2025 NSW Resilient Australia Awards
Congratulations to our 2025 winners and finalists!
The 2025 NSW Ceremony took place on Thursday, 11 September 2025 at NSW Parliament House. Winners from each category will now be considered for the National Awards, held later this year.
Winners
Community
- Pioneering model of disaster recovery builds community resilience through empowerment - Social Futures
Local Government
- Heat Taskforce - Heat Smart City Plan - WSROC
Business
- Flood Defence Fund - ICA
Government
- Australian first – Aboriginal Cultural Incident Management Exercise - NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
School
- Our River - Richmond Agrocultural Centre: Centre Of Excellence In Ag Ed
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Resilient Kids: Empowered Young People Can Weather Life’s Biggest Storms - Social Futures
Photography
- 'Social Futures, Strong Mind in the Early Years Program' Credit: Catherine Piltz, The Daily Telegraph
Highly commended finalists
Community
- Care2Prepare: Inclusive household and community risk reduction - Carers NSW
- Better Together - Community Connections - Community Connect South Shoalhaven
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- The Resilient Kids Program: disaster risk reduction for the next generation - Healthy North Coast
2024 NSW Resilient Australia Awards Winners
The winners were announced on Wednesday, 11 September 2024 at NSW Parliament House.
Winners
Community
- Fire to Flourish: A holistic community-led model of disaster resilience – Monash University
Local Government
- Building Back Northern Rivers Guideline – Cred Consulting and the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Business
- Amphibode - an amphibious dwelling design - Amphibode
Government
- Australia's first State Disaster Mitigation Plan – NSW Reconstruction Authority
School
- Wellbeing win for Lismore South students – Lismore South Public School and Mackillop Sessions
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Climate Ready North Coast: Elevating the community sector for health resilience – Healthy North Coast
Photography
- Rolf Poole – “Cool Night Burning - Scribbly Gum" depicting prescribed burning of an asset protection zone Berowra Heights.
Highly commended finalists
Community
- Medical Wings – Little Wings
- Community-Led Resilience and Recovery Initiative – Resilient Lismore
- Multi-Hazard Resilience Ratings - Resilient Building Council
Local Government
- Investing in Rural Community Futures Bega Valley - Resilience Connection and Place – Bega Valley Shire Council
- Resilient Sydney 2018-2024 - implementing a regional roadmap for resilience through collaboration – Resilient Sydney
Government
- EICU - Celebrating 20 years of Multidisciplinary Support to Emergency Services, Government, and the Community - NSW Department of Customer Service
2023 NSW Resilient Australia Awards Winners
Winners
Community
- EMBER
Local Government
- Upper Hunter Shire Council ‘Hall Crawl’
- The Simtable Project
Business
- Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) Certificate Course
Government
- Principal Connection Days
School
- Climate Change Your Tune
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Post-Flood Repair and Recovery Initiative – Shedding Community Workshop
Highly commended finalists
Community
- Resilient Towns Initiative
- Wardell Community Organised Resilience Effort
- Iluka Community Organisation Planning for Emergencies
Local Government
- The Mullum Recovery Centre
Government
- NSW Telco Authority Critical Communications Enhancement Program
- NSW Department of Primary Industry Rural Recovery Support Service
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- A collaborative, positive and preventative approach to community mental health – the Resilience Project
- Community Resilience Project - MacKillop Seasons
2022 NSW Resilient Australia Awards Winners
Winners
Community
- Harrington Crowdy Head Community Resilience - Harrington Crowdy Head Community Resilience Team
- Our Voice - Save the Children Australia
Local Government
- Community-led disaster response - Bellingen Shire Council
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Stormbirds - Mackillop Family Services & Good Grief
Photography
- Fire season preparation: Facing the fire - Sue Curtis
Highly commended finalists
Community
- Fortis House community-led resilience project - Bushfire Building Council of Australia
Local Government
- Shoalhaven Recovery into Resilience project - Shoalhaven City Council
- Heat Smart Western Sydney - Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Window therapy and Zoom mates - Maurie Voisey-Barlin