The 2026 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2026 by the Governor General of Australia, Sam Mostyn.
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the King's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.
Order of Australia
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) General Division Emeritus Professor Bruce Konrad Armstrong, – For eminent service to medical research, to environmental and genetic cancer epidemiology, to screening service development, to academia, and to public health administration. The Honourable Chief Justice Andrew Scott Bell, – For eminent service to the judiciary and to the law, to legal education and training, and to the arts as an administrator and benefactor. Professor Peter John Cook, – For eminent service to science as an innovator, pioneer and international expert in the development of carbon capture and storage, to policy development, and to climate change mitigation. The Honourable Mathias Cormann – For eminent service to the people and Parliament of Australia, to the implementation of government reform, to multilateral affairs, and to international economic development. Paula Grace Fox, – For eminent service to the arts, to medical research, and to children and youth, through philanthropic giving, fundraising and governance. Catherine Astrid Freeman, – For eminent service to athletics as an international competitor and ambassador, to positive social impact across the community, to the reconciliation movement in the spirit of unity and inclusion, and as a role model to youth. Professor Anne Kelso, – For eminent service to health and medical research sciences and administration, to Australian influenza preparedness, and to gender equity. The Honourable Chief Justice Christopher John Kourakis – For eminent service to the judiciary, to the law and to legal reform, to social justice and gender equity, to the Greek community, and to education. 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. Scientia Professor Michelle Yvonne Simmons, – For eminent service to quantum physics and nanotechnology research, to atomic-scale engineering, to technology innovation and commercialisation, and to STEM education.
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) General Division Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah – For distinguished service to tertiary education and research, to electrical engineering, to technology innovation, and to the Sri Lankan community of Australia. Mark Charles Armstrong – For distinguished service to media and communications law, to the development of public policy and regulation, and as an academic. Professor Philip Alan Bland – For distinguished service to planetary and space science, to primitive meteorite research, to understanding the impact of asteroids and comets, and to tertiary education. Professor Jeffrey Ian Borland – For distinguished service to business as a labour market economist, to tertiary education, to microeconomic research, and to public policy development. Graham John Bradley, – For distinguished service to corporate governance, to arts leadership, and to sport and education. Dr Michele Denise Bruniges – For distinguished service to public administration, to education policy and teaching practice, and to addressing educational disadvantage. Dr Michael Francis Buckley – For distinguished service to human genomic medicine, to genetic pathology, and to research, education and training. Professor Anne Elizabeth Buist – For distinguished service to psychiatry, to advancing best practice in perinatal mental health research and treatment, and to mental health education. Anthony Ray Burgess – For distinguished service to business, to tertiary education, to philanthropic corporate governance and benefaction, and to the arts. Professor John Cannon – For distinguished service to tertiary education, to mathematical computation, to cryptography, and to the development of algebraic software systems. Dr Michael Robert Carr-Gregg – For distinguished service to child and adolescent psychology, to policy reform as an advocate and advisor, to youth cyber safety, and to the community. Associate Professor David Romney Dossetor – For distinguished service to psychiatry, particularly neurodevelopmental mental health in children and adolescents, and to paediatric clinician education. Jocelyn Kathleen Edna Elliott – For distinguished service to international relations through humanitarian medical care in remote regions of Burkina Faso. Dr Kenneth Arthur Elliott – For distinguished service to international relations through humanitarian medical care in remote regions of Burkina Faso. Dr David Forbes – For distinguished service to mental health research and practice, to the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, and to academia. Carolyn Patricia Frohmader – For distinguished service to people with disability, particularly women and girls, and to social welfare policy development and law reform. Professor Robyn Daneale Gallagher – For distinguished service to nursing academia, to cardiovascular health and disease prevention research, to rehabilitation, and to tertiary education. Emeritus Professor Marcus Tilbury Hockings – For distinguished service to environmental conservation, to the development of protected area management effectiveness evaluations, and to tertiary education. Anne Inkeri Hollonds – For distinguished service to family, children and community safety, wellbeing and human rights, and to policy, research and practice. Professor Stephen Marsden Jane – For distinguished service to medical research, to haematology and translational medicine, to advancing access to clinical trials in regional and rural communities, and to tertiary education. The Honourable Kristina Kerscher Keneally – For distinguished service to the people and the Parliament of Australia, to the Parliament of New South Wales, particularly as Premier, and to the community. Associate Professor Anthony Joseph Lynham – For distinguished service to trauma medicine as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, to the Parliament of Queensland, and to the community. Dr John Manning PSM – For distinguished service to surveying, mapping and geodesy, to research and education, and to international governance roles. Timothy Michael Marney – For distinguished service to public administration in Western Australia, to reconciliation, to the not-for-profit sector, and to community mental health. The Honourable Steven Spence Marshall – For distinguished service to the people and Parliament of South Australia, to business, to people with disability, and to governance and board positions. Rob McInerney – For distinguished service to international road safety and management programs, to infrastructure planning, and to engineering. Dr Bruce Moore – For distinguished service to linguistics, to the scholarship of Australian English, to lexicography, to the history of language, and to tertiary education. Distinguished Professor Saeid Nahavandi – For distinguished service to tertiary education, to engineering, to robotics and haptics research and innovation, and to defence capability development. Bruce William Neill – For distinguished service to the community through philanthropic support, to governance of medical research organisations, to the arts, and to cricket. Sharyn Anne O'Neill, – For distinguished service to public administration in Western Australia, to education through executive leadership and teaching, and to disaster management. Professor Pascale Genevieve Quester – For distinguished service to tertiary education, to academic administration and leadership, to commerce, and as an author. Gerard Thomas Ryan, – For distinguished service to sports governance, to the tourism and hospitality industry, to business, and to the community through philanthropic contributions. Penelope Alice Seidler, – For distinguished service to the visual arts as an administrator, patron and benefactor, to heritage preservation, to conservation, and to architecture. Basil Alfred Darrell Sellers, – For distinguished service to the community through philanthropy and leadership, and to sports administration. Emeritus Professor Jeffery Thomas Spickett – For distinguished service to tertiary education, to public and occupational health, and to environmental toxicology research. Emeritus Professor Virginia Perryman Studdert – For distinguished service to veterinary science, to tertiary education, to animal disease research and comparative medicine. Dr Brian Maxwell Tress – For distinguished service to neuroradiology medicine, to interventional and diagnostic radiography, and to the introduction of new imaging technologies in Australia. Emeritus Professor John Jay Wanna – For distinguished service to political and policy research, to tertiary education, to democratic innovation, and to the development of public administration frameworks.
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) General Division Patricia Elizabeth Akopiantz – For significant service to business and the environment through executive membership and governance roles. Dr John Arthur Allan – For significant service to medicine as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, and to women and maternal health. Dr Ravinder Raj Anand – For significant service to earth science and mineral resources, to regolith exploration, and to geochemistry. Kim Elizabeth Anderson – For significant service to literature, and to the publishing industry. Geoffrey Scott Ashton-Jones – For significant service to the environment, to primary industry, and to the community. The Honourable Bruce Norman Atkinson – For significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, and to the region of Nunawading. The late Robert Gowrie Bain – For significant service to the law, and to the legal profession. Graeme Rowland Base – For significant service to children's literature as an author and illustrator. Associate Professor Robert Joseph Bauze – For significant service to orthopaedics and trauma care as a clinician and administrator. Dr Colin Glenn Begley – For significant service to haematology and oncology medicine, and to research. Emeritus Professor Christopher Raymond Bellenger – For significant service to veterinary science, to tertiary education, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. The Honourable Geoffrey John Bellew, – For significant service to the judiciary and the law, to the legal profession, and to rugby league. Michael John Betts – For significant service to the community of Geelong. Cecil Albert Black – For significant service to local government, to the legal profession, and to the community. Robert Blair – For significant service to the Indigenous community of Queensland. Noor Blumer – For significant service to the law, to the legal profession, and to the community. The late Leith Ester Boully – For significant service to conservation and the environment. Anthony Vincent Brown, – For significant service to the museums and galleries sector. Professor Caitlin Riley Byrne – For significant service to business education, and to international relations. The Honourable Ian Gordon Campbell – For significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia. Maile Katherine Carnegie – For significant service to corporate administration in senior executive roles, and to governance and advisory positions. Professor Mark Cassidy – For service to geotechnical science, to engineering, and to academia. David Reginald Chandler, – For significant service to the building and construction industry.