| Position | Name | Notes |
|---|
| Chairman | country=AUS|AK,|AFC}} (Ret'd) | Former Chief of the Defence Force |
| Deputy Chairman | His Honour Judge Rauf Soulio | Judge of the District Court of South Australia |
| Secretary | country=AUS|LVO,|OAM}} | Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia |
| Member | country=AUS|AC}} | Chief of the Defence Force (Ex-officio) |
| Member | country=AUS|QC}} | Attorney-General for Australia (Ex-officio) |
| Member | Elizabeth Kelly | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Ex-officio) |
| Member | country=AUS|AO}} | Federal nominee |
| Member | Jeremi Moule | State nominee (Victoria) |
| Member | Kathy Leigh | Territory nominee (Australian Capital Territory) |
| Member | Greg Johannes | State nominee (Tasmania) |
| Member | Robert Kennedy | State nominee (Western Australia) |
| Member | Rik Morris | State nominee (South Australia) |
| Member | Tim Herbert | State nominee (Queensland) |
| Member | country=AUS|RFD}} | State nominee (New South Wales) |
| Member | Scott Samson | Territory nominee (Northern Territory) |
| Member | country=AUS|AM}} | Community representative |
| Member | country=AUS|AC|QC}} | Community representative |
| Member | country=AUS|AO}} | Community representative |
| Member | country=AUS|AO}} | Community representative |
1. ^Council for the Order of Australia - Council for the Order of Australia - 24 December 2016