2025 Award Winners
Meet the Outstanding Winners of AWHSA 2025
WHS Leader of the Year
Less than 1,000 Employees
Kurt Warren
Hansen Yuncken
Greater than 1,000 Employees
Ben Kirkbride
Gamuda
WHS Rising Star
Avneet Singh
Downer Group
HSR of the Year
Scott Miller
Eastern Health
WHS Team of the Year
OVA Taskforce
ermha365
Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy
University of Sydney
Health & Wellbeing Program (2023-2026)
Best WHS Training & Development
Gamuda Australia
Best WHS Technology Innovation
Less than 1,000 Employees
Kalamia Sugar Mill Boiler Stack Demolition
DEMEX
Greater than 1,000 Employees
Phosphine Dilution System (PDS)
CBH Group
Best WHS Technology Deployment & Adoption
Less than 1,000 Employees
Level Crossing Removal Project
Reducing underground service strikes with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) markers
Greater than 1,000 Employees
BlueScope Australian Steel Products
BlueScope Mobile Equipment Pedestrian Detection Technology
The Australian Workplace Health and Safety Awards is open to government, non-government and private organisations operating in Australia that have an ABN, and to individuals who are currently employed and working within the field of WHS in Australia.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: AIHS PAYS RESPECT TO THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS AND CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE WORK AND LIVE, AND THEIR CONNECTIONS TO LAND, SEA AND COMMUNITY. WE PAY OUR RESPECT TO THEIR ELDERS PAST AND PRESENT AND EXTEND THAT RESPECT TO ALL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES TODAY.