2025 Awards Recipients

We are proud to announce this year’s Award Recipients! These outstanding recipients have been recognised by the judges for their exceptional innovation, unwavering commitment to safety as a business priority, measurable return on investment, and exemplary work health and safety standards within their respective industries.

Category 1: Best Continuous Improvement of a WHS Management System

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Award Recipient)
Gold Coast Health
Metcash Trading Limited
Southern Ports
West Beach Parks (Award Recipient)

Category 2A: Best Solution of a WHS Risk (Small-Medium Business)

Aaro Group Pty Ltd (Award Recipient)

Category 2B: Best Solution of a WHS Risk (large Business)

City of Parramatta Council
Downer Energy & Utilities
Energy Queensland (Award Recipient)
Service Stream
The University of Sydney

Category 3: Best WHS Training Program

City of Parramatta Council
Downer Group (Social Infrastructure & Citizen Services)
(Award Recipient)
Monash Health

Category 4: Best Communication of a Safety Message

Gold Coast Health
Service Stream (Award Recipient)
Zinfra

Category 5: Ian Chisholm Award for the Best Individual WHS Achievement

Sirr Christoffersen, Auckland Transport
Rick Fox, fr&nk Capability Leaders
Ben Kirkbride, Gamuda Australia (Award Recipient)

Category 6: Best Safety Leadership Program / Initiative

JF Hull Holdings
Southern Ports (Award Recipient)
Spark NEL
Toll Group

Category 7: Best Wellbeing Program

Auckland Transport
Pacific National
Santos
The University of Sydney (Award Recipient)

Category 8: Best Return & Recovery at Work System

Gold Coast Health
Metcash Trading Limited (Award Recipient)

Category 9 – Best Solution for Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work

Emergency Management Victoria and Cognition Evolve
Western Health (Award Recipient)
Windlab Australia

Category 10 – Best WHS Commercial Product or Service Innovation

Anchored Height Safety
Carelever
Dredge Robotics Pty Ltd (Award Recipient)
Freight Cyber
Intelligent Inventions International Pty Ltd

Category 11 - Best safety team

Gold Coast Health (Award Recipient)
InfraBuild
Lendlease – Construction, QLD/NT (Highly Commended)
QBuild

Pinnacle aWARD rECIPIENT

The University of Sydney

All finalists will be recognised along with the announcement of the winners at the National Safety Awards Gala Dinner being held in Sydney on Thursday 23 October 2025. For more information on the Gala Dinner and to register click here.