2025 Core Values Awards Winners
Congratulations to all our 2025 Core Values Awards winners, and to everyone who submitted an entry.
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.
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Major Awards
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.
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Project Categories
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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