Association Awards™ & Associations Hall of Fame™ 2024 Nominations Are Now Closed.

Associations Forum invites nominations for the Association Awards™ & Associations Hall of Fame™, recognising excellence and accomplishment by associations and outstanding individuals. As well as due recognition, the process of nominating for an Award will be a worthwhile experience as it will encourage associations to consider the factors that make a successful association, turnaround or campaign. 

This year's categories were the following:

Association of the Year Award™
Presented to an exemplary association that has achieved overall excellence. The nominees for this year are:

• Aquatics and Recreation Victoria
• Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
• Australian Rheumatology Association
• Australian Sustainable Seaweed Alliance
• Council of Small Business Organisations Australia
• Down Syndrome Association of NSW
• Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
• Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia
• NSW Family Services Inc
• Real Estate Institute of New South Wales
• Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
• Self Storage Association of Australasia
• Swimming Pool and Spa Association Australia
• Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Association External Campaign of the Year Award™ 
Presented to an association that has made an outstanding achievement through an external campaign. The nominees for this year are:

• Australian Institute of Health and Safety
• Change Management Institute
• National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council
• Palliative Care Australia
• Q Shelter
• Tech Council of Australia
• Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Association Turnaround of the Year Award™
Presented to an association that was in very significant difficulties and successfully turned itself around in recent times. The nominees for this year are:

• Australasian Lymphology Association
• Australian Association of Social Workers
• Australian Institute of Conveyancers Victoria Division
• Australian Institute of Training and Development
• Myotherapy Association Australia
• National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council
• Swimming Pool and Spa Association Australia

Associations Hall of Fame™
Inductees will be individuals who have made an outstanding high-level contribution and commitment to an association or associations over a long period of time, i.e. 30 or more years.

Association Awards™ Dinner 2024

Join us at the prestigious Association Awards™ Dinner on Thursday 7th November where we will be honouring finalists and recipients of the Association Awards™ & Associations Hall of Fame™2024. Click here to learn more and register.

For more information, contact Abhinav at abhinav@associations.net.au or call 02 9904 8200. 

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 Associations Forum congratulates the past recipients of the Association Awards™ and inductees into the Associations Hall of Fame™

Association of the Year Award™ 

2023: Institute of Public Accountants
2022: Australian Physiotherapy Association
2021: Australian Psychological Society
2020: Restaurant and Catering Australia
2019: Complementary Medicines Australia
2018: Master Builders Queensland
2017: Australian Dental Industry Association

Small Association of the Year Award™ 

2023: Change Management Institute
2022: Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia

Association Turnaround of the Year Award™

2023: Forestry Australia
2022: Huntington’s NSW ACT
2021: Kitchen and Bathroom Designers Institute of Australia
2020: Australian Marketing Institute
2019: Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia
2018: Australian Chiropractors Association
2017: Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors

Association External Campaign of the Year Award™

2023: Australian Medical Association
2022: Australian Aged Care Collaboration
2021: National Apprentice Employment Network 
2020: Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute
2019: Australasian Sleep Association & Sleep Health Foundation
2018: Rule of Law Institute Australia for their Law Day Out program
2017: Community Legal Centres Queensland 

Associations Hall of Fame™ Inductees:

2023: 
Pamela Lee, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand
Barbara Connelly, Building Service Contractors Association of Australia
 George Wall, Water Industry Operators Association of Australia
Dave Clark, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
 Loretta Kirkovski, Australian Physiotherapy Association
Stephen Hughes, Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors
Claire Hewat, Dietitians Australia

2022: 
Julie Barker, Australian Dental & Oral Health Therapists'​ Association
Adrian Hart, Swimming Pool and Spa Association of Queensland
Ken Morrison, Property Council of Australia
Margy Osmond, Tourism & Transport Forum
Wendy Rowland, Australian Hand Therapy Association

2021: 
Carole McKenzie, Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing
Denys Correll, Associations Forum, multiple associations
Hellene Platell, Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists' Association
Jennifer Ross, Australian Society of Cytology
Jillean Leigh Ludwell, Australian Institute of Conveyancers Victorian Division
Jon Bisset, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia
Kersten Gentle, Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia
Max Wilson, Commercial Law Association of Australia
Troy Williams, Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia

2020:
Paul Naylor, Master Plumbers Association of NSW
Sally Sinclair, National Employment Services Association
Rob McGuirk, YHA
Julie Satur, Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists' Association
Thomas Kaufhold, Records and Information Management Professionals

2019:
Phil Naylor, Family Day Care Australia
Stephanie Blower, Australasian Sleep Association
Bruce Wallace, Master Plumbers Association of Queensland

2018:
Susan Sundstrom, Careers Advisors Associations NSW & ACT
Greg Paterson, Real Estate Employers' Federation
John Flower, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Queensland
Maria Palazzolo, GS1 Australia
Roy Privett, Boating Industry Association
Marilyn Yates, Home Economics Institute of Australia
Jan Alford, Australian Diabetes Educators Association
Julie Hammer, Engineers Australia
Heather Garnsey, Society of Australian Genealogists

2017:
Wilhelm Harnisch, Master Builders Australia
Julian Ledger, Youth Hostels Association
Garry Pearson, Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch
Janet Reynolds, Home Economics Institute of Australia
Peter Webster, Industry Capability Network NSW