Latest news: Awards

Nominations for the 2023 Synergy Group Canberra Women in Business Awards close this Friday 29 September.

Seventeen-year-old rising culinary star, Deb Ridley, made Canberra proud earlier this month winning triple silvers in her first ever culinary competition.

Gourmet Traveller unveiled its annual shortlist of Australia’s leading hospitality talent and culinary experiences this week, shining a spotlight on Canberra’s thriving culinary scene. Local Parisian-inspired favourite, Onzieme, emerged as the crème de la crème, capturing the title of ACT Restaurant of the Year.

17-year-old Deb Ridley may have missed her high school graduation but has become an award-winning chef, snagging the gold at the ACT Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Awards last month. The young commis chef...

Natasha Bullock from the National Gallery of Australia talks to CW about women in leadership, gender equity and arts.

Nominations are now open for the 2023 ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year Award. The winner will receive a $30,000 prize from the ACT Government.

Natasha Bullock, Assistant Director, Collections and Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia has today been announced the winner of the 2023 ACT Australian Awards for Excellence in Women’s Leadership.

Canberra glass artist Annette Blair has been recognised for her incredible glass molding skills at the recent 2023 AUSGLASS Conference

CW brings you the latest in arts and entertainment news from around the Canberra region. Highlights this week include Canberra REP cancelling their first show of the year and a new award ceremony.

Canberrans can nominate local nurses and midwives for this year’s 2023 ACT Nurses and Midwives Excellence Awards.

The Canberra Area Theatre (CAT) Awards were delivered in a re-imagined setting for the second year in a row on 18 December. Canberra and Queanbeyan productions nabbed over two dozen recognition awards for their contributions to live theatre.

The Canberra music scene has celebrated its revival in 2022, with venues opening back up post-pandemic lockdowns. Though numbers aren’t quite what they were before Covid-19 took over the world, the effort made by the attendees and performs deserved its own special night.

Five Canberra businesswomen returned home with gongs from the 2022 Altitude Awards announced at a gala ball in Sydney earlier this month, 3 December. This was the tenth anniversary of the Altitude Awards,...

Nutritionist Kate Freeman has been named the 2022 Canberra Business Woman of the Year at the Canberra Women in Business Awards tonight.

Canberra-based photographer Scott Leggo has received international acclaim for his aerial landscape shot' 'Backbone', which has been included in the top 50 photographs in the Epson International Pano Awards.

Two Canberra authors have been recognised for their work in Regency literature at the recent Romantic Book of the Year (RuBY) awards. Samara Parish and Charlotte Anne have been announced as winner and runner up in the historical romance category at the recent gala dinner hosted by Romance Writers of Australia.