2025 National Palliative Care Awards Finalists

Palliative Care Australia has announced the 24 finalists for the 2025 National Palliative Care Awards. 

The prestigious awards, proudly sponsored by Silverchain, celebrate excellence, innovation, and leadership across Australia’s palliative care sector. 

Palliative Care Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Camilla Rowland, said the winners of eight award categories would be announced at a ceremony in Brisbane on Thursday 11 September hosted by comedy great, and palliative care advocate, Jean Kittson.  

“The National Palliative Care Awards are one of the ways we can shine a light on the dedication and compassion of people across Australia who care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, and the families and communities that surround them,” Ms Rowland said. 

“The award finalists are changemakers that have worked with their teams to deliver exceptional care and advocate for people at the most vulnerable moment in their lives.” 

“We are so pleased that Silverchain has once again chosen to partner with Palliative Care Australia to deliver this key event in our sector’s calendar,” Ms Rowland said.  

Ms Rowland said the Awards would be a highlight of the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (25OPCC) that will be hosted in Brisbane across three days from 10-12 September.  

Tickets for the National Palliative Care Awards Gala Dinner can be purchased via the 25OPCC website.

If you are a finalist or a supporter, you can now download the social media tiles below to share with your network. Click on the image, to download the artwork. And don’t forget to use #25NPCAwards when you post!

2025 National Palliative Care Award Finalists

2025 Emerging Leader Award Finalists

Kymberlie Cox
Institute of Urban Indigenous Health
Queensland

Charlotte Laverack
Peninsula Villages
New South Wales

Dr Priyanka Vandersman
Flinders University
South Australia

2025 Emerging Researcher Award Finalists

Dr Alison Bowers
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland
Dr Jodi Sariman
Queensland Health
Queensland
Dr Wei
Mater Hospital
NSW

2025 Outstanding Work by a Team delivering Palliative Care Award Finalists

Bellarine Community Health
Victoria
 Victorian Palliative Care Advice Service
Victoria
Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) Paediatric Palliative Care Service
South Australia

2025 Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care Award Finalists

Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education Team (CPCRE)
Queensland
Daniel Gela
Torres And Cape Hospital and Health Service
Queensland
Territory Palliative Care
Alice Springs, Central Australia
Northern Territory

2025 Outstanding Achievement in Volunteering Award Finalists

Ambulance Wish Western Australia
WA
Derek’s Place
NSW
Kevin Stokes
Great Lakes Palliative Care Support
NSW

2025 Innovation in Palliative Care Award Finalists

Prof Jennifer Philip
Palliative Nexus Research Group, University of Melbourne
Victoria
Central Team – EPC
Eastern Palliative Care Ltd
Victoria
Palliative Care Tasmania Team
Tasmania

2025 Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in Palliative Care Award Finalists

Jess Sanders
Palliative Care Tasmania
Tasmania
Dr Christine Sanderson
Territory Palliative Care
Northern Territory
Claudia Virdun
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Flinders University
South Australia

Lifetime Achievement Award – significant contribution to palliative care in Australia over a period of 20 years or more.

Emeritus Prof Margaret O’Connor AM
Board Chair, Palliative Care South East, Lifetime Member, Palliative Care Victoria, Emeritus Professor of Palliative Care Nursing, Monash University
Victoria
Dr Lawrie Palmer
Northern Adelaide Palliative Service
South Australia
Prof Elizabeth Reymond
Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Support & Pharmacy Service, National caring@home projects
Queensland

 

Please contact the Palliative Care Australia events team on 02 6232 0700 or events@palliativecare.org.au if you have any questions.