Judging Process
Judging Process
BANKSIA JUDGES
Our judges across Australia, volunteer their time and expertise, and are a valuable part of the Banksia Awards experience. They assess entries for specific categories within their specialist field, and a senior panel of judges audits the results.
WE GET IT.
IT’S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT WINNING!
IT’S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT WINNING!
Each entrant receives valuable feedback about their project because supporting you is another step towards positive, sustainable action.
THE PROCESS
If you don’t make the shortlist, our judges will still help you.
Step 1: Read
Our judges read each entry and score them according to set criteria, per category.
Step 2: Meeting
Judges discuss their results and recommend winners and finalists.
Step 1: Interview
Our judges will conduct interviews with each
shortlisted entrant.
Step 2: Meeting
They will then discuss their findings with the group and recommend the finalists and winners for each category.
The Awards Governance Committee provide assurance that the judging process has been followed with no conflict of interest.
OUR JUDGES
Aaron Organ
Andrew Block
Angela Crossland
Barbara Nebel
Bram Mason
Cameron Jones
Carolyn Ingvarson
Charles Rendigs
Cheryl Taylor
Chris Bourke
Danielle King
David Rake
Dominique Hes
Elizabeth Hurst
Emma Treadgold
Evelyn Jonkman
Fran Madigan
Gail Dawson
Hayley Purbrick
Helen Gibson
Iain Smale
Ian Culbard
Izabella Kobylanski
Jeffrey Robinson
Julie Boulton
Mark Thomson
Mark Watson
Melissa Schulz
Meredith Banks
Monica Richter
Nadya Krienke Becker
Nicola Schroder
Olivia Tyler
Oona Nicholson
Pipilippa Marks
Priya Pathmanathan
Rebecca Cain
Rosemary Bissett
Ross Wyatt
Ruby Finlen
Rupert Posner
Russell Seaman
Scott Losee
Sheree Marris
Shona Cameron
Simon Boughey
Stacey Daniel
Stephanie Camarena
Stephanie Rich
Sue King
Tim Langdon
Tom Davies
Tom Garrish
HELPFUL TIPS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR AWARD ENTRY FORMS
GOLD AWARD CASE STUDIES
BANKISA GOLD AWARD WINNER 2020
No opportunity wasted by Icon Water, ACT
No opportunity wasted is cultivating circular ecosystems and championing water industry innovation, by changing the way the water industry views its ‘wastes’ – from waste to resource.
BANKISA GOLD AWARD WINNER 2019
Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia, NSW
Infrastructure is big. Commonwealth and state governments have committed to spending over $150bn on infrastructure over the next four years, and construction as a whole accounts for over 9 % of the country’s workforce. Transport networks and utilities shape our social and economic “ecosystems”, and their surrounding natural and urban landscapes. The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) is a member-based NFP and Social Enterprise operating across
BANKISA GOLD AWARD WINNER 2018
Lord Howe Island Board, NSW
Imagine a volcanic island of exceptional natural beauty rising up from the Tasman Sea 600km off the Australian coast. Lord Howe Island’s outstanding universal value is recognised in its World Heritage listing for spectacular scenery, important breeding grounds for colonies of seabirds, and its rich biodiversity including many endangered and critically endangered species not found anywhere else in the world.
