Our Honours System The Australian Bravery Decorations are our own pre-eminent awards for the recognition of acts of bravery. Since the establishment of the Australian honours system in 1975, these awards have recognised acts of bravery by people whose selfless actions put themselves in jeopardy to protect the lives or property of others.
Declaration The community expects recipients within the Australian honours system to be good citizens and role models. Awards may be reviewed for a variety of reasons, including criminal conviction and bringing the honours system into disrepute. Review can be based on past or future events. If you have any questions or concerns, you should raise these with the Secretariat at this time. Any information you provide will be treated confidentially.
Privacy Statement Your privacy is important to us. We will only collect, use or disclose your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988. We want to ensure that personal information collected, used and stored is accurate and complete. We ask that you carefully check the information throughout the form for accuracy. The Australian Honours and Awards Privacy Statement can be found
here. Confidentiality The nomination process is confidential. It is important that the nominee does not become aware of the nomination. Any comment or information provided by you will be treated in strict confidence and will be used only to assist the Australian Bravery Decorations Council when it meets to consider the merits of this nomination.
Further Information Further information about the Australian Bravery Decorations System can be found
here.