Leilani Abels, Thrive PR, Managing Director
Tim Addington, TAG PR, Director
Katie Barclay, Magnum & Co, Managing Partner
Elly Baxter, Belvoir, Publicity and Public Affairs Manager
David Breen, ING Direct, Head of Corporate Affairs
Richard Brett, Pulse Communications, Managing Director
Lucy Broad, Cox Inall Change, Managing Director
Annalise Brown, Hidden Characters, Managing Director
Bec Brown, The Comms Department
Rochelle Burbury, Third Avenue, Principle
Fern Canning-Brook, Edelman
Jason Carnew, Haystac, General Manager
Nic Christensen, Nine, Head of Digital Comms
Anne Costello, Text 100, APAC Regional Director
John Croll, Isentia, CEO
Melissa Cullen, Res Publica, Managing Director
Kristin Devitt, KDPR, Managing Director
Kata Farrell, N2N Communications, General Manager and Head of Strategy
Tiffany Farrington, Social Diary, Director
Margaret Fearn, Fearnace Media
Mathew Gain, Audible, COO
Alain Grossbard, PRIA Victoria
Michelle Hampton, Magnum & Co, Founder
Toby Hemming, Bold Media, Director
Geoff Ikin, Tourism Australia, General Manager of Global Media and PR
Matt Jones, Better Happy, Founder, Marketing and Creative Strategist
Tracy Jones, Creative Territory, Principal
Sarah Kelly, HCF.com.au, Head of PR
Derek Lau, Kellogg ANZ, Public Relations Manager
Ava Lawler, Weber Shandwick, Managing Director
Allison Lee, Director, Media and Public Relations, Destination NSW
Jemma Lee, Liquid Ideas, Senior Account Director
Vanessa Liell, n2n, Managing Director
Olivia Loughnan, Virgin Mobile, PR, Sponsorship and Communications Manager
Rob Lowe, Poem, Co-Founder and Director
Sarah Mason, Hausmann School of Public Relations, General Manager
Kurt McGuiness, Volkswagen, Public Relations Manager
Richard McGowen, RMG Communications
Kim McKay, Klick Communications, Founder and Director
Alana Morton, Mastercard, Associate Vice President
Lorraine Murphy, The Remarkables Group, Head of Relationships
Steven Murphy, Fremantle Media, Head of Communications
Liz O’Neill, Campari Australia, Corporate Affairs and Communication
Roberto Pace, Eleven PR, Managing Director Diversified Brands
Joanne Painter, Icon PR, Managing Director
Nichola Patterson, Managing Director, Propeller PR & Clemenger Melbourne, PR Director
Louise Pogmore, One Green Bean, Managing Partner
Kate Prideaux, Crown Group, General Manager of Communications.
Lee Robson, Fox Sports, Head of Publicity
Mitzi Saitzyk, Johnson & Johnson Pacific, Corporate and Public Affairs Manager
Chris Savage, The Savage Company
Liane Sayer-Roberts, Sauce Communications, Director
Nicholas S. Scofield, Allianz Australua Insurance, General Manager Corporate Affairs
Robyn Sefiani, Sefiani Group, Managing Director
Amanda Shannahan Moore, Pulse Communications, Deputy Managing Director
Rob Sharpe, Network Ten, Corporate Communications Manager
Melissa Simpson, DDB, Corporate Communications Director
Steve Spurr, Edelman, CEO Australia
Dena Vassallo, Head of Innovation and Integration, PPR
John Vineburg, PRIA NSW
Jack Wakden, The C Word, CEO
Dawn Watt, Fuse Agency, General Manager
Graham White, Howorth, Group Managing Director
Sharyn Whitten, NewsLifeMedia, Director of Communications
Andrew Woodward, Andrew Woodward Consulting, Principal
Stuart Wragg, N2N Communications, Head of Creativity
Jeremy Wrench, Capstone Hillsearch, Group Managing Director
James Wright, Red Agency, Managing Director
Gillian Yeap, Keep Left, Director of Strategy Finance and Operations

Best Social Media or Digitally-Led Campaign
• Eleven for M.J. Bale – Uncrushable
• FleishmanHillard for University of New South Wales – Made by Me
• History Will Be Kind for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment / X Men – #MutantDay: Discover Your Inner Mutant
• Leo Burnett Melbourne for Headspace – Reword
• Pulse Communications with Traffik & Red Cartel for eBay Australia – The World’s First Virtual Reality Department Store
Best B2C Campaign
• Eleven for M.J. Bale – Uncrushable
• FlesihmanHillard for University of New South Wales – Made by Me
• The Monkeys with Pulse Communications & Bohemia for UBank – All I Need
• Pulse Communications with Traffik & Red Cartel for eBay Australia – The World’s First Virtual Reality Department Store
Best B2B Campaign
• CampaignLab for TomTom Telematics – Driving Down the Cost of Congestion
• Edelman Australia for PayPal Australia – PayPal mCommerce Index
• Pandora & Spotify – Unrivalled – This Is Audio Now
• Priceline Pharmacy – The Beauty Prescription

Best Campaign With a Small Budget
• Frank PR for Travel Insurance Direct – Homesickness Hotline
• Five by Five with The Good Beer Co – Great Barrier Beer Queensland Launch
• ME Bank with Keep Left PR – ME’s Super-Smasherday
• Ogilvy PR Health for Pink Hope – Pink Hope Genetic Testing Grant Program Launch
• Propeller with Clemenger BBDO for Transport Accident Commission (TAC) – Meet Graham
• Red Agency with Marlin for Camp Quality – Christmas Crack Ups
Best Use of Owned Media
• Brisbane City Council – Team Brisbane CityCat design competition
• City of Melbourne – Green Your Laneway
• Mango Communications for Unilever/Streets – Vienetta on A Stick
• Text100 for The IOT Group/ROAMe – Text100 gets ROAMe airborne with soaring sales

Best Internal Communications or Change Management
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia for One.CBA – One.CBA Change Communications Campaign
• Harbour City Ferries – Grassroots Video Newsletter – Capturing the Spirit of Sydney’s Ferry Operators
• PepsiCo Australia – PepsiCo Chatswood Head Office Move: Change and Internal Communications
• PwC Australia – Our Road to 2020
• REA Group – The Values We Live By
Best Issues Management
• BBS Communications Group for Iglu – Mary Street Student Accommodation
• City of Canada Bay – Go, Pokemon Go! Augmented reality game causing havoc in Rhodes
Launch or Relaunch Campaign of The Year
• Agent99 Public Relations for Buderim Ginger – Buderim Ginger Pride Rally
•  InsideOut PR for Reword – Reword
• Mango Communications with Cummins & Partners for Simplot/Chiko – Roll home with a chiko
• Neon Black for Natural Solar – Launch of the Tesla Powerwall
• Poem with Ideosphere for Alternative Meat Co
• Pulse Communications with Traffik & Red Cartel for eBay Australia – The World’s First Virtual Reality Department Store
PR-led Event or Activation of The Year
• McGrath Foundation – The McGrath Foundation Mosaic at Vivid Sydney
• Red Agency & Destination NSW – Vivid 2016
• Tourism Australia with The Cru – Noma Australia

Best Government Relations Campaign
• Chapel Street Precinct Association for Melbourne’s Chapel Street – #NOTHAPPYDAN
• Essential for Luke Batty Foundation – Justice for Kids Campaign
Icon Agency for NSW Farmers – #Farmers4LandReform

Best Government Sponsored Campaign
• CSIRO with Nodding Dog & Lee Lin Chin – CSIRO: better than chicken nuggets
• FleishmanHillard for University of New South Wales – Made by Me
• One Green Bean with Society for nbn – Sky Muster w
• Sydney Water – Keep Wipes Out of the Pipes
• ThinkHQ for Organ and Tissue Authority – DonateLife Week 2016

Best Investor or Community Relations Campaign
• Espresso Communications for iAwards – Australian Information Industry Association iAwards 2016
• Haystac with Blue 449 & Archibald/Williams for Uno Home Loans – Launch of Uno Home Loans
• Leo Burnett Melbourne for Headspace – Reword
• McGrath Foundation – Pink Up Mudgee
• PPR for University of Adelaide – B Part of It

Corporate Social Responsibility
• Mango Communications with Cummins & Partners for Simplot/John West Australia – Most Sustainable Tuna
• Samsung Electronics Australia – Creators Wanted
• SenateSHJ for Bayer Australia – Do You See What I See?
• Sydney Water – Keep Wipes Out of The Pipes

Large PR Agency of The Year
• FleishmanHillard
• The Herd Agency
• One Green Bean
• Red Agency
• WE Buchan

Pro Bono Campaign of The Year

• Eleven for Australian Volunteer Coast Guard – Seabay
• IMPACT Communications Australia for ANZGOG – Save the Box
• Red Agency with Havas Creative & Finch for The Steve Waugh Foundation –
• The Riderless Bike
• Red Agency for Walking Wounded – Saving Soldiers From Suicide

Best Influencer Strategy

• Expedia ANZ – Follow Your Roots
• FleishmanHillard for University of New South Wales – Made By Me
• Klick Communications for Eastland – Eastland x Margaret Zhang: In The Youth Of Our Fury
• Red Agency for Heinkeken – Heinken House Launch
• Tourism Australia with The Cru – Noma Australia

Best PR Employer
• Access PR
• The Atticism
• IMPACT Communications Australia
• Klick Communications
• Red Agency
• Text100

Best PR Team of The Year – Inhouse
• Finder.com.au
• Fox Sports
• NEC Australia
• PayPal Australia
• Samsung Electronics Australia

PR Professional of The Year (Inhouse)
• Kirsty Dunn – Gumtree Australia
• Bessie Hassan – finder.com.auPeter O’Sullivan – Woolworths

Social Media Community Manager of The Year
• Alycia Bryant – Woolworths
• Madeline Georgiadis – AccorHotels
• Jessie Lews – Touch Creative
• Lauren Piro – Quiip

PR Professional of the Year (Agency)
• Karen Coleman – Text100
• Samantha Gale – Edelman Australia
• Adam Freedman – Red Agency
Influencer of The Year
• Riley & Rhett Dashwood – Riley Diary Channel
• Alexandra and Aaron Zajonc – Frankie the Lil Sausage
• Sonali Ghosh – Sugar et al
• Joe Menezes – Once Upon a Wine
• Andrew Morrey – CheepJokes

Best New PR Talent of The Year
• Tahlia Davies – Sling & Stone
• Ghadeer El-Khub – Filtered Media
• Sophie Mac Cue – Weber Shandwick

PR Leader of The Year
• Karen Coleman – Text100
• Jackie Crossman – Red Agency
• Ava Lawler – Weber Shandwick
• Vanessa Liell – The Herd Agency

Boutique or Small PR Agency of The Year
• BENCH PR
• CampaignLab
• The Cru
• Hunter Communications

Midsize PR Agency of The Year
• FORWARD Agency
• History Will Be Kind
• Magnum & Co
• Sling & Stone