Previous ACWAP Award Recipients
2024 ACWAP Awards
Audrey Fagan Memorial – Hannah Packer, New South Wales Police Force
Bev Lawson Memorial – Jill Clarke, Queensland Police Service
Champion of Change – Brett Curran, Victoria Police Highly Commended – Malcolm Campbell, Western Australia Police Force, and Shane McLennan, Tonga Police
Integrity and Courage – Akausha Savage and Millie Stephen, Queensland Police Service
Female Leader – Loletta (Loretta) Hunt-Tevago, New Zealand Police
Female Investigator – Deborah McDougall, Queensland Police Service Highly Commended – Amanda Cary, New South Wales Police Force
Female Administrator – Carmen Walters, Queensland Police Service Highly Commended – Dr Shuang Fu, New South Wales Police Force
Female Practitioner – Rosalind Grant, Australian Federal Police Highly Commended – Lynette Gibson, South Australia Police
Female Intelligence Practitioner – Catherine Lee, Victoria Police Highly Commended – Hannah Doak, New Zealand Police
Emerging Leadership Award – Natalie Arnold, New South Wales Police Force
Excellence in Law Enforcement Initiative for Women in the Community – Lisa Clemence and Sameh Morgan, New South Wales Police Force Highly Commended – NSW Police Force Transport Command South West New South Wales Police Force
Excellence in Law Enforcement in the Pacific Region – Ruci Nasemira, Fiji Police Highly Commended – Maryanne Yabara, Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary
Excellence in Research on Improving Law Enforcement for Women – Demi Kulters, Queensland Police Service
2023 ACWAP Awards
Audrey Fagan Memorial – Jacinta Pannowitz, Queensland Police Service
Bev Lawson Memorial – Cecilia Vine, Queensland Police Service
Champion of Change – Adam Hunt, New South Wales Police Force Highly Commended – Robson Iavro, Vanuatu Police
Integrity and Courage – Hannah Drake, New Zealand Police Force
Female Leader – Jacinta Pannowitz, Queensland Police Service
Female Investigator – Simone Van Der Sluys, Western Australia Police Force
Female Administrator – Christine Agius, New South Wales Police Force
Female Practitioner – Susan Lock, South Australia Police Highly Commended – Pauline Williams, Victoria Police
Female Intelligence Practitioner – Christie Wallace-Kunkel, New South Wales Police Force
Emerging Leadership Award – Sasha Harding, New South Wales Police Force Highly Commended – Tia Pirihi, Victoria Police
Excellence in Law Enforcement Initiative for Women in the Community – Sexual Offences and FVU Training, Victoria Police Highly Commended – Sexual Violence Project, New South Wales Police Force, and DFV Training, Queensland Police Service
Excellence in Law Enforcement in the Pacific Region – Ema Veiqali, Fiji Police
Excellence in Research on Improving Law Enforcement for Women – Jennifer Raymond, New South Wales Police Force
2022 ACWAP Awards
Audrey Fagan Memorial – Monalisa Tiai-Keti, Samoa Police Service
Bev Lawson Memorial – Kim Kellaway, Queensland Police Service
Champion of Change – Jarryd Dunbar, Australian Federal Police Highly Commended – Mike Webb, New Zealand Police
Integrity and Courage – Margaret Marshall, Fiji Police Force Highly Commended – Andrea Turner, Victoria Police
Female Leader – Kylie Whiteley, Western Australia Police Force
Female Investigator – Anna Shaw, Western Australia Police Force
Female Administrator – Lautoa Faletau, Australian Federal Police
Female Practitioner – Michelle Bond, Australian Border Force
Female Intelligence Practitioner – Sheridan Page, Australian Federal Police
Emerging Leadership Award – Jessie Geary, Queensland Police Service Highly Commended – Christine Lunt, New Zealand Police
Excellence in Law Enforcement Initiative for Women in the Community – Multicultural Community Liaison Officer Team, Nelly Sinha, Rachna Soni and Georgina Zaineddine, New South Wales Police Force
Excellence in Law Enforcement in the Pacific Region – Czarist Daniel, Nauru Police Force
Excellence in Research on Improving Law Enforcement for Women – Yvette McKelvie, New Zealand Police
The Griffith University Women in Policing Scholarship – Jessica McLaren, Queensland Police Service
2021 ACWAP Awards
Audrey Fagan Memorial – Teressa (Karen) Poutai-Struginski New Zealand Police
Bev Lawson Memorial – Sandra Venables, New Zealand Police Highly Commended Katherine Taylor, New Zealand Police
Champion of Change – Fuiavaili’ili Egon Keil, former Commissioner of Samoa Police, Prisons and Correctional Services.
Highly Commended – Michael Fitzgerald, New South Wales Police Force and Ben Martain, Queensland Police Service
Integrity and Courage – Not identified Highly Commended – Kate Maxwell, Queensland Police Service
Excellence in Law Enforcement in the Asia Pacific Region – Eileen (Rose) Nala, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force
Highly Commended – Ruth Tusela, Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary
Female Leader – Melanie Aitken,New Zealand Police Highly Commended – Jennifer Hurst, Australian Federal Police
Female Investigator – Kylie Bell, Western Australia Police Force
Highly Commended – Naomi Maidment, South Australia Police and Amy Scott,New South Wales Police Force
Excellence in Law Enforcement for Women Initiative – Project SKYWARP, a collaboration between the Australian Federal Police and Anti-Slavery Australia, with the support of Sydney Airport Highly Commended – Te Wānanga Mana Wāhine, New Zealand Police
Female Administrator – Marina Simoncini, Australian Federal Police Highly Commended – Leonie Smiley, New Zealand Police
Female Practitioner – Kim Crimmins, Australian Federal Police Highly Commended- Raquel Vogel, Victoria Police
Female Intelligence Practitioner – Bianca Handyside, Victoria Police
Highly Commended – Danielle Gardiner Australian Federal Police and Kyah Hester, New South Wales Police Force
Excellence in Research on Improving Law Enforcement for Women – Kate Linklater, New South Wales Police Force.
Highly Commended – The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation with the Australian Federal Police
Griffith University Women in Policing Scholarship – Katelyn Pomroy, Australian Federal Police.