The Career College – Annette Hurley interview

Our Community Achievement Awards National Prize Sponsor Hi Annette, please tell us a little bit about yourself first, and what is The Career College? How did it start? I have an eclectic background, with over 40+ years’ experience as a professional … Read More

Get to know Karyn French

I’ll be the judge of that – Interview with Executive Judge Karyn French By Jenny Donehue It’s the day before the 2022 Tasmanian Community Awards Judging Day and I am lucky enough to be able to visit the SCA (Southern … Read More

Words with a Winner

Anthea Halliday, State Marketing Manager WA, SA and NT, Woolworths Supermarkets presented Country Women’s Association – Ord Valley Branch with the Woolworths Community Group of the Year Award   The 2021 WA Community Achievement Awards Presentation Gala celebrating all things … Read More

There’s Still Time to Nominate!

We have loved reading the amazing nominations coming through for the 2022 Community Achievement Awards and we’re so excited to keep them coming! If you haven’t heard already, the Community Achievement Awards have been running in some states in Australia … Read More

Awards Australia Membership

The Awards Australia Membership was introduced in 2021 to provide an opportunity for individuals and businesses to contribute towards grants for our Programs Award winners to empower them to continue their efforts in the community. Current Members   Aimen Jafri … Read More

2022 Young Achiever Awards – Nominations Now Open

    The 2022 Young Achiever Awards have launched and the search of outstanding young people is on in each State and Territory of Australia. Change someone’s life forever by nominating them in the categories of Community Service, Business, Leadership, … Read More

Return to events! 7 events, 7 cities, 7 weeks

On my to-do list recently, was the item “Write blog post for website, about our successful return to in-person events” which made sense, given that at the time, our team had just completed seven Gala Dinner awards presentation events in … Read More

Meet the team – Demi Cox

Demi has been with Awards Australia since February 2016. Starting as an Administration Assistant, Demi very quickly became a highly valued member of the team, with a great ability to learn quickly, make improvements to processes and showing a strong … Read More

Inspirational.Australians Podcast Has Launched!!

We are very proud to announce that our Inspirational.Australians Podcast launched on the 20th July!! The link to the podcasts is at on our website here: https://awardsaustralia.com/podcast/ where you will also find the trailer (it sits underneath Episode 1) which is a … Read More

2020 Young Achiever Awards Gala Dinners

The Young Achiever Awards Gala Dinners are just around the corner! Be sure to save the following dates in your calendar (you can also click through for more information): Friday 11th September 2020 – 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards Gala Dinner (NSW/ACT) Wednesday … Read More

Nominate a Young Achiever Today

We’re now accepting nominations in all states and territories across Australia for the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards! If you know an amazing person aged 29 or below who deserves to be recognised and rewarded for their hard work, head to … Read More

RACA & CAA Nominations Opening Soon

Keep your eyes open, as over the next few weeks we’ll be opening nominations for the Community Achievement Awards (CAA) and Regional Achievement & Community Awards (RACA). The Awards encourage, acknowledge and reward the valuable community contribution of a diverse … Read More

Merry Christmas! Watch our Video

Another year has reached its end and we’re left wondering where it went! Between them, our busy event managers have co-ordinated 13 Award programs here in Australia, including processing record nominations, liaising with partners and media, sourcing and supporting judges, … Read More

Special Announcement for Young Achiever Awards in QLD & WA

The Young Achievers Awards have long been proudly supported by the Seven Network. In July 2018, the Queensland and Western Australian programs will be renamed the Seven News Young Achiever Awards. This follows the announcement that the South Australian and … Read More

Special announcement for Young Achiever Awards

The Young Achiever Awards have been proudly supported by the Seven Network. We are excited to announce that the Victorian program will be renamed the Seven News Young Achiever Awards. This follows the announcement that the South Australian, Queensland, NSW/ACT … Read More

Important Dates

Awards Australia run many recognition programs each year. See here for ones near you…   Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Awards Nominations open: 2 May 2018 Nominations close: 18 July 2018 Judging: 29 August 2018 Awards Gala Presentation Dinner: 26 … Read More

Sponsorship Opportunities Available

Come be part of the experience! Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 2018 Regional Achievement and Community Awards, and the Community Achievement Awards as well as the 2018/19 Young Achiever Awards programs. Sponsorship Proposals for each of the Awards … Read More

Do you know someone kicking goals?

Enter them by emailing us their: Full Name Contact phone and email Year of birth Which state they reside in Brief description of what they do and why you are nominating them