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2025 Nominees

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

Australian of the Year

NT Grant Ngulmiya Nundhirribala

NT Donna Ah Chee

NT Franck Gohier

NT Zainab Mohamud

Senior Australian of the Year

NT Michael Foley OAM

NT Georgina Bracken

NT Frank Holmes

NT Jennifer Messell

Young Australian of the Year

NT Nilesh Dilushan

NT Jules Gabor

NT Carlito Rodrigues

NT Melissa Wurramarrba

Local Hero

NT Mignon McHendrie

NT Yvette Clarke

NT Mandaka Marika

NT Gaylene Yenhu Gurruwiwi

Australian of the Year

TAS Sam Elsom

TAS Rees Campbell

TAS Sarah De Jonge

TAS Associate Professor Louise Nott

Senior Australian of the Year

TAS Associate Professor Penelope Blomfield

TAS Rosemary Coleman

TAS Carol Nagy

TAS Norman Spurr

Young Australian of the Year

TAS Ariarne Titmus OAM

TAS Ellsie Bird

TAS Dr Ella Smalley

TAS Romany Wake

Local Hero

TAS Keren Franks

TAS Damien Green

TAS Todd Dudley

TAS Djuker Willis Hart

Australian of the Year

VIC Neale Daniher AO

VIC Madeleine Buchner OAM

VIC Professor Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

VIC Wayne Holdsworth

Senior Australian of the Year

VIC Dr Peter Brukner OAM

VIC Dr Sandra Close AM

VIC Dr Carolyn Cooper

VIC Heam Elasmar

Young Australian of the Year

VIC Aishwarya Kansakar

VIC Dr Mohammed Alebrahimi

VIC Yusuf Liban

VIC Leonardo Puglisi

Local Hero

VIC Jasmine Hirst

VIC Dr Jennifer and Drew Heriot

VIC Dr Jana Katerinskaja

VIC Steve Lefebvre

Australian of the Year

SA Professor Leah Bromfield

SA Dr Sarah Cannard

SA Commissioner Grantley Stevens

SA Dr Hannah Wardill

Senior Australian of the Year

SA Charles Jackson OAM

SA Anne Burgess AM

SA Dr Devinder Grewal

SA Keith Preston

Young Australian of the Year

SA Amber Brock-Fabel

SA Denzel James

SA Andriana Petrakis

SA Kushi Venkatesh

Local Hero

SA Sobia Hashmi and Irfan Hashmi

SA Shane Hryhorec

SA Lisa O'Malley

SA Dinah Thomasset

Australian of the Year

ACT Megan Gilmour

ACT Jenny Edwards

ACT Christina Ryan

ACT Philippa Seldon

Senior Australian of the Year

ACT Marilyn Ralston and Peter Ralston OAM

ACT Armando Corvini

ACT Laurie Fisher

ACT Stuart Warner

Young Australian of the Year

ACT Daniel Bartholomaeus

ACT Jarrett Anthoney

ACT Brendan Swan

ACT Hayley Whatman

Local Hero

ACT Vanessa Brettell and Hannah Costello

ACT Dr Madhumita Iyengar

ACT Pamela Muston

ACT Delfina Shakespear

Australian of the Year

NSW Kath Koschel

NSW Jess Hill

NSW Daniel Principe

NSW Inspector Amy Scott VA

Senior Australian of the Year

NSW Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM

NSW Gwenda Darling

NSW Professor Michelle Haber AM

NSW Aunty Glendra Stubbs OAM

Young Australian of the Year

NSW Maddison O’Gradey-Lee

NSW Noor Azizah

NSW Alex Noble

NSW Molly Croft & Amy Parmenter

Local Hero

NSW Martha Jabour OAM

NSW Renuka Fernando and Ben Stammer

NSW Adam DeMamiel

NSW Claude Robinson

Australian of the Year

QLD Geoffrey Smith

QLD Roby Curtis

QLD Mirusia Louwerse

QLD Dr Leon Stensholm

Senior Australian of the Year

QLD Dr Bronwyn Herbert

QLD Jill Costello OAM

QLD Uncle Glen Miller

QLD Wayne Sticher

Young Australian of the Year

QLD Dr Katrina Wruck

QLD Alexa Leary

QLD Dylan Conway

QLD James Peterson

Local Hero

QLD Claire Smith

QLD Paula Pool and Demelza Gardem

QLD Elizabeth Gough

QLD Sue Tasker and Jasmine Tasker

Australian of the Year

WA Dianne Haggerty and Ian Haggerty

WA Kim Collard

WA Dr Kieran Mulroney

WA Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg

Senior Australian of the Year

WA Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett AM

WA Professor Patricia Dudgeon AM

WA M’liss Henry OAM

WA Angi McCluskey

Young Australian of the Year

WA Jack Anderson

WA Shelley Cable

WA Isabella Choate

WA Nina Kennedy

Local Hero

WA Dr Jacinta Vu

WA Cristiana Anca

WA Jennifer Ball

WA Robert Geersen

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