* Prime Super Emerging Leader Award
Felicity Hill at IMPACT Community Services
Jack Franklin at Endeavour
James Mulligan-Brunell at Breakthru
Thank you for your work and best of luck for the Awards.
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Entries have been tallied for this third go-round of the Disability Employment Australia Awards, and the high quality of applications has made the judges’ job very difficult – a problem we love to have!
Our warmest thanks to everyone who applied; it was a privilege to read your applications. We appreciate the effort that went into your applications and, even more so your everyday work in the disability employment sector.
The finalists for the 2026 DEA Awards honouring excellence in disability employment are:
* genU Training IEA Participant Award
Cory and Best Lives
Dylan and embarc
* Prospert Inclusive Employment Specialist Award
Alayna Whiteside and VERTO (Australia)
Sarah Moon and AKG Australia
* Erin Carey Employer Partnership Award
Rebecca Beaumont at Jobedge for their work with Rob Gordon at Adelaide Active Rehab & Therapy
Thao Huynh at Sureway Employment and Training for their work with Maria Yuen at Aston Lucas Gourmet
Umair Janoo at WISE for their work with Don Intine at Programmed Skilled Workforce