2026 King's Birthday Honours (Australia)

The 2026 King's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 8 June 2026 by the Governor-General, Sam Mostyn.

The Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms of King Charles III to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the King's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.

In 2026, only 33% of people awarded Australian King's Birthday Honours were women, and the Order of Australia awards have been regularly criticized for their gender imbalance in past years.

Order of Australia

Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) General Division Elisabeth Janet Calvert-Jones, – For eminent service to philanthropy, to the arts, to medical research organisations, to the community, and to children and youth. The Honourable William Edward Hodgman – For eminent service to the people and Parliament of Tasmania, to economic growth and policy reform, to the law, and to the community. Professor William David Rawlinson, – For eminent service to the medical sciences as a virologist, to clinical research and education, and to national and international public health. Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja, – For eminent service to the prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence, to gender equity, and to the promotion of human rights and global systemic change. Professor Terence Chi-Shen Tao – For eminent service to the mathematical sciences, to the global mathematics community, and to tertiary education and academia.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division The late Professor Katrina Jane Allen – For distinguished service to medical research as a paediatric allergist and gastroenterologist, and to the people and Parliament of Australia. The Honourable David John Bartlett – For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Tasmania, particularly as Premier, to community health and sport, to information technology, and to education. Professor Michael Berk – For distinguished service to epidemiology, to preventative medicine, to mental health, and to tertiary education. Professor David Gerald Blair – For distinguished service to physics, to precision measurement science, to gravitational wave research, and to scientific education. Professor Attila Joseph Brungs – For distinguished service to tertiary education leadership, to research and innovation, and to social justice and equity. Emeritus Professor Leo Gerard Carney – For distinguished service to optometric and vision sciences through research and clinical practice, to academia, and to tertiary education. Katarina Ruzh Carroll, – For distinguished service to law enforcement, to disaster management response and recovery, and to the community. Helen Maree Conway – For distinguished service to business and legal governance, to youth social welfare, to gender equity, and to the not-for-profit sector. Professor Timothy Mark Davis – For distinguished service to medicine as a consultant physician, to clinical research into diabetes and infectious diseases, and to tertiary education. Dr Gordon John de Brouwer, – For distinguished service to public administration, policy and reform, to diversity, to environmental conservation, and to education. Emeritus Professor Richard Charles Dowell – For distinguished service to audiology, to the development of the cochlear implant for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to tertiary education. Professor Valsamma Eapen – For distinguished service to psychiatry, to child and adolescent mental health, to neurodevelopmental research, and to tertiary education. Professor Elizabeth Jane Elliott, – For distinguished service to paediatric medicine, to women's health, and to medical and social understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Professor Timothy John Entwisle – For distinguished service to environmental conservation, to botanical sciences, to the media, to tertiary education, and to the community. John Wilmot Flynn – For distinguished service to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, to equality and accessibility, and to Auslan training and education. Professor Jozef Gecz – For distinguished service to human translational genetic science, to genomic research, to child health, and to neurodevelopmental disability. Stephan William Gollschewski, – For distinguished service to law enforcement, to counter-terrorism activities, and to the community. Professor David Addison Haig – For distinguished service to international academic relations, to tertiary education, and to organismic and evolutionary biology. The Honourable Morris Iemma – For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of New South Wales, particularly as Premier, to the not-for-profit sector, and to community sport. Frances Margaret Kelly – For distinguished service to broadcast journalism, to the advancement of social justice, to equality, and to advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ community. Emeritus Professor Justin Alastair Kenardy – For distinguished service to clinical psychology, to the understanding of traumatic stress, to governance roles, and to tertiary education. The Honourable Robert Gerard Kerin – For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of South Australia, particularly as Premier, to regional and economic development, and to primary industry. James White McDowell – For distinguished service to public administration, to the defence capability industry, to science and technology, and to education governance. Emeritus Professor Harold David McIntyre – For distinguished service to medicine as a clinician, to medical research and education, to policy development, and to allied health administration. Janet Elizabeth Meagher, – For distinguished service to mental health and disability, and to advocacy for those with lived experience. Professor William Huxley Morgan – For distinguished service to ophthalmology, to neuro-ophthalmic physiology, to space medicine and health, and to tertiary education. Gerald Murnane – For distinguished service to literature as an author and novelist, and to tertiary education. Sidney Hordern Myer, – For distinguished service to the community through philanthropic endeavours, to equality, to the arts, and to Australian-Asian relations. Emeritus Professor Michael Stephen Roberts – For distinguished service to pharmaceutical science and medicine, to the advancement of topical drug delivery, and to clinical toxicology research. Distinguished Professor Claude Patrick Roux – For distinguished service to forensic science, to technological development, to law enforcement, to ethics, and to tertiary education. Professor Raymond Sacks – For distinguished service to otolaryngology, to clinical training, to tertiary education, and to governance roles. Professor Margaret Schnitzler – For distinguished service to colorectal surgery, to research, to innovative surgical training, and to tertiary education. Professor Hans Peter Soyer – For distinguished service to dermatology, to the diagnosis of skin cancer, to medical research and development, and to governance roles. Emeritus Professor Andrew John Spencer – For distinguished service to dentistry, to public health research and policy development, to oral epidemiology, and to tertiary education. Dr John Henry Spierings – For distinguished service to social policy research and advocacy, to the not-for-profit sector, and to the community of Port Phillip. Patricia Ann Turner, – For distinguished service to the Indigenous community through policy development, to governance and leaderships roles, and to improving health outcomes. Emeritus Professor Mark Sebastian Wainwright, – For distinguished service to the tertiary education administration, to academic research, to Australia-China relations, and to governance roles. Martijn Brian Wilder, – For distinguished service to environmental conservation, to the renewable energy sector, to sustainable finance, to animal welfare, and to the law. The Honourable Benjamin Sana Wyatt – For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia, to the Indigenous community, to corporate governance, and to the not-for-profit sector. Professor Emeritus Michael Denis Young – For distinguished service to conservation and the environment, to water resource management, and to tertiary education.

Military Division Navy Rear Admiral Steven John Tiffen, – For distinguished service in the field of Australian Defence Force ship construction, acquisition and sustainment.

Army Lieutenant General (Hon) Cheryl Ann Pearce, – For distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force and to international peace and security through institutional leadership, strategic vision, and enduring commitment to global military cooperation. Major General Richard Anthony Vagg, – For distinguished service as the lead military Director General for the Defence Strategic Review and as Head Land Capability.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

General Division Emerita Professor Lynette Kay Abbott – For significant service to soil sciences, to primary industry and agricultural management, and to the community. Dr Michael John Adams – For significant service to Indigenous health and education. Matthew Bruce Ames – For significant service to community health, to engineering, to business administration, and to corporate Lisa Annese – For significant service to the community through social welfare organisations. Emeritus Professor Prema-Chandra Athukorala – For significant service to tertiary education, and to international trade and development economics. Associate Professor David Lancelot Austin – For significant service to intensive care medicine, to sport, and to education. Roland Geoffrey Bailey – For significant service to heritage and environmental rehabilitation and conservation. Faith Baisden – For significant service to Indigenous language preservation and education. Professor Alexander Baitch – For significant service to power systems engineering, and to electrotechnical standards. Professor Greg John Bamber – For significant service to tertiary education, and to international industrial relations research. Dr Robin Jordan Beaman – For significant service to marine geology, to ocean mapping, and to geomorphology. Emeritus Professor Martin George Bean, – For significant service to tertiary education governance, to digital learning, and to business. Anthony Richard Beech – For significant service to industrial relations, and to the community of Western Australia. Dr Bianca Reneé Beetson – For significant service to Indigenous art as an educator, curator and artist. The late Professor Edward James Blakely – For significant service to urban planning, to regional development, and to social justice. Deborah Jane Blakey – For significant service to the superannuation sector, and to corporate governance. Dr Tanja Gizela Bohl – For significant service to dermatology as a clinician, and to women's health. The late Professor Peter Buckskin, – For significant service to the Indigenous community through education, research, and advocacy roles. Professor Emerita Tracey Arlene Bunda – For significant service to tertiary education and research, and to the Indigenous community. Emeritus Professor Mark Beaufoy Bush – For significant service to engineering, to tertiary education, and to the community. Marika Calfas – For significant service to the transport and shipping industry, to logistics, and to infrastructure. Debra Therese Camden – For significant service to the public relations and strategic communications industry. Bryce David Camm – For significant service to the beef cattle industry, to horse sports, and to the community. Dr Jennifer Lorraine Caruso – For significant service to the Indigenous communities of South Australia.