AUSTRALIAN LGBTI AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2018 SHORTLIST

Courtney Act, Kyle Sandilands, Conchita Wurst and The Veronicas are just some of the names nominated for Australia’s biggest awards dedicated to celebrating the LGBTI community and their allies, the 2018 Australian LGBTI Awards, proudly sponsored by Celebrity Cruises.

Over 6,000 people were nominated across 16 categories, including Celebrity of the Year, Sports Personality of the Year, Ally, Brand and Marketing Campaign, Community Initiative/Charity and Inspirational Role Model.

Winners will be announced at a special red carpet gala dinner on Friday 2 March, 2018 at The Star, Sydney.

“2017 has been a rough year for the LGBTI community, we’ve had the legitimacy of our relationships debated in the public domain for months, advertisements and posters spreading hate and lies and the entire nation voting on our rights to marry, so the Australian LGBTI Awards are an opportunity for us to celebrate one another, our achievements and supporters”, said Australian LGBTI Awards Director, Silke Bader

There are two main groups to the awards, the Public Award Category and the Corporate Award Category. The Public Award categories are entirely decided by public vote. Voting for the below shortlisted nominees is now open at www.australianlgbtiawards.com.au.

PUBLIC AWARDS SHORTLIST

Brand

• American Airlines

• AMAZON

• Bloomberg

• Foxtel

• Facebook

• Levi’s

• QANTAS

• MASTERCARD

• NETFLIX

• SBS

Organisation

• Accor Hotels

• Brown-Forman

• Dowson Turco

• Holden Australia

• Key Assets

• Life without Barriers

• Lqd Skin Care

• Oaks hotels and resorts

• Rainbow Fertility

• Sparkke

Ally

• Bindi Irwin

• Christine Anu

• David Campbell

• Frances Abbott

• Hugo Weaving

• Kyle Sandilands

• Laurelle Mellet

• Ricki-Lee Coulter

• Samuel Johnson

• Sue Hickey

Community Initiative/Charity

• AFL's Pride Game

• ACT AIDS ACTION COUNCIL

• Headspace

• Open Door

• Pinnacle

• Rainbow Family

• RU OK

• Safe Schools

• Stand Up Events

• Transcent

Presenter

• Andrew Guy

• Anton Enus

• Benjamin Law

• Fran Kelly

• Jason Shipston

• Joel Carnegie

• Joel Creasey

• Jonathon Moran

• Julie McCrossin

• Patrick Abboud

Destination

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• Britain

• Canada

• Ireland

• Las Vegas

• Los Angeles

• NYC

• St Kilda

• Queenstown

• Thailand

Film, TV & Web series

• A Place To Call Home

• Herstory of Mardi Gras with Courtney Act

• Deep Water

• Grace and Frankie

• Horizon

• Janet King

• Orange is the new Black

• Starting from Now

• When We Rise

• Wentworth

Hero

• Alastair Lawrie

• Anna Brown

• Bridget Clinch

• Georgie Stone

• Jamie Gardiner

• Kerryn Phelps

• Peter de Waal

• Sally Rugg

• Sean Linkson

• Shirleene Robinson

Celebrity

• Carlotta

• Hannah Gadsby

• Harry Cook

• Jordon Raskopoulos

• Josh Thomas

• Magda Szubanski

• Mark Trevorrow

• Pam Ann

• Ruby Rose

• Richard Reid

International Celebrity

• Anthony Bowens

• Alan Cumming

• Caitlyn Jenner

• Conchita

• Daniel Newman

Marketing Campaign

• Airbnb

• Audible

• CONVERSE

• MTV

• General pants

• Lush

• Medibank Private

• Qantas

• Southern Cross Austereo

• YMCA

Music Artist

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• Beccy Cole

• Ben Hazelwood

• Brandan Maclean

• Courtney Act

• Greg Gould

• Jonathon Welch

• Kathleen McGuire

• Luke Antony

• Monique Brumby

• The Veronicas

• Troye Sivan

Politician

• Alex Greenwich

• Chansey Paech

• Christine Forster

• Dean Smith

• Janet Rice

• Jenny Loeng

• Louise Pratt

• Penny Wong

• Tanya Pilbersek

• Tim Wilson

Sports Personality

• Alex Blackwell

• Casey Dellacque

• Erin Philips

• Hayley Bateup

• Jason Ball

• Ji Wallace

• Mianne Bagger

• Matthew MItcham

• Michelle Heyman

• Simon Dunn

The Corporate Award Category looks at CEOs and Diversity Champions in the business sector. The winners in these categories will be decided by an esteemed judging panel that includes Les Girls legend Carlotta, Broadcaster Julie McCrossin, SBS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Michael Ebeid, LGBTI Activist and Model Ollie Henderson, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alistair McEwin and PwC Australia Partner, Suzi Russell-Gilford.

CORPORATE AWARDS SHORTLIST

Diversity Champion

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• ACCENTURE - PRIDEATACCENTURE

• Ashurst - Spectrum

• A.T. Kearney’s- GALA Network

• Australian Taxation Office - ATOMIC

• Australia Post - Post Pride

• Department of Agriculture and Water - LGBTI Pride Network

• Maddocks - Maddocks Pride

• Medibank - Passion and Pride Network

• Queensland Police - Queensland Police Service LGBTI Support Network

Inspirational Role Model

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• Alan Joyce - Qantas

• Frank Costigan - YOUI

• Geoff Selig - IVE

• Jennifer Westacott - Business Council of Australia

• John Caldwell - RWR

• Michael Ebeid - SBS

• Moya Dodd - Gilbert and Tobin

• Nick Di'Lodovico - REA

• Sally Auld - JP Morgan

• Tom Snow and Brooke Horne- Equality Campaign

• Paul Zahra - PwC

• Peter Wilson - Green Hill

• Ross Wetherbee - CBA

• Steve Jacques - Key Assets

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