2026 Australia Day Honours
The University of Melbourne congratulates staff, alumni and special friends who have received 2026 Australia Day Honours.
Companions of the Order of Australia (AC)
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.
for eminent service to health and medical research sciences and administration, to Australian influenza preparedness, and to gender equity.
Officers of the Order of Australia (AO)
for distinguished service to media and communications law, to the development of public policy and regulation, and as an academic.
for distinguished service to business as a labour market economist, to tertiary education, to microeconomic research, and to public policy development.
for distinguished service to psychiatry, to advancing best practice in perinatal mental health research and treatment, and to mental health education.
for distinguished service to business, to tertiary education, to philanthropic corporate governance and benefaction, and to the arts.
for distinguished service to child and adolescent psychology, to policy reform as an advocate and advisor, to youth cyber safety, and to the community.
for distinguished service to mental health research and practice, to the prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, and to academia.
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.
for distinguished service to tertiary education, to engineering, to robotics and haptics research and innovation, and to defence capability development.
for distinguished service to veterinary science, to tertiary education, to animal disease research and comparative medicine.
for distinguished service to neuroradiology medicine, to interventional and diagnostic radiography, and to the introduction of new imaging technologies in Australia.
Members of the Order of Australia (AM)
Ms Kim Elizabeth Anderson AM
for significant service to literature, and to the publishing industry.
Dr Colin Glenn Begley AM
for significant service to haematology and oncology medicine, and to research.
Mr Michael John Betts AM
for significant service to the community of Geelong.
Air Commodore Maria Josefina Brick AM
for exceptional service to the Royal Australian Air Force in military legal services and staff appointments.
Group Captain Aleisha Maree Broadhead AM
for exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force in the introduction of the F‑35A Lightning II and the sustainment of air traffic management capabilities.
Professor Mark Cassidy AM
for service to geotechnical science, to engineering, and to academia.
Emeritus Professor Colin Burton Chapman AM
for significant service to pharmacy and pharmaceutical science research, education and practice.
Ms Justine Mary Clark AM
for significant service to architecture in a range of appointments.
Professor Shaun Patrick Collin AM
for significant service to tertiary education, to ecology, and to agricultural research.
Mrs Andrea Coote AM
for significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, and to the aged care sector.
Mr Bruce Campbell Cowley AM
for significant service to business, to the law, and to tertiary education.
Ms Maryjane Crabtree AM
for significant service to the legal profession, to community health, and to sport.
Mr Paul McLeod Cross AM
for significant service to the arts, and to secondary education.
The Late Norman Abraham Faifer AM
for significant service to the building and construction industry, and to the community.
Mr Alan Douglas Finch AM
for significant service to higher education, through the design and implementation of models of governance.
Mr Robert Imrie Fitzpatrick AM
for significant service to plastic and reconstructive surgery, and to the community of Western Australia.
Dr Debra Gook AM
for significant service to women's health, and to reproductive biology and fertility as a clinician and researcher.
Ms Gail Iris Hambly AM
for significant service to the media and communications sector, to the arts, and to the legal profession.
Dr Sophie Bilicki Holmes AM
for significant service to mental health, to family therapy, and to people with disability.
Mrs Janette Kendall AM
for significant service to business, to the arts, to the marketing sector, and to the community.
Dr Anne Mary Kennedy AM
for significant service to early childhood education, and to the community.
Dr Paul David Kremer AM
for significant service to the built environment.
Dr Bruce Allan McGregor AM
for significant service to conservation and environment, in a range of roles.
Professor John Marshall O'Donnell AM
for significant service to orthopaedics as a clinician and mentor.
Mrs Sonia Anne Petering AM
for significant service to the law, and to the finance and business sectors.
Mr Brendan Andrew Schwab AM
for significant service to professional sport as a lawyer, and as an advocate for athlete's rights.
Professor Loane Lovat Skene AM
for significant service to the law, and to bioethics and medical research regulation.
Dr Robin Grant Stanley AM
for significant service to veterinary ophthalmology, and to tertiary and vocational education.
Dr Robert George Stirling AM
for significant service to respiratory oncology as a clinician and educator, and to research.
Dr Rodney Clement Straw AM
for significant service to veterinary surgical oncology, and to tertiary education.
Mr Richard Edwin Stringer AM
for significant service to architectural photography, to education, and to history.
Dr Joseph Chun Ming Tam AM
for significant service to paediatric medicine, and to rural health.
The Honourable Justice Kristen Louise Walker AM
for significant service to the law and the judiciary, and to legal education.
Professor Emeritus Marcus Ramsay Wigan AM
for significant service to engineering, to road safety, and to tertiary education.
Ms Melanie Victoria Rose Willis AM
for significant service to the finance, banking, and insurance sectors.
Ms Deidre Ellen Willmott AM
for significant service to business, and to the Parliament of Western Australia.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Mr Neil Graham Barker OAM
for service to the wholesale fresh produce sector.
Mrs Elizabeth Bate OAM
for service to the community of Lara.
Mrs Sylvia Janyce Black OAM
for service to community history.
Ms Jillian Fay Cameron OAM
for service to early childhood education.
Dr Kevin John Cameron OAM
for service to music, and to education.
Dr Roberto Celada OAM
for service to medicine as a general practitioner.
Mr Alan David Clayton OAM
for service to conservation and the environment, and to the community.
Mr Matthew John Coleman OAM
for service to the agricultural show sector.
Mrs Colleen Maree Davis OAM
for service to the community of Wangaratta.
Dr Stephen Leslie Davis OAM
for service to international relations, and to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory.
Mr Alexander Francis Del Porto OAM
for service to local government, and to the community of Bayside.
Mr Marcus William Stodart Elsum OAM
for service to the finance sector, and to the community.
Mr Barry George Fagg OAM
for service to charitable organisations, and to the community of Geelong.
Mr Gavin D Fry OAM
for service to the arts.
The Honourable Anthony Graham OAM KC
for service to the judiciary, and to legal education.
Dr Brian Charles Seymour Harper OAM
for service to engineering.
Dr David John Heilbronn OAM
for service to the community through a range of organisations.
Professor Annamarie Rustom Jagose OAM
for service to tertiary education.
Dr Rondhir Jithoo OAM
for service to neurosurgery.
The Late Ms Penelope Anne Jones OAM
for service to medicine, particularly to spleen research.
Mrs Debra Anne Korman OAM
for service to the community through a range of organisations.
Dr Nancy Diane Lane OAM
for service to tertiary education.
Mr Julian Michael Lucas OAM
for service to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Ms Diane Beatrice McDonald OAM
for service to the community through social welfare organisations.
Mr Monte Hilton Mumford OAM
for service to music education.
Mr Lionel Hastings Parrott OAM
for service to the community through a range of roles.
Mr Owen James Saleeba OAM
for service to vocational and tertiary education, and to the community.
Dr Paul Geoffrey Sinclair OAM
for service to conservation, and to cricket.
Ms Naomi Arlene Simson OAM
for service to business as an entrepreneur, and to leadership.
Ms Susan Margaret Turner OAM
for service to sustainable housing.
Australian Corrections Medal (ACM)
for distinguished service as a member of an Australian correctional service.
Public Service Medal (PSM)
Ms Andrea Lee Davidson PSM
for outstanding public service to youth justice in Victoria.
Ms Kate Leslie Gavens PSM
for outstanding public service in leadership and innovation in environmental policy and legislation.
Mr Anthony John Kolmus PSM
for outstanding public service in the disability and social services sectors.
Dr Mary Elinor McCaskill PSM
for outstanding public service to NSW Health through leadership in patient care and safety.
Mr Mukund Narayana Murti PSM
for outstanding public service in strengthening trade and investment relationships between Australia and Southeast Asia.
Ms Joan Ursula Phillips PSM
for outstanding public service in environmental governance and stewardship.
Friends and supporters
The University also congratulates those friends who provide valuable support – philanthropic and otherwise – who received honours.
for distinguished service to the visual arts as an administrator, patron and benefactor, to heritage preservation, to conservation, and to architecture.
for distinguished service to the community through philanthropy and leadership, and to sports administration.
Mr Brian Roberts OAM