Australia Day 2006 Honours List
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Emeritus Professor Harry MESSEL CBE
For service to Australian science and to education as an outstanding educator raising awareness of the importance of the study of science and in particular physics, for instrumental contributions to improving science teaching in schools, and for conservation advocacy to endangered crocodile and alligator species.
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The Honourable Robert Edward BORBIDGE
For service to economic development in Queensland through promoting business and investment opportunities, the initiation of major infrastructure projects, and attracting internationally acclaimed events; and to the community, particularly through support for biomedical research and educational organisations.
Ms Lisa Kinkead GASTEEN
For service to the performing arts and to cultural life in Australia through opera as a leading dramatic soprano of national and international stature.
Professor Paul Fawcett GREENFIELD
For service to science and engineering, particularly through research in the areas of chemical engineering, biotechnology, wastewater and environmental management, and to the tertiary education sector.
Dr Donald McLean LAMBERTON
For service to economics as a leading academic and researcher in the field of information economics through the multidisciplinary study of the impact of technology, information and society on economic development.
Professor Robin Hampton MORTIMER
For service to medicine, particularly in the areas of education, training and accreditation, and to endocrinology as a clinician, academic and researcher.
The Honourable Concetto Antonio SCIACCA
For service to ex-service personnel, particularly through the commemorative program of events, Australia Remembers 1945-1995, to the community through support for cancer research institutions, and to the Australian Parliament.
Mr Terence Anthony WHITE
For service to the pharmacy profession, particularly through contributions to regulatory authorities and industry reform, to the community in support of a range of social welfare, school and civic organisations, and to the Queensland Parliament.
The Honourable Justice Glen Norman WILLIAMS
For service to the judiciary and to the law, particularly in the areas of law reform and legal education, and to the community through contributions to the Scouting movement and sport.
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Mrs Josephine Patricia AKEE
For service to the Indigenous community, particularly the people of the Torres Strait Islands through promoting understanding and recognition of traditional cultural heritage.
Dr John Gratten BAKER
For service to medicine as a neurosurgeon, particularly through the provision of neurosurgical services in Central Queensland.
Dr David Lloyd BRADFORD
For service to medicine in the field of sexual health as a contributor to public policy development through education programs for the medical profession and the community, and to leadership roles in professional organisations.
Professor Klaus BREMHORST
For service to mechanical engineering in the areas of education and research, and to professional organisations.
Emeritus Professor Terrence John FREER
For service to dentistry, particularly through orthodontic teaching and the establishment of standards in dental education and training.
Ms Josephine Grace GEIA
For service to the Indigenous community of Palm Island through leadership, advocacy and mediation roles.
Mr Paul GOTTLIEB
For service to science and technology through the development and marketing of equipment and software for use in particle analysis and identification in the minerals processing sector.
Dr Jeffrey Niccol HANNA
For service to medicine in the fields of public health and epidemiology, particularly through contributions in the area of communicable disease prevention and control.
Ms Karen Margaret HARMON-STINSON
For service to international relations through aid programs in developing countries, particularly by implementing a women's health project in the Philippines.
Mrs Carolyn Ellen HAUFF
For service to education, particularly as Principal of Clayfield College and through professional organisations.
Dr Rhyl Kingston HINWOOD
For service to the arts as a sculptor of artworks for public places and buildings, and through teaching roles and support for students.
Dr Peter James ISDALE
For service to marine science through research and as a contributor to the development and commercialisation of biotechnology.
Ms Karen Margaret LLOYD
For service to people who are deaf or have hearing impairment as an advocate for improved services, funding and research and to the introduction of specialised education and personal development programs.
Mr Ian McCONACHIE
For service to the macadamia industry as a grower and exporter contributing to international industry relations and to the establishment of a renewable co-generation power facility.
Councillor Ronald Desmond McCULLOUGH
For service to local government and to the community of Mount Isa through a range of tourism, major public infrastructure, and economic and regional development projects.
Mr John Geoffrey ORR
For service to the accountancy profession, particularly through the promotion of professional standards, and to the community in a range of service, social welfare and church organisations.
Mr David John PEEL
For service to the community through the Greater Brisbane Area Consultative Committee, the development of employment opportunities for Indigenous people, and small business.
Dr Barbara Ann PISCITELLI
For service to early childhood education as a teacher, to the establishment of programs in cultural institutions for children, and as a collector and curator of children's art.
Dr Francis George SMYTH
For service to medicine through the development and provision of general oncology and reconstructive surgical services in Papua New Guinea; and to the community of Port Moresby.
Dr Jennifer Mary SMYTH
For service to dentistry, particularly as an educator, to the development of tertiary curriculum programs, to vocational training, and to a range of professional dental organisations.
Mr Donald Joseph STEELE
For service to the livestock and wool industries, particularly in Queensland, through administration of professional industry bodies, and to the community.
Mr Peter Frederick SWAN
For service to the surveying profession, particularly the formation of the Spatial Sciences Institute, to support for the unification of industry groups, to education and the establishment of tertiary curriculum programs, and to a range of professional associations.
Dr David Whitman VICKERS
For service to medicine in the area of paediatric microsurgery through the development of surgical procedures to treat congenital deformities, to the design of specialised operating instruments, and to professional organisations.
Associate Professor Daryl Robert WALL
For service in the field of transplant surgery, to specialist training and support for transplant recipients to resume normal lifestyles.
Mr Michael Vincent WENDEN MBE
For service to the Olympic movement as an administrator and competitor.
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Group Captain David Thomas PASFIELD
For exceptional service in the development of Air Force Combat Support Group.
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Major Benjamin Gene BUTSON
For outstanding achievement as the Regimental Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
Warrant Officer Class Two Anthony John DILGER
For outstanding achievement in the performance of duty as a building supervisor, 19th Chief Engineer Works.
Colonel Gregory Maxwell LAWLER
For outstanding achievement in the development of aviation training at the Army Aviation Training Centre.
DSM
Wing Commander Michael Charles PATERSON
For distinguished service in leadership in action while serving as the Commander of the Australian Medical Detachment at Balad Air Base in Iraq from September 2004 to March 2005 during Operation CATALYST.
PSM
Mr Kevin Patrick RODGERS
For outstanding public service and contribution to disadvantaged and disabled youth.
Dr Russell John ROGERS
For outstanding public service to veterinary science.
Mr Mark SHELDON
For outstanding public service in implementing and operation safety systems for motorists in South East Queensland .
APM
Federal Agent Barry Warren TURNER
Chief Superintendent Stephen Howard HOLLANDS
Chief Superintendent Graham RYNDERS
Detective Senior Sergeant Cheryl Lyn SCANLON
Senior Sergeant Victor Albert TOLLENAERE
Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Anthony WILSON
AFSM
Assistant Commissioner Iain Sutherland MACKENZIE
Mr Alan Albert TITMAN
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Mr Ian Neil DAY
Ms Leanne Peta STEVENS
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Mr Phillip John AINSWORTH
For service to the aviation industry, particularly the manufacture and export of aircraft, aircraft engines and aviation instruments, and to the community of Bundaberg through educational organisations.
Mrs Maureen May ANDERSON
For service to the community of Ipswich, particularly through contributions to aged care, veterans and service groups.
Mrs Shelley Margaret ARGENT
For service to the community through raising awareness of issues of acceptance, tolerance and equality for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, and support for their families.
Mr Leonard AVERY
For service to the preservation and documentation of the history of Australian Army aviation.
Mr Francis Leslie AYLMER
For service to the community of Townsville, particularly through retiree, employee assistance and business development organisations.
Ms Fay Lorraine BARKER
For service to the community of Townsville through local government, business, the arts and social welfare organisations.
Mr Raymond Vincent BARKER
For service to the mining industry, particularly through the promotion of vocational education and training.
Mr Gordon Stanley BARRETT
For service to the community of Bowen through support for veterans and their families.
Dr Timothy Colvile BARRETT
For service to swimming, particularly through executive roles with the Queensland Swimming Association.
Councillor Graham Anthony BARRON
For service to the community of Toowoomba, particularly through local government, health, education and sporting organisations.
Mr Reginald Hasted BEAUCHAMP
For service to the community of Boulia through civic, emergency services, sporting and local history organisations.
Mr Donald Stanley BURCHILL
For service to surf lifesaving at state and national level and as a mentor and examiner.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Ronald BURKE (Ret'd)
For service to the community, particularly to veterans and their families through the activities of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland.
Mr John Martin BUTTERS
For service to education promoting adult learning opportunities, and to the community through the Uniting Church in Australia.
Mrs Betty CAMPBELL
For service to the community in the area of research into animal welfare through the Canine Control Council (Queensland).
Mr George Albert CREED
For service to the community of the Calliope Shire through local government and contributions to the region's commercial, industrial and civic development.
Councillor Dawn Mary CRICHLOW
For service to the community of the Gold Coast, particularly through local government, health, ex-service and sporting organisations.
Mr John Colin CROSSLEY
For service to the communities of Bundaberg and Noosa, particularly through Lions Australia.
Dr Malcolm Thomas DEWAR
For service to the community of Rockhampton as a medical practitioner in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Mr Alan Reginald DORBER
For service to the community, particularly the welfare of ex-servicemen and women and their families, through the Veterans Support and Advocacy Service Australia.
Mr Angus Alexander EDMONDS
For service to education, particularly the university residential college system as Principal of Emmanuel College, University of Queensland.
Mrs Joan FRAZER
For service to the community, particularly to ex-servicemen and women.
Mr Bernard Vincent GRUNKE
For service to the welfare of veterans and their families.
Mr William Douglas HANNAY
For service to local government and to the community of Blackall in a range of sporting, health and service organisations.
Mrs Dawn Majorie HAYNES
For service to education, particularly in support of improving literacy development and language learning.
Mrs Rosemary HICKSTEIN
For service to nursing and community health, particularly through the care of children with spina bifida hydrocephalus and in the support of their families.
Dr Rodney Arthur KIRKWOOD
For service to medicine as an ophthalmologist and to the community of Mackay.
Mrs Muriel Joyce KNIGHT
For service to the community of Mount Mee.
Mr Desmond Francis LA RANCE
For service to the community through the provision of technical aids for people with disabilities and the design and construction of housing for disadvantaged people in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Honourable Vincent Patrick LESTER
For service to the community through the Queensland Parliament and to local government.
Mr Jack Karl LIVINGSTON
For service to the community of Rockhampton, particularly the welfare of the aged.
Mr George Anthony LUDINSKI ED
For service to the community, particularly through the preservation and recording of the history of Fort Lytton.
Mr Gerald Andrew LYALL
For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly as an adviser and advocate for totally and permanently incapacitated ex-servicemen and women.
Mr Colin Robert McCOWAN
For service to tertiary education, particularly in the field of career development as a counsellor, educator and author.
Mr David Norman McKENZIE
For service to the community, particularly through the drug awareness and youth programs of Lions Australia.
Mr Kevin Francis MAHER
For service to cricket, particularly in far north Queensland, and to the community of Cairns.
Mr Kevin James MASON
For service to secondary education, particularly the teaching of history.
Mr John Anthony MENICO
For service to surf lifesaving, particularly through Queensland Surf Life Saving, and to the community.
Mr Thomas Paul MOONEY
For service to sport, particularly as a contributor to the development of junior cricket and Rugby Union football in Queensland.
Mrs Barbara Ann MYLES
For service to the community through the North Queensland Ostomy Association Inc.
Mr John Edwards OSBORNE
For service to the tourism industry at regional, state and national levels, and to the sport of cycling.
Mr Raymond John PARKIN
For service to mining, particularly in the area of occupational safety through the Queensland Mines Rescue Service.
Mrs Margaret Irene PATERSON
For service to highland dancing as a teacher and adjudicator, and through state and national highland dance organisations.
Mr Keith PAYNE VC
For service to the community, particularly through support for youth programs and veterans groups.
Sister Eileen Patricia POLLARD
For service to nursing, particularly through reforms to nursing education, and to the community as a fundraiser for cancer research.
Mr Surendra PRASAD
For service to the community, particularly as a contributor to multiculturalism and to multi-faith dialogue in Queensland.
Mr Joseph Gerard ROSS
For service to local government and to the community of the Redland Shire.
Ms Robin Noela SHEPHERD
For service to people in Queensland with intellectual disabilities.
Captain Peter John SMALL
For service to transport as a marine pilot, particularly in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait.
Mrs Joyce Annie SMITH
For service to the arts as a costumer for performing arts organisations and to the community of Townsville.
Mrs Clarice SUTHERS
For service to the community, particularly through the Forum Communicators Association and as a bridge teacher.
Mr John Duncan THOMPSON
For service to golf, particularly through the Downs and District Veteran Golf Association.
Councillor Minas Joseph VENARDOS
For service to local government and to the community of the Cooloola Shire.
Mr Vincent Thomas VERNICK
For service to the community of Beenleigh through the establishment of a range of family support programs.
Mr Keith Robert VICTORSEN
For service to the community, particularly through the Royal United Service Institute of Queensland.
Ms Judith Lesley WALKER
For service to the community, particularly through social welfare roles within the Anglican Parish of Inala.
Mr Maurice Degrelle WEBB
For service to the community of Yeppoon through sports and service organisations and in local government roles.
Mr Eric John ZUPP
For service to the motor trades industry, and to the community through support for a range of social welfare organisations.
OAM(Mil)
Warrant Officer Class Two Peter Nicholas GUTZEIT
For meritorious service in the performance of duty as the Training Sergeant,
5th Aviation Regiment and Squadron Sergeant Major, B Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment.
Warrant Officer Class One Stephen John SWAYSLAND
For meritorious service as the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment and the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
CSM
Warrant Officer Robert Alan DREW
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as Staff Officer Engineering (Two) with the Minor War Vessel Sea Training Unit.
Warrant Officer Class Two James William DIXON
For outstanding service in the field of Small Arms Training and Marksmanship.
Squadron Leader Glen Alan FERGUSON
For outstanding service in the performance of duty as the F-111 Weapons Systems Software Facility Aircrew Liaison Officer and as Number 1 Squadron Operations Flight Commander.
Commendation for Distinguished Service
Corporal Daniel Shane MOYLE
For distinguished performance of duties whilst deployed with the Australian Security Detachment - Iraq on Operation CATALYST.
Sergeant Samuel Alan PIKE
For distinguished performance of duty as the Troop Sergeant, Cavalry Troop Security Detachment and Force Protection Group Detachment to Australian Army Training Team Iraq.
Major Matthew James SILVER
For distinguished performance of duty whilst deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations as the Officer Commanding Australian Security Detachment VI Baghdad, Iraq.
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