Deadline: 18 May 2020
The Resilient Australia Awards celebrate initiatives that build whole of community resilience to disasters and emergencies around Australia, as well as images capturing resilience in action. The awards recognise collaboration and innovative thinking across all sectors.
The Resilient Australia Awards is a nation-wide program to recognise and promote initiatives that strengthen community disaster resilience. Since 2000, the awards have showcased innovation and exemplary practice across Australia; celebrating achievements that might otherwise go unseen, and inspiring others to build greater disaster resilience in their own communities.
The Resilient Australia Awards is proudly sponsored by the Australian Government in partnership with the states and territories and managed by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR).
Now in its 21st year, the awards recognise outstanding contributions in each state and territory in six categories: community, business, local government, government, school and photography. The program recognises a wide range of initiatives; with past projects centred on risk assessment and mitigation; education, training and research; and community engagement, as well as response and recovery.
Award Categories
State and territory award categories
The Resilient Australia Awards is a two-tiered program. Submissions are judged in the state or territory they are submitted from, with winners from each state and territory considered for national awards.
- Business Award
- Open to businesses and the private sector including, tertiary colleges and universities.
- Community Award
- Open to communities, community based or focussed organisations, and non-government organisations.
- Government Award
- Open to state and federal government agencies
- Local Government Award
- Open to local governments and local government associations.
- Photography Award
- Open to individuals and groups. Submissions will not be accepted without the permission of the copyright holder.
- School Award
- Open to all public and private pre-school, primary and secondary schools only.
- School-related projects managed by businesses and the private sector should be entered into the business award category.
- School-related projects managed by community groups should be entered into the community award category.
- School-related projects managed by governments should be entered into the government or local government award category.
National award categories
- National Award
- State and territory winners in the business, community, and government categories will be considered alongside multi-jurisdictional projects.
- National Local Government Award
- State and territory winners in the local government category will be considered.
- National Photography Award
- The People’s Choice Photography winner from each state and territory be will be considered.
- National School Award
- State and territory winners in the school category will be considered.
Multi-jurisdictional Projects
- Projects that encompass activity in two states or territories must identify a ‘lead-jurisdiction’ and the project should be submitted to the relevant category in that state or territory.
- Projects that encompass activity in three or more states or territories are considered multi-jurisdictional and may be submitted directly to the national awards categories.
- Projects submitted directly to the national award categories will not be eligible for state or territory awards.
Judging Criteria
- Each state and territory will convene a panel of judges to assess submissions in each category, with the exception of the Photography Award.
- The process will be repeated at the national level for the National Award, National Local Government Award and the National School Award.
- Submissions for the Photography Awards are judged through a popular vote (People’s Choice), conducted online through the official AIDR Facebook page. The photo with the most likes/reactions from each state and territory will be considered for the National Photography Award.
- The National Photography Award winner is decided by the Editorial Committee of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM).
Eligible Country: Australia
For more information, visit https://www.aidr.org.au/programs/resilient-australia-awards/
