2025 National Awards Nomination Form

Dates

Nominations for the 2025 National Awards for Disability Leadership are now open, and close at 5 pm on Friday 17 October 2025. 

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Before you start please check the National Awards Categories. 

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Instructions

• Check the National Awards Categories
• Complete all sections of the nomination form.
• Ensure you have everything you need before you start, you cannot save this form. 
• You are responsible for providing correct details for your nominee, if we cannot contact them their nomination will lapse. 
• You must submit a media quality photo of your nominee, this is mandatory and the form won’t submit until you attach it. 
• You are welcome to include two letters of support. This is optional. 
• If you are nominating a person for more than one category, complete a separate nomination form for each category.

Eligibility

These Awards recognise the work of Australians. To be nominated you must be Australian, working in Australia, or specifically advancing the status of disabled Australians.

These Awards recognise the work of disabled people, Disabled People’s Organisations, or collectives / working groups of disabled people. There are other awards systems that recognise the work of non-disabled people and organisations. 

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