The Reverend Professor James Mitchell HAIRE AM
For eminent service to the community through international leadership in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, the promotion of religious reconciliation, inclusion and peace, and as a theologian (Charles Sturt University).
Professor Brian Paul SCHMIDT
For eminent service as a global science leader in the field of physics through research in the study of astronomy and astrophysics, contributions to scientific bodies and the promotion of science education (Australian Nation University).