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2026 Australia Day Honours

The Governor-General has announced the Australia Day 2026 Honours List, with many Queenslanders among those recognised for their outstanding contributions to the community, public service, the professions, emergency services and the Australian Defence Force.

The Honours include appointments and awards in the Order of Australia (General and Military Divisions), as well as meritorious, distinguished and conspicuous service awards, reflecting the breadth and depth of service by Queenslanders across all walks of life.

The 2026 Queensland Honours List includes recipients of:

  • Awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia, from Companion (AC) to Medal (OAM)
  • Military and meritorious awards, recognising exceptional service and devotion to duty
  • Distinguished and conspicuous service awards across Defence, policing, emergency and correctional services

Queensland recipients will attend a series of Investiture Ceremonies to receive the insignia of their award from the Governor.

Her Excellency congratulates the following Queenslanders on their recognition as recipients of Australia Day 2026 Honours:

Award 

Title/Rank

First Name

Surname

Citation
AC The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk For eminent service to the people and Parliament of Queensland, particularly as Premier, to educational equity, to multiculturalism, and to public health.
AO Emeritus Professor Marcus Hockings For distinguished service to environmental conservation, to the development of protected area management effectiveness evaluations, and to tertiary education.
AO Associate Professor Anthony Lynham For distinguished service to trauma medicine as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, to the Parliament of Queensland, and to the community.
AO Mr Rob McInerney For distinguished service to international road safety and management programs, to infrastructure planning, and to engineering.
AO Emeritus Professor John Wanna For distinguished service to political and policy research, to tertiary education, to democratic innovation, and to the development of public administration frameworks.
AM Dr John Allan For significant service to medicine as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and to women and maternal health.
AM The late Mr Robert Bain For significant service to the law, and to the legal profession.
AM Mr Robert Blair For significant service to the Indigenous community of Queensland.
AM The late Ms Leith Boully For significant service to conservation and the environment.
AM Professor Caitlin Byrne For significant service to business education, and to international relations.
AM Mr Leslie Collins For significant service to Indigenous health in Queensland.
AM Mr John Connolly For significant service to rugby union as coach and mentor.
AM Mr Bruce Cowley For significant service to business, to the law, and to tertiary education.
AM Mr Terence Doherty For significant service to basketball in administrative and referee education roles.
AM Emeritus Professor Roderick Drew For significant service to horticulture research, and to agricultural development.
AM Ms Toni Dwyer For significant service to business and commerce, and to tertiary education.
AM Mr Paul Ebert For significant service to rowing, and to the church.
AM Mr Alan Finch For significant service to higher education, through the design and implementation of models of governance.
AM Mr Peter Flynn For significant service to community mental health, as an administrator, patron and donor.
AM Mr David Gole For significant service to architecture, and to heritage conservation.
AM Ms Rachael Grinham For significant service to squash as an athlete and administrator.
AM Dr Warren Henry For significant service to veterinary science, and to global humanitarian programs.
AM Mr Floyd Leedie For significant service to Indigenous health in Queensland.
AM The Honourable Justice John Logan For significant service to the judiciary and to the law.
AM Professor Ruth McPhail For significant service to tertiary education, and to the arts.
AM Mr Adrian Pisarski For significant service to the community through social welfare organisations.
AM Professor John Rolfe For significant service to regional economic development as an economist and author.
AM Dr Kunwarjit Sangla For significant service to endocrinology, and to the rural and Indigenous communities of Queensland.
AM Dr Rodney Straw For significant service to veterinary surgical oncology, and to tertiary education.
AM Mr Richard Stringer For significant service to architectural photography, to education, and to history.
AM Mr Paul Taylor For significant service to the arts and education through governance and philanthropic roles.
AM Mr Fredericus Van Dongen For significant service to basketball as a coach and administrator.
AM Mr John Western For significant service to surf lifesaving.
CSC Lieutenant Colonel Sven Harris For outstanding achievement and the application of skills as Operations Officer, Headquarters 1st (Australian) Division.
CSC Group Captain Phillip Godfrey For outstanding achievement in career management of senior Royal Australian Air Force personnel as Director Senior Officer Management – Air Force.
CSC Sergeant Rick Scott For outstanding devotion to duty as the rescue crewman on Trooper 70 during Operation FLOOD ASSIST 22-1 on 25 February 2022.
CSC Corporal Geoffrey Izod For outstanding devotion to duty as the rescue crewman on an MRH90 helicopter during Operation FLOOD ASSIST 22-1, on 1 March 2022.
PSM Dr Jason Brown For outstanding public service to support clinical outcomes for burns patients and digital health transformation in Queensland.
PSM Mr Claude Jones For outstanding public service to educational reforms in Queensland schools.
PSM Mr David Kafoa For outstanding public service in civil, road and structures maintenance in Queensland.
PSM Mrs Renee Kyle For outstanding public service to First Nations justice, policy and program reform in Queensland.
PSM Mr Kenneth Sherwood For outstanding public service to the surveying industry in Queensland.
PSM Mr Scott Stewart For outstanding public service to local government and infrastructure in Queensland.
APM Commander Caroline Taylor For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Assistant Commissioner Glenn Morris For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Chief Superintendent David Cuskelly For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Detective Chief Inspector Alisa La Pila For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Chief Inspector David Neville For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Detective Senior Sergeant Anthony Green For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Senior Sergeant Mark Whitnall For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
APM Mr Roger Whyte For distinguished service as a member of an Australian police force.
AFSM Ms Quinn Cramer For distinguished service as a member of an Australian fire service.
AFSM Mr Robert Frey For distinguished service as a member of an Australian fire service.
AFSM Mr Christopher Gilchrist For distinguished service as a member of an Australian fire service.
AFSM Mr Garry Hoonhout For distinguished service as a member of an Australian fire service.
ASM Mr Stephen Johns For distinguished service as a member of an Australian ambulance service.
ASM Ms Susan Neale For distinguished service as a member of an Australian ambulance service.
ASM Miss Dahleen Nugent For distinguished service as a member of an Australian ambulance service.
ESM Mrs Dannielle Bull For distinguished service as a member of an Australian emergency service.
ESM Ms Jennifer Crump For distinguished service as a member of an Australian emergency service.
ESM Ms Amanda Johnson For distinguished service as a member of an Australian emergency service.
ESM Ms Nicole Lockie For distinguished service as a member of an Australian emergency service.
ACM Mr Lyle Baker For distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
ACM Ms Louise Kneeshaw For distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
ACM Ms Dee-Anne Kuilboer For distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
ACM Ms Nadia Nearhos (Tschirpig) For distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
ACM Ms Jennifer Runge For distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
ACM Assistant Commissioner Joel Smith For distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
OAM Miss Virginia Balmain For service to the community, and to youth.
OAM Mrs Lynda Barry For service to lifesaving and lifeguard training, and to the community.
OAM Mrs Patricia Barry For service to life saving, and to the community of the Sunshine Coast.
OAM Mr Benjamin Bjarnesen For service to LGBTIQ+ communities of Queensland, and to the domestic and family violence sector.
OAM Mr Kenneth Brown For service to media, and to the community.
OAM Mr Keith Campbell For service to local government, and to the community of South Burnett.
OAM Mr Barry Clark For service to history preservation, and to the community of Bribie Island.
OAM Mr Charlie Cobb For service to the community of the Sunshine Coast.
OAM Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cramp For service to the sport of shooting, and to the community.
OAM Mr James Danskin For service to veterans and their families.
OAM Mr Shyam Das For service to the Indian community of Queensland.
OAM Aunty Aileen Dippel For service to the Indigenous community of Queensland.
OAM Mr Ernest Drew For service to people with disability.
OAM Mr Kerry Evans For service to the Christian community of Nambour.
OAM Mr Roger Flynn For service to squash.
OAM Mr Tat Fong For service to the Chinese community of the Gold Coast.
OAM Mr John Forrest For service to cricket.
OAM Mr Norman Fry For service to veterans, and to the community.
OAM Mr Rodney Green For service to the community of Rockhampton.
OAM Mr John Griffith For service to primary industry.
OAM Mr Luke Harding For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Mr Scott Harris For service to veterans and their families.
OAM Ms Rosamund Heit For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Dr Bronwyn Herbert For service to youth social welfare.
OAM Mrs Janette Heron For service to women's hockey.
OAM The late Mr Dennis Howe For service to the agricultural industry, and to the community.
OAM Mr Michel Itel For service to community health.
OAM Mr Barry Kelly For service to veterans and their families.
OAM Mr Charles Khan For service to the community of Dimbulah.
OAM Emeritus Professor Shahjahan Khan For service to the Islamic community of Australia.
OAM Mr Tausif Khan For service to the Indian community of Brisbane.
OAM Mr Wen Yao Ko For service to the Taiwanese community of Brisbane.
OAM Mrs Lorraine Ledwell For service to community health, and to breast cancer awareness.
OAM Mr Kenneth Madsen For service to basketball.
OAM Mr Troy Morgan For service to touch football.
OAM Mrs Leona Murphy For service to business through governance roles.
OAM Mr Brett Murray For service to the media, and to motorsports
OAM Mr Stanley Nelson For service to the community of Maryborough.
OAM Mr Glenn Norris For service to the community through emergency response organisations.
OAM Mr Patrick Nunan For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Mr Rock OKeefe For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Mrs Joan O'Keefe For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Mr James O'Shannessy For service to the community through a range of roles.
OAM Mr Robert Paterson For service to the community through a range of organisations.
OAM Ms Karen Phillips For service to women, and to the community of the Gold Coast.
OAM Ms Ann Potter For service to local government, and to the community of Hume City.
OAM The late Mrs Joy Ransley-Smith For service to ballet, and to the performing arts.
OAM Mrs Alison Ray For service to the community through charitable organisations.
OAM Mr Mark Rigby For service to science as an astronomy and astronautics educator.
OAM Mr Donovan Robertson For service to engineering.
OAM Mr Joseph Saina For service to the fresh produce sector, and to horticultural trade.
OAM  Mr Travis Schultz For service to the law, and to the community.
OAM Brigadier Bruce Scott For service to the sport of rifle shooting, and to the community.
OAM Mr Roy Slade For service to the Samoan community of Queensland.
OAM The late Mr Cornelis Sliedrecht For service to the visual arts.
OAM Mr Brian Stewart For service to lawn bowls.
OAM Mr Kevin Stroud For service to the community of Caloundra.
OAM Mrs Kayla Szumer For service to the community through social welfare organisations.
OAM Mrs Margaret Taylor For service to community music.
OAM Mr Palanichamy Thevar For service to the Tamil and Indian communities of Queensland.
OAM Mr Raymond Thomas For service to veterans and their families.
OAM Mr Alan Trueman For service to music through brass bands.
OAM Mr Russell Walkington For service to broadcast media.
OAM Dr Mark Waters For service to medical administration.
OAM Mr Milton West For service to veterans.
OAM Mr Paul Woodhouse For service to the community of north-western Queensland.
OAM (Mil) Petty Officer Kerryn Seaborn For meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy as a Physical Training Instructor.
OAM (Mil) Warrant Officer Class One Michael Killalea For meritorious performance of duty advancing and fostering the Distribution Specialisation trade.
OAM (Mil) Wing Commander Estevan Samanes For meritorious service in sustainment, maintenance and upgrade operations in support of the F/A-18F Super Hornet for the Royal Australian Air Force.
CSM and Bar Major Justin Cross For meritorious achievement in delivery of engineering and project management support on Operation ACCORDION from July 2024 to February 2025.
CSM Petty Officer Jack Bellingham For meritorious devotion to duty as the Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate in Australian Defence Vessel Reliant.
CSM Chief Petty Officer Adam Moxham For meritorious devotion to duty as the Warfare 1, Warfare 2 and Hydrographic Strategic Career Manager in the Royal Australian Navy.
CSM Chief Petty Officer Tara-Ann Wilson For meritorious devotion to duty as the Senior Technical Officer in HMAS Albany.
CSM Signaller Bailey Campbell For meritorious devotion to duty and dedication as an Information Systems Technician during the conduct of Operation BEECH during the period August to November 2024.
CSM Lieutenant Colonel Julian Fleming For meritorious devotion to duty as the Commanding Officer of the 9th Force Support Battalion.
CSM Warrant Officer Class One William Renwick For meritorious achievement in supply chain management during the withdrawal from service of the M1A1 Main Battle Tank and introduction into service of the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle in 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry).
CSM Colonel Scott Revell For meritorious achievement as Commanding Officer and Chief Instructor of the Queensland University Regiment.
CSM Flight Sergeant Anthony Ahchow For meritorious achievement in aviation fuels management and mental health coaching.
CSM Warrant Officer Kerrie-Anne Hammond For meritorious devotion to duty as the Squadron Warrant Officer at Number 382 Squadron.

 

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