Australia Day Honours
The Australian National University (ANU) is proud to have had more than 22 people from our community of alumni, donors, staff & students recognised in the 2025 Australia Day Honours.
We congratulate all who received recognition in the Australia Day Honours, and we take great pride in their service to the wider community.
This year's recipients
2025 Australia Day Honours recipients
Mr Mark Barry Alcock PSM
GDipLegSt '04
For outstanding public service in maritime affairs to Australia, neighbouring countries and the international maritime community.
Commander Luke Kenneth Andrews RAN OAM
GDipMilLaw '14, MMilLaw '15, MMil&Def ’20
For meritorious performance of duty as a Navy Legal Officer.
Commander Sandra Lee-Joy Bennett RAN OAM
BLaw '00, GDipLegPrac '00, GCertMilLaw '16
For meritorious service as a legal officer in the Royal Australian Navy in sensitive and strategic legal case management roles.
Emeritus Professor Andrew William Blakers AO
Bsc Hons '78
For distinguished service to science in the field of solar cell development, and as an advocate for energy storage and renewable technologies.
Scientia Professor Megan Jane Davis AC
GDipLegPrac ’00, M Laws’03, PhD '11
For eminent service to the law and to social justice, to the national and international advocacy of the rights of Indigenous peoples, and to the community.
Professor Bronwyn Louise Fox AO
PhD '01
For distinguished service to public administration, to scientific research and development, to advanced manufacturing, and to tertiary education.
Professor David Headon AM
For significant service to history preservation, as a historian, cultural advisor, and author.
Air Commodore Anthony Phillip Jones (Retd) CSC
BAsSt '98, MAsPacSt '07
For outstanding achievement in the Australian Defence Force as Director of the Indonesia Safety and Airworthiness Program.
Dr Ralph King PSM
PhD '91
For outstanding public service as ambassador to Israel during the current Middle East crisis.
Dr Emma Lee OAM
BArts '97
For service to the Indigenous community of Tasmania.
Colonel Thomas Robson McDermott DSO CSC AM
For exceptional service as the Headquarters Joint Operations Command lead planner for the development of an Australian Defence Force operational contingency plan in support of Australia Defence Force.
Emeritus Professor Keith Alexander Nugent AO
BSc '80, PhD '85
For distinguished service to tertiary education, to science as a physicist, and to the advancement of optical physics.
Professor Paul Andrew Pickering AM
For significant service to tertiary education, social studies, and to history preservation.
The Honourable Justice Brian John Preston SC AO
For distinguished service to the judiciary and the law, to legal academia, and to environmental and natural resources governance and education.
The Honourable Richard Christopher Refshauge AM
BArts '72, BLaw '75
For significant service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory, and to the arts.
The Honourable Alan Robertson SC AM
BArts '73, BLaw '81
For significant service to the law, to the judiciary, and to the legal profession.
The late Professor Lyndall Ryan AO AM
For distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly Indigenous history and colonial settlement through research and publications.
Dr Peter Andrew Sawczak AM
GDipForAffTde '94
For significant service to international relations through defence and strategic policy development.
Warrant Officer Class One Shane Robert Smith CSM
MMil&Def ’14
For meritorious achievement to the Australian Defence Force in the development and delivery of a framework for armoured vehicle training.
Mrs Tessa Sullivan OAM
GDipLegPrac ’14
For service to the community through a range of organisations.
Ms Gabrielle Tramby PSM
BArts, BSc '97
For outstanding public service in global customs practices for the economic and security benefit of Australia both domestically and internationally.
Dr Brett Darren Yeomans PSM
PhD '96
For outstanding public service to industry and Australia's start-up ecosystem.
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