2025 award winners
We are proud to celebrate the remarkable achievements and contributions of engagement practitioners across Australasia. Your dedication to delivering meaningful, inclusive, and innovative engagement continues to raise the standard for our profession.
Thank you for the incredible work you do — and for helping shape stronger, more connected communities through engagement.
View the 2025 Excellence Awards Showcase Booklet.
View the 2025 Core Values Awards Showcase Booklet.
Winner | Excellence Award
Federal Village Masterplan
Submitted by Byron Shire Council & Federal Village Masterplan Steering Group
Winner | Excellence Award
Doomadgee Future Planning Project
Submitted by Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council, Circ Design, Meridian Urban
& Queensland Government
Winner | Australasia Organisation of the Year Award
Latrobe Health Assembly: The IAP2 Core Values in Action
Submitted by Latrobe Health Assembly
Winner | Australasia Project of the Year Award
Boorloo Bridge: Building a Bridge Between Two Cultures
Submitted by Causeway Link Alliance and partner organisations: 361 Degrees Strategic Engagement and Communications, Hassell, Element Advisory, Indigenous Economic Solutions, Aboriginal Land Services and the Department of Transport.
Highly Commended | Planning
Federal Village Master Plan
Submitted by Byron Shire Council and the Federal Village Master Plan Steering Group
Winner | Planning
Love Where You Live: The Community Vision Journey
Submitted by City of Onkaparinga
Highly Commended | Infrastructure (Planning and Design)
Sunshine Energy Park: Creating a Shared Vision and Seeding Partnerships for a ‘Central Park of Melbourne’s West’
Submitted by Brimbank City Council, Victorian Department of Transport and Planning and Activate Consulting
Winner | Infrastructure (Construction)
The Wilman Wadandi Highway: More Than Just a Road
Submitted by South West Gateway Alliance and Main Roads WA
Highly Commended | Energy
#BetterTogether Power Outage Planning
Submitted by the Energy Charter Limited (on behalf of signatories including Essential Energy, SA Power Networks, AusNet Services, Endeavour Energy and others)
Winner | Energy
Jemena Electricity Networks AER 2026–2031 Price Reset Proposal
Submitted by Jemena Electricity Networks
Winner | Environment
Port Phillip Urban Forest Strategy
Submitted by Port Phillip City Council
Highly Commended | Health
Sexual Health Awareness in Multicultural Communities
Submitted by Cultural Perspectives
Highly Commended | Disaster and Emergency Services
Recovery Engagement: Bringing the Community in Behind the Barriers on State Highway 1 Brynderwyn Hills
Submitted by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Highly Commended | Disaster and Emergency Services
Innovative Ways to Engage on Flood Risk Management
Submitted by NSW Reconstruction Authority
Highly Commended | Community Development
METRONET Noongar Place Names Initiative: Moving Past Compliance Towards a Noongar-led Approach
Submitted by METRONET
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Winner | Community Development
Guilford Laneway – Safer Cities: Her Way Cumberland
Submitted by Cumberland City Council
Winner | Indigenous – Māori
Consulting with Bay of Plenty Māori on Te Mahere Tūroa
Submitted by Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Winner | Indigenous – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Doomadgee Future Planning Project
Submitted by Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council, Circ Design, Meridian Urban and Queensland Government
Winner | Indigenous – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Boorloo Bridge: Building a Bridge Between Two Cultures
Submitted by Causeway Link Alliance and partner organisations: 361 Degrees Strategic Engagement and Communications, Hassell, Element Advisory, Indigenous Economic Solutions, Aboriginal Land Services and the Department of Transport
Winner | Smart Budget
Federal Village Master Plan
Submitted by Byron Shire Council and the Federal Village Master Plan Steering Group
Past Winners
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2024
Australasia Organisation of the Year
Winner
Refining Engagement in Cockburn: Fostering a Culture of Collaboration
Submitted by City of Cockburn
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Project of the Year
Winner
Marlborough Sounds Future Access Study
Submitted by Marlborough District Council
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Highly Commended
Central Coast Safer Cities: Her Way Project
Submitted by Central Coast Council, Transport for NSW
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Health
Highly Commended
Setting Primary Health and Social Care Priorities Using a Deliberative Democratic Participatory Approach
Submitted by WentWest, Western Sydney Primary Health Network (WSPHN)
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Indigenous
Winner
Subi East: How a New Approach to Aboriginal Engagement is Empowering Careers
Submitted by DevelopmentWA
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Environment
Winner
Shaping Unley – Building Greener Neighbourhoods Together
Submitted by City of Unley
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Highly Commended
Sustainable Infrastructure Program
Submitted by Transport for NSW
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Planning
Winner
Te Tupu Ngātahi Supporting Growth Alliance Programme of Engagement
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Submitted by Auckland Transport, New Zealand Transport Agency, Waka Kotahi, AECOM, Beca, Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay
Highly Commended
Your Region, Your Vision: The Central Highlands 2043 Community Vision
Submitted by Central Highlands Regional Council, Articulous
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Infrastructure (Construction)
Winner
Bridging the Divide – Connecting the Community Over a Rail Trench
Submitted by Level Crossing Removal Project
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Highly Commended
The Rookwood Weir Project: Growing Communities with Water
Submitted by Sunwater
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Infrastructure (Planning & Design)
Winner
Tweed Valley Hospital Development – Adversity to Advocacy
Submitted by Health Infrastructure Northern NSW Local Health District
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Highly Commended
Public Engagement for Victoria’s Latest Trains and Trams
Submitted by The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Alstom, Capire Consulting
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Highly Commended
Painting the Full Picture: Sunshine Coast’s Future Transport Solution
Submitted by Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
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Disaster & Emergency Services
Highly Commended
Illawarra Shoalhaven Regional Adaptive Planning Pathways Pilot Project
Submitted by Cred Consulting, NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, The Gaimaragal Group
