John Moody | For outstanding public service to the environmental sector in Queensland. | |
| QLD | Gerald Marian Murphy | For outstanding public service to the transport and main roads sector. | |
| QLD | Kevin James Yearbury | For outstanding public service to the state of Queensland. | |
| WA | Stuart Jardine | For outstanding public service to local government in Western Australia. | |
| SA | Rosina Antenucci | For outstanding public service to education and to the teaching of English as an additional language. | |
| SA | Robert Glen Schwartz | For outstanding public service in the field of intergovernmental fiscal relations, taxation policy and economic policy. | |
| SA | Joyleen Joan Thomas | For outstanding public service in the area of employment, cultural inclusiveness and Indigenous events. | |
| ACT | Kerryn Eileen Ernst | For outstanding public service to community health in the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| ACT | Ian David Hill | For outstanding public service to the tourism sector in the Australian Capital Territory. | |
| ACT | Andrew James Kefford | For outstanding public service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through administrative roles. | |
| NT | Teresa Mary Hart | For outstanding public service to governance, planning and administration in the Northern Territory. | |
State/
Territory | Recipient | Notes |
| Federal | Detective Sergeant Mark Bradley Elvin | |
| Federal | Detective Sergeant Andrea Humphrys | |
| Federal | Assistant Commissioner David John Sharpe | |
| NSW | Detective Chief Inspector David Alfred Adney | |
| NSW | Chief Inspector Tracy Maree Chapman | |
| NSW | Superintendent Anthony Paul Crandell | |
| NSW | Chief Inspector David Ian Forbes | |
| NSW | Senior Constable Paul Stephen Jones | |
| NSW | Detective Chief Inspector David Laidlaw | |
| NSW | Chief Inspector Christopher Andrew Smith | |
| NSW | Chief Inspector Kim Rene Sorensen | |
| NSW | Superintendent Mark Andrew Wright | |
| VIC | Assistant Commissioner Debra Joan Abbott | |
| VIC | Commander Susan Mary Clifford | |
| VIC | Senior Sergeant Philip David Eager | |
| VIC | Superintendent Michael John Sayer | |
| VIC | Detective Senior Sergeant Adam John Shoesmith | |
| VIC | Detective Leading Senior Constable Katrina Sue Thomas | |
| VIC | Detective Senior Sergeant Troy Derek Thomson | |
| VIC | Inspector Gillian Wilson | |
| QLD | Superintendent Amanda Jane Brownhill | |
| QLD | Sergeant Paula Anne Byrne | |
| QLD | Inspector Peter Michael Flanders | |
| QLD | Detective Inspector Christopher Glenn Jory | |
| QLD | Inspector Trevor William Kidd | |
| QLD | Superintendent Michelle Francis Young | |
| WA | Detective Superintendent Francis John Brandham | |
| WA | Detective Senior Sergeant Thomas Eric Mills | |
| WA | Superintendent Susan Young | |
| SA | Senior Sergeant Trudy Jean Andresen | |
| SA | Detective Senior Sergeant First Class Grant Andrew Garrity | |
| SA | Senior Sergeant First Class Manfred Helmut Wojtasik | |
| TAS | Senior Sergeant Danny Hilton Russell | |
| TAS | Sergeant Lee-Anne Marie Walters | |
| NT | Superintendent Charles Robert Farmer | |
| NT | Senior Aboriginal Community Police Officer Betty Herbert | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | | For distinguished performance in warlike operations as a senior advisor to the Afghan Ministry of Interior. | |
| Army | Captain A | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as Commander of a Special Forces Advisory Team in Iraq. | |
| Army | Corporal C | For distinguished performance in warlike operations as an advisor to 1st Iraqi Special Forces Brigade in Iraq. | |
| Army | Brigadier Justin Frederick Ellwood, | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Chief Joint Operations in Headquarters Resolute Support Kabul Afghanistan from September 2014 to September 2015. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Damien Leslie Green | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as a Mentor and Deputy Senior National Representative at the Afghanistan National Army Officer Academy from September 2014 to July 2015. | |
| Army | Private J | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations providing critical medical support and clinical care. | |
| Army | Captain R | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations providing intelligence support in Iraq. | |
| Army | Corporal R | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations in providing coalition strike support. | |
| Air Force | Wing Commander G | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as Commander of a Task Unit and the National Target Engagement Authority between November 2015 and March 2016. | |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader J | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations and outstanding airmanship. | |
| Air Force | Wing Commander M | For distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as Commander Task Unit 630.2 and the National Target Engagement Authority between June 2015 and November 2015. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | Captain Jonathan Paul Earley, | For outstanding achievement and devotion to duty in maritime operational and humanitarian response planning and deployment. | |
| Navy | Commodore Stephen John Hughes, | For outstanding devotion to duty in the field of major warship introduction into service with the Royal Australian Navy. | |
| Navy | | For outstanding achievement in the field of submarine operations and Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Kevin Anthony Battste | For outstanding achievement as the Regimental Quartermaster at the 1st Recruit Training Battalion. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Stephen Black-Sinclair | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 1st Military Police Battalion. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas John Bosio | For outstanding achievement in the development of the operational Campaign Plan for the Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. | |
| Army | Colonel Malcolm Geoffrey Brick | For outstanding achievement in the management of logistic assets and support as Commander Joint Logistics Unit. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Lara Terese Bullpitt-Troy | For outstanding achievement as the Staff Officer Grade One - Operations and Plans, Headquarters 1st Joint Movement Group. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Andrew Duff | For outstanding devotion to duty to clinical training and preparedness of health services personnel as the Deputy Director of Clinical Services, 2nd General Health Battalion, from 2012 to 2015. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Graham Malcolm Goodwin | For outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the 10th/27th Battalion, the Royal South Australia Regiment. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Juckel | For outstanding achievements in modernising digital networking and battle management systems capabilities. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel David Christopher McGarry | For outstanding achievement as Commander Australian Contingent with the Multinational Force and Observers, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Daven Ray Pettersen | For outstanding devotion to duty as Deputy Director International Engagement, Army. | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Mark Hamilton Stone | For outstanding achievement as Acting Commanding Officer 9th Force Support Battalion and Staff Officer Grade One Logistics, Headquarters 1st Division/Deployable Joint Force Headquarters. | |
| Army | Captain Wayne Michael Vickers, | For outstanding achievement in the innovation of digital communications. | |
| Air Force | Sergeant Craig Allan Barnes | For outstanding achievement as combat control team assault zone survey specialist at Number 4 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Bradley John Clarke, | For outstanding achievement in organisation and aerospace capability development as Commanding Officer of Number 35 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Adrian Gerard Greener | For outstanding achievement in organisation and aerospace capability development as Commanding Officer of Number 35 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Air Force | Group Captain Andrew Nigel Lancaster | For outstanding achievement as Commanding Officer of Number 382 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron and Director Engagement, Headquarters Joint Operations Command. | |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Amanda Jane Leslie | For outstanding devotion to duty in Air Force Reserve personnel administration and management. | |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Rodney Charles Orrock | For outstanding devotion to duty as the KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport Weapon System Support Manager in the Heavy Air Lift Systems Program Office. | |
| Air Force | Group Captain S | For outstanding achievement in air combat development and preparedness as Commanding Officer of Number 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Branch | Recipient | Citation | Notes |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Brian William Craig | For meritorious achievement in executing the material support preparations for the certification, delivery and introduction into service of. | |
| Navy | Chief Petty Officer Gregory Neil Fletcher | For meritorious devotion to duty in the field of propulsion management in. | |
| Navy | Lieutenant Commander Kathryn Rebecca Ford | For meritorious achievement in the development and implementation of the Australian Defence Force Training Systems School. | |
| Navy | | For meritorious achievement in the field of Guided Missile Frigate maintenance management. | |
| Navy | Commander Gemma Maree Pumphrey | For meritorious devotion to duty in the field of Defence communications and information infrastructure and services. | |
| Navy | Warrant Officer Brendan Andrew Woodsell | For meritorious devotion to duty in the field of Navy values reform and training for recruits at. | |
| Army | Sergeant Kim Maree Allen | For meritorious achievement as a Multi-Media Technician Supervisor within 1st Intelligence Battalion. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Matthew Russell Crighton | For meritorious achievement in the development and implementation of embarked force coordination procedures in the Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock Ships. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two D | For meritorious devotion to duty in the field of specialist communications training and support to special operations. | |
| Army | Signaller John Kenneth Davies | For meritorious devotion to duty as an Information Systems Technician, 7th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare). | |
| Army | Lieutenant Colonel Damian Andrew Drain | For meritorious achievement in the field of capital facilities and infrastructure project development. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class Two Phillip Matthew Grieve | For meritorious achievement developing Army's Shadow Unmanned Aerial System capability. | |
| Army | Sergeant Rodney James Leece | For meritorious devotion to duty as a Land Intelligence Instructor within the Defence Force School of Intelligence. | |
| Army | Captain Stephen Andrew Lomas | For meritorious devotion to duty in the field of logistics management and support. | |
| Army | Sergeant S | For meritorious devotion to duty delivering deployable capability and training as a member of the 1st Commando Regiment. | |
| Army | Warrant Officer Class One Simon Peter Thompson | For meritorious achievement in force generation and training for the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery. | |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Tanya Michelle Evans | For meritorious achievement in training delivery and organisational development as Chief Instructor of the Officers' Training School, Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Air Force | Wing Commander Anthony George Grimmer | For meritorious achievement in engineer and technical workforce management in the Royal Australian Air Force. | |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant Daniel Anthony Harvey | For meritorious achievement as the Senior Hypobaric Chamber Operator at the Royal Australian Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine. | |
| Air Force | Flight Sergeant M | For meritorious achievement as Senior Non-Commissioned Officer -Targets, Operation OKRA Air Task Group; and as Acting Officer in Charge - Target Materials Section, Number 460 Squadron. | |
| Air Force | Squadron Leader Stuart John Mattner | For meritorious achievement in the fields of explosive ordnance and precision guided munitions. | |