Deadline: 5-Jun-23
Nominations are now open for the Resilient Australia Awards to celebrate and promote initiatives that build whole of community resilience to disasters and emergencies around Australia, as well as images capturing resilience in action.
Since being established in 2000, the awards have recognised outstanding contributions in each state and territory across multiple categories, which now include: business, community, government, local government, mental health and wellbeing, school, and photography. The awards recognise a wide range of initiatives; with past projects centred on risk assessment and mitigation; mental health and wellbeing; education, training and research; and community engagement, as well as response and recovery.
State and territory award winners are considered for national award categories, along with projects entered directly to the national awards. Projects selected as national finalists will benefit from national exposure through a range of communication channels.
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).
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.
- State and territory award categories
- Resilient Australia Business Award: Open to businesses and the private sector, including tertiary colleges and universities.
- Resilient Australia Government Award: Open to state and federal government agencies.
- Resilient Australia Local Government Award: Open to local governments and local government associations.
- Resilient Australia Schools Award: Open to all public and private pre-school, primary and secondary schools only. (School-related projects managed by other organisations should be submitted in other categories).
- Resilient Australia Photography Award: Open to individuals and groups (Submissions will not be accepted without the permission of the copyright holder).
- Resilient Australia Community Award: Open to communities, community based or focussed organisations, and non-government organisations.
- Resilient Australia Mental Health and Wellbeing Award: Open to all projects focussing on the mental health and wellbeing of Australian communities before, during and after a disaster.
- State and territory award categories
- 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 state or territory award category.
- Projects that encompass activity in three or more states or territories are considered multi-jurisdictional and may be submitted directly to the Resilient Australia National Award category.
- Note: Projects submitted directly to the Resilient Australia National Award category will not be eligible for state or territory awards.
- National award categories
- Resilient Australia National Award: State and territory winners in the business and government categories will be considered alongside multi-jurisdictional projects.
- Resilient Australia National Mental Health and Wellbeing Award: Open to all projects focussing on the mental health and wellbeing of Australian communities before, during and after a disaster.
- Resilient Australia National Local Government Award: State and territory winners in the local government category will be considered.
- Resilient Australia National Schools Award: State and territory winners in the school category will be considered.
- Resilient Australia Photography AwardThe People’s Choice photography winner in each state and territory will be considered. The winning photograph will be considered for the cover of AJEM.
- Resilient Australia National Community Award: State and territory winners in the community category will be considered. The winning organisation will receive a cash prize of $5,000.
For more information, visit Australian Government.