The Special Honours Lists for Australia are announced by the Sovereign and Governor-General at any time.
Some honours are awarded by other countries where Queen Elizabeth II (until 8 September 2022) and King Charles III (from 8 September 2022) is the Head of State and Australians receiving those honours are listed here with the relevant reference.
This list also incorporates the Mid Winters Day honours list and the Bravery honours lists.
Main: Royal Victorian Order
The recipients are recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for their actions during the rescue of people from burning vehicles in Breton Bay, Western Australia on 27 August 2019.[29]
The recipients are recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for their actions during an incident on an aircraft near Melbourne, Victoria on 31 May 2017.[29]
The recipients are recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for their actions during the rescue of people during a flash flood at Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria on 22 March 2011.[29]
The following recipients are recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for their actions during a rescue of a woman being assaulted in Brunswick, Victoria on 24 April 2016.[26]
The following recipients are recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for their actions taken during a flood rescue in Milperra, New South Wales on 9 February 2020.[26]
The award certificates are dated with 6 February 2022.[30] The dates listed below are the dates the medals were physically received by the recipient.
On 4 December 2020, the Queen of Australia assented to amendments to the regulations for the Australian Sports Medal, which reactivated awards to commemorate Australian sporting participation in major multi-sports events, including:[34][35]
The backlog of medals are now being awarded with some 4,500 medals expected to be awarded over October-December alone.