Australia Day 2026 Honours List
The Australia Day 2026 Honours List recognises and celebrates 949 Australians, including awards in the Order of Australia (General and Military Divisions), meritorious awards and recognition for distinguished and conspicuous service. This represents an increase of over 200 more awards than on Australia Day last year.
The General Division of the Order of Australia
The 680 recipients of awards in the General Division of the Order of Australia (all recipients names and citations), include:
- 10 appointments as Companions of the Order of Australia
- 38 appointments as Officers of the Order of Australia
- 160 appointments as Members of the Order of Australia
- 472 awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
Meritorious Awards
The 187 Meritorious awards include recipients of the Public Service Medal, the Australian Police Medal, the Australian Fire Service Medal, the Ambulance Service Medal, the Emergency Services Medal, the Australian Corrections Medal and the Australian Intelligence Medal.
Military Awards
There were 22 recipients of awards in the Military Division of the Order of Australia (10 AM and 12 OAM), and 60 distinguished and conspicuous awards.