The ANMF invites applications and nominations for the annual ANMF Andrew Brakey Awards.
The ceremony for the awards will be held on Thursday evening 26 June 2025 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Launceston.

These awards have been designed for the nursing and midwifery teams in public, private, and aged care sectors in Tasmania with the purpose of recognising outstanding achievement and investing in future learning and career growth.

Finalists will be honoured at the Andrew Brakey 2025 Awards night (Thursday 26 June 2025), with three winners being announced on the evening and receiving $2,000 each towards their careers in healthcare. Registrations for the Dinner and Awards Night close on 6 June 2025.

Nominations and applications for the Andrew Brakey Awards have closed for 2025. Nominees have been advised and contacted. We would like to encourage all nominees to attend the awards night with partners, family and friends. Register to attend here.

Please be as descriptive as possible in your responses to address each point in the question.

Headings and subheadings can be used in your application to help address each point. We encourage
applicants to use the maximum character limit (2,500 characters / approximately 800 words) for each answer. Criteria/Eligibility: Nominees must be a nurse, midwife or care worker employed in the public, private or aged care sectors in Tasmania. ANMF members and non-members are invited to apply and/or nominate.

Applications will be assessed using the following criteria:

1. INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE

What aspects of the nominees practice (current or planned) show innovation and/or excellence, and how innovation and excellence in their practice is applied (or could be applied) to improve the quality of patient care.

2. IMPACT & USE

If successful, how will the funds be used! What is the potential impact of receiving the award to those in the nominee’s care, their team, or more broadly, Tasmanian healthcare. Give specific examples.

Nominations have closed for the 2025 awards.

Last year’s ANMF/HERC received twenty nominees and applicants for the awards.
• Monique Andrews (Ainslie Low Head)
• Coralie Barber (LGH)
• Hazel Bucher (RISE Collaborative Health)
• Emily Chamley (Melaleuca Nursing Home)
• Jen Codee (EDON office THS-s)
• Rachel Cooper (Myeloma Australia)
• Elisha Deegan (Laurel House)
• Lucy Gardam (RHH)
• Maddelyn Gunn (RHH)
• Julie Haas (LGH)
• Ailsa Jones (LGH/ North-West Renal Satellite Unit Burnie)
• Courtney Lockhart (LGH) – 2 nominations
• Gracie Patten (RHH)
• Madeleine Postmus (LGH)
• Helen Saunders (RHH)
• Aries Soria (LGH)
• Emily Williams (Wintringham Residential Aged Care)
• Linda Xepapas (LGH) –  2 nominations.

The three recipients of the 2024 Andrew Brakey Awards:
Hazel Bucher – (PRIVATE SECTOR)
Lucy Gardam – (PUBLIC SECTOR)
Emily Chamley – (AGED CARE SECTOR)

Congratulations to all our nominees, applicants, and award winners.

The ANMF/HERC would like to encourage you all, who play a role in the Public, Private and Aged Care Sectors to consider nominating or applying for the awards in 2025.