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.
ROUND 1
JUDGING
Our expert panel of Judges read, score and give feedback on all entries based on criteria. From here the scores will indicate a shortlist of entries that will proceed to personal online interviews.
ROUND 2
JUDGING
From the shortlist, our expert panel of judges will conduct an interview with each successful entry, where a list of questions will be asked. Each category panel will then discuss each entry and recommend and nominate who the finalists and winners are.
AWARDS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REVIEW
All finalists’ entries and scoring results are reviewed by the AGC and a winner from each category is ratified based on the comments and scores made by both rounds of judging.
The Awards Governance Committee provide assurance that the judging process has been followed with no conflict of interest.
OUR JUDGES
Aaron Organ
Amber Beaumont
Andrew Block
Andrew Chamberlin
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Sellick
Angela Crossland
Anne Astin
Barbara Nebel
Belinda Chellingworth
Bobby Ali-Khan
Bram Mason
Bruce Precious
Cameron Jones
Carolyn Ingvarson
Charles Rendigs
Cheryl Taylor
Chiara Pacifici
Chris Currie
Colin Barker
Damon Cuming
David Meiklejohn
David Morgans
David Rowlinson
Digby Hall
Dominique Hes
Edward Cotter
Eloise Bishop
Emma Treadgold
Erandi Samarakoon
Evelyn Jonkman
Fran Madigan
Garth Lamb
Hayley Purbrick
Iain Smale
Izabella Kobylanski
Jacqui Bonnitcha
Jack Noonan
Jack O’Donoghue
Jeff Oatman
Jeffrey Robinson
John King
John Pabon
Jo Osorio
Julie Boulton
Kate Harris
Katherine Featherstone
Kerry Lorimer
Laura Hamilton-O’Hara
Liane Rossler
Lucinda Corrigan
Mark Thomson
Megan Jones
Meredith Banks
Monica Richter
Nadya Krienke-Becker
Nicola Schroder
Oona Nicholson
Parrys Raines
Peter Olsen
Pip Marks
Priya Gandhi
Rob Catchlove
Robin Mellon
Rosemary Bissett
Ross Wyatt
Rupert Posner
Russell Seaman
Samantha Jewel
Sara Redmond-Neal
Sasha Trpkovski
Scott Losee
Sheree Marris
Shona Cameron
Stacey Daniel
Stephanie Camarena
Stephanie Rich
Stephen Reardon
Sue King
Suzanne Mildren
Tammy Marshall
Tennant Reed
Thomas Bauer
Tom Davies
Tom Garrish
Tom Mallet
Turlough Guerin
Valentina Zarew
Wendy Hill
HELPFUL TIPS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR AWARD ENTRY FORMS
GOLD AWARD CASE STUDIES
BANKSIA GOLD AWARD WINNER 2022
Planet Protector Packaging, NSW
Planet Protector Packaging’s innovative WOOLPACK packaging solutions are reusable, compostable, thermally stable, and unique in the packaging sector, utilising wool as a polystyrene alternative.
BANKSIA 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.
BANKSIA 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
