Resilient Australia Awards
The Resilient Australia Awards is a national program, that recognises initiatives that strengthen community disaster resilience. The NSW awards are coordinated by the Office of Emergency Management.
The awards are open to everyone including individuals, not for profit organisations, small and large businesses, local and state government, schools, education institutions, research bodies and emergency service agencies.
Applications open 6 March 2019
Applications will close 17 May 2019. For more information visit the 
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR), apply using the online portal or email the NSW Convenor.
Previous NSW winners
Click on the relevant year in the left hand menu to read about previous winners.
Award categories
This year's NSW award categories are:
- Resilient Australia Business Award
- Resilient Australia Community Award
- Resilient Australia Government Award
- Resilient Australia Local Government Award
- Resilient Australia School Award
- Resilient Australia Photography Award - People's Choice
The winners of the state and territory award categories will automatically progress to consideration for the national awards.
You may also apply for the NSW Get Ready Community Award!
This NSW government award recognises local communities that worked together to make their community more prepared and better able to recover from disasters. Go to the NSW Get Ready Community Award page for more information.
We are here to help!
We encourage you to contact our Awards Convenor with any questions about applying