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Recognising Outstanding Contributions to Disability Employment Policy and Practice

Our Prestigious Hall of Fame award recognises the outstanding contributions individuals have made to disability employment policy and practice.

It honours those who have made long-term and outstanding contributions to the field of disability employment, with their leadership and dedication helping to shape the disability sector and beyond.

In the Disability Employment Australia Hall of Fame:

2026 – David Coles MDEA
2026 – Keryl Neville MDEA

2025 – Prof Alastair McEwin AM

2024 – Dr Jenny Crosbie

2023 – Freddie Brincat
2023 – Viv Gugger

2022 – Donna Faulkner
2022 – Martin Wren
2022 – Northern Pictures

2019 – Paul Cain
2019 – Dean Clifford
2019 – Garry Davison

2018 – Hon Jenny Macklin

2017 – Don Grimes AO
2017 – Mick White

2016 – Prof Peter Baume

2015 – Graeme Innes AM

2014 – Lucy Macali
2014 – Dr Geoffrey Waghorn

2013 – Dr Mark Bagshaw AM
2013 – Suzanne Colbert
2013 – Dr Vivienne Riches

2012 – Prof Brian Howe AO
2012 – Peter Tanner
2012 – Phil Tuckerman AM

2011 – Michael Goldsworthy
2011 – Sue Robertson

2010 – Craig Harrison
2010 – Assoc Prof Greg Lewis
2010 – Prof Trevor Parmeter AM

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