SOUTH AUSTRALIA

7NEWS Young Achiever Awards - SA

Awards Australia Foundation Connecting Communities Award

The Awards Australia Foundation is passionate about connecting with and supporting communities right across the country to create a brighter future. 


The Awards Australia Foundation Connecting Communities Award celebrates young individuals or groups that use innovative or new technology to drive grassroots, ‘real life’ initiatives that demonstrate genuine engagement and add long-term value to local communities. 
These initiatives may meet a specific need or simply be a fun way to celebrate being part of a community. This includes fostering a strong sense of community spirit and enhancing the way people connect within the community.

The Connecting Communities Award is open to individuals, or a group of two or more young people. Nominees for group nominations must be able to demonstrate that those leading the group and driving the initiative, 30 years of age or under, as per the Conditions of Entry.
  • Provide a brief background and history of the group and key participants, and how their initiative is “Connecting Communities”.
  • Outline the short and long term goals of the group and their achievements to date.
  • Demonstrate how technology, data or innovation has played a part in the community initiative:
    a) In planning 
    b) In the way the project is delivered
    c) In the way the project is received (by participants/community)
  • Demonstrate the value of the initiative to the local community. You can use media clippings, testimonials, photos (provide links or utilise the Attachments section) as well as commentary to respond.
  • Provide details of any challenges and/or obstacles that have had to be overcome and how this has been achieved.
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Carclew Creative Achievement Award
South Australia is at the forefront of creativity and innovation, with young people embracing a creative, dynamic, fun and inclusive approach to their careers and challenging boundaries to produce amazing results.

The Carclew Creative Achievement Award will recognise young South Australians using their creativity and associated skills to make an impact in their field.

We’re inviting applicants practicing in all creative mediums including performing, visual, film and media arts or any area where the nominee’s creativity shines through.
  • What is the nominee working on? Provide details on the business, project or initiative the nominee is involved with.
  • Describe how the nominee’s creative work stands out from others in their field.
  • How has the nominee made an impact on their community?
  • Has the nominee challenged boundaries as part of their journey?
  • Describe any barriers or difficulties the nominee has encountered
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Department of Human Services Aboriginal Achievement Award

Young Aboriginal people are using their stories and life experiences to strengthen their communities and encourage others to strive for their dreams. These passionate and dedicated young Aboriginal people make a real difference to our South Australian communities.

This award category, sponsored by the Department of Human Services, is open to all Aboriginal young people up to 30 years of age in South Australia. It recognises contributions to the Aboriginal and broader community, including leadership, cultural achievements and meaningful impact.

  • What impact has the nominee made to their communities and beyond?

  • How has the nominee demonstrated exceptional achievements, been a role model, or made a significant impact?

  • What challenges has the nominee overcome on their journey?

  • How has the nominee’s participation positively influenced others?

  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting the achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Department of Human Services Pride Award

Whether it is through community leadership, pursuing inclusion in society or outstanding achievements in their field, LGBTIQA+ young people make incredible contributions to South Australia. This award aims to shine the light on the accomplishments of young LGBTIQA+ South Australians who inspire the people around them and strive to make South Australia a better place.

This award category, sponsored by the Department of Human Services, is open to all LGBTIQA+ young people up to 30 years of age in South Australia. It recognises contributions to the LGBTIQA+ and broader community, including leadership and meaningful impact.

Nominations are encouraged for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with disability and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, to help celebrate the full diversity of LGBTIQA+ communities.

  • What impact has the nominee made on their communities and beyond? 

  • How has the nominee championed LGBTIQA+ inclusion in their community, workplace, place of study or as a volunteer? 

  • How has the nominee demonstrated exceptional achievements, been a role model, or made a significant impact?

  • What challenges has the nominee overcome on their journey?

  • How has the nominee’s participation positively influenced others?

  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination, highlighting the achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Konica Minolta Career Achievement Award

This award recognises Young Australians who’re pursuing their careers with passion and vitality, showing motivation, drive and determination to succeed in their chosen field of work or interest. 


Whether they are striving to ascend a corporate ladder, progressing from apprentice to workshop manager, or have a focus on proactivity and innovation in the workplace, the award recognises those that are showing that career success can start, and grow through work in any role.


The Konica Minolta Career Achievement Award promotes innovation, high achievement, hard work, leadership, and a desire for self-improvement. The award also recognises career work that includes or benefits the nominee’s local or wider community. 

The Award will reward those who make the most of their opportunities and seeks information from the nominee in regard to;

  • Background of Career profile
  • Has the nominee shown creativity, innovation, entrepreneurial skills?
  • Examples of initiative, planning, management and leadership
  • Outline any personal development
  • Length/sustainability of position
  • Describe any community participation, involvement and contribution
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
South Australian Skills Commission Outstanding Apprentice Award

South Australian apprentices are pursuing exciting careers and increasing skills whilst achieving their qualifications. The South Australian Skills Commission encourages and supports young people engaged in an apprenticeship and this Award recognises talented young South Australians who are working hard to learn skills in their chosen field, displaying leadership and initiative on the job and using their apprenticeship to launch a successful career. Nominations are open to young apprentices in any field of endeavour.

  • Outline the nominee’s background (e.g. how they got into the apprenticeship, prior work experience, interests and skills, career path, etc.) and provide details on the apprenticeship.
  • How has the nominee excelled in their role? What qualities have they displayed: initiative, work ethic, willingness to learn, etc.?
  • Provide examples of how the nominee has been an outstanding apprentice and the work conducted.
  • Does the nominee have any involvement with their community or the wider industry?
  • Describe any barriers or difficulties the nominee has encountered.
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Sweat Female Tech Entrepreneur Award

Succeeding in tech isn’t just for programmers these days. You need a dream and the right team to break into this wildly variable area as a tech entrepreneur. 

The Sweat Female Tech Entrepreneur Award acknowledges women who are currently training, developing and delivering new platforms to the wider community. Women who are leveraging technology to improve problem-solving processes or creating brand new solutions. 

This Award aims to increase awareness and encourage women in the tech industry; stats show five percent of leadership positions in the tech sector are currently held by women, and when asked only three percent of females said that a career in tech was their first choice.

  • ·       Outline the nominee’s background (e.g. how they got into the tech sector, prior work experience, interests and skills, career path, etc.) and provide details of their future goals.

  • ·       Complexity of endeavour

  • ·       Contribution to community, commercial application, or the broader field of work/research

  • ·       Inventiveness, ingenuity and entrepreneurial skills displayed by nominee

  • ·       Awards, presentations and papers (include samples if possible)

  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.

The University of Adelaide STEM Award
We recognise the power STEM learners have to change the world and the future by harnessing science, technology, engineering and maths in ways that have never been seen before. Advances in STEM fields hold the key to our future, and the potential to change lives at a local, national and global level. The University of Adelaide STEM Award honours the innovative and visionary achievements of young STEM learners and recognises the impact their contributions make to our world.
  • Goals and degree of difficulty for nominee’s work/research
  • Complexity of endeavour
  • Inventiveness, ingenuity and entrepreneurial skills displayed by nominee
  • STEM awards, presentations and papers (include samples if possible)
  • Contribution to community, commercial application, or the broader field of work/research
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
University Senior College Create Change Award
Many young South Australians are passionate about learning to see the world differently, searching for innovation to create change that will shape our future. The University Senior College Create Change Award will recognise young people who are driving activities, programs and initiatives that promote or create change.

The Create Change Award acknowledges and celebrates the commitment young people make in achieving or participating in positive activities that empower change locally and/or nationally; the young people who have ambition and seek to challenge the status quo, using their passions and skills to push the boundaries.

This award is open to both individuals or youth groups who are providing youth a platform and voice to discuss and stimulate ideas about innovating change in their local region and identifying pathways for change in the future.

  • Outline the program, project or initiative that the nominee has been involved with to create change.
  • What specific outcomes and successes has the nominee achieved or been involved with to incite change?
  • Who has benefited from the programs/initiatives?
  • Why is the nominee’s program or initiative needed?
  • Describe any barriers or difficulties the nominee has encountered.
  • Outline the training and/or education of the nominee and how this may have contributed to their ability to create change. 
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Websters Lawyers Achievement in Law Award

In our modern society, the law and legal process directly reflect our community standards, and any young person moving into this profession is expected to uphold those principles.  It has been said that, “The law is never static, [but] is always changing, being interpreted or redefined as regulators and judges strive, with varying degrees of success, to ensure that the law constantly reflects changes in society itself.”  Many young lawyers recognize that they also have a role in this process, to strive for justice and equity both for those for whom they act and by extension to the broader community.


The Websters Lawyers Award for “Achievement in Law” seeks to identify those young lawyers who have embraced the unique position they are in to not only help individuals with their legal issues, but also to further the public good.  From acknowledging that everyone is equal and all deserve the same chance to get legal justice in a fair way, to championing a legal cause for the greater good of society, they use their talents and skills to contribute to the growth and development of our society. 


As a local firm with strong community values, Websters Lawyers is proud to support the Young Achiever Awards and to recognise the accomplishments of our State’s young lawyers and encourage their continued development.  


  • Provide a summary about the nominee and their career to date in Law.
  • What specific outcomes and successes has the nominee achieved?
  • Identify any study, training or development the nominee has undertaken.
  • Describe any challenges or difficulties the nominee has faced and how they have been overcome.
  • Has the nominee had any involvement with the wider industry and/or the community?
  • In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.