Our Sponsors
Major Sponsor + Legacy Award
Home to a diverse cohort of over 7,300 international students and over 18,000 students in total, James Cook University (JCU) is small enough to give you personal attention, but large enough to offer you a robust university experience and a chance to build your future networks.
Their career-focused courses are designed to prepare graduates for the workforce by experiencing real-life scenarios while learning from leading industry professionals. JCU students graduate job-ready, equipped with practical skills and the confidence required to face the challenges of the future. This commitment is reflected in their ranking as #1 in Queensland for undergraduate starting salaries* and postgraduate full-time employment**.
*2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings as a percentage of higher education providers in the International Association of Universities (IAU) database
**2024 Good Universities Guide
Website: www.jcu.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4232 1000 – Cairns
Business Resilience Excellence Award
With one of the largest university footprints in Australia, CQUniversity takes pride in offering a diverse array of TAFE and university qualifications. Its most northern campus, CQUniversity Cairns, stands as a dynamic educational hub nestled in the CBD, and is poised to turbocharge the regional economy with plans for a new expansive campus.
Recognised for accessible and innovative education, the Cairns Campus boasts comprehensive courses spanning arts, engineering, sciences, business, health, and technology. Crafted in collaboration with industry experts, these courses integrate social innovation skills to ensure graduates possess the practical abilities needed by employers and communities. Awarded five stars for employment rates and starting salaries, CQUniversity empowers students to be who they want to be.
Website: www.cqu.edu.au
Phone: 13 27 86 (for current and future student enquiries within Australia)
Community Contribution Excellence Award
Telstra Business Technology Centre (TBTC) Queensland North is here to service small and medium sized businesses all across the North. They provide professional service and intel to help you integrate tailored tech solutions to suit your business needs. That means less time troubleshooting tech, and more time taking care of business.
Website: www.telstra.com.au/find-us/qld/business-technology-centre-queensland-north-928
Phone: 1800 774 265
Customer Service Excellence Award - Professional Services
Danae Jones Consulting covers all forms of media and all areas of marketing and creative conceptual development. While Danae Jones is the face of the brand, behind her sits the DJC team of marketing strategists, graphic designers, video producers, copy writers, web developers and digital disruptors. The team brings with them over 100 years combined experience in the industry.
The DJC teams mission is to create, delight, inform, engage, involve, exceed expectations and grow with their clients.
Website: www.danaejones.com.au
Email:
Customer Service Excellence Award - Trade, Retail & Services
Crystalbrook is one of Australia’s leading sustainable and innovative independent hospitality companies. Each hotel in the portfolio carries an authentic expression of its location, a passion for responsible luxury, considered design and a twinkle of fun for a uniquely enriching experience.
With eight hotels across Australia and 14 restaurants and bars and three day spas the group is helping to redefine hospitality across Australia.
Website: www.crystalbrookcollection.com
Phone: 1300 00 20 50 (Reservation Enquiries)
Emerging Leader Excellence Award
James Cook University (JCU) aims to create a brighter future for life in the Tropics by delivering education, conducting research and engaging with those living in the world’s Tropics.
Their graduates perpetuate this through their own endeavours; many as professionals working in northern Australia.
JCU's ground-breaking research has contributed to major advancements in areas such as building standards for extreme weather conditions, sustainable agriculture, environmental management, tourism, and public health, all improving the liveability of tropical regions.
The context in which they operate is transforming, impacted by increased competition for students and resources, changing expectations of universities, advances in digital technology, and globalisation.
Website: www.jcu.edu.au/college-of-business-law-and-governance
Phone: 07 4232 1000
Indigenous Business Excellence Award
RDA Tropical North (RDATN) forms part of a network of 50 committees across Australia’s capital cities and regions. They operate within a regional economic development framework to promote long-term socio-economic growth to achieve their vision of being the thriving, diverse and sustainable powerhouse of Northern Australia, linking the nation to the Indo-Pacific.
RDATN engages with communities through local government, private sector, not-for-profits, academia and other development agencies, to understand the local issues which affect our region. As an independent charity, they inform Queensland and Australian governments for policy and regulatory reform, and investment and resources for our region, to deliver long-term economic, social, environmental and cultural priorities.
RDATN's region encompasses 21 local government areas from the Torres Strait, Cape York to Croydon, south to Cardwell and north up the tropical coast. Their 11-member board are volunteers drawn from the region, who bring leadership, skills and experience from the community, business, local government and not-for-profit sector.
Website: www.rdatropicalnorth.org.au
Phone: 07 4041 1729
Innovation Excellence Award
Cairns Regional Council's vision is "shaping the future" of our community. From the boulders to the beaches, the Cairns region covers a vast area, uniquely framed by the world-heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics rainforests.
Cairns is a vibrant and multicultural region, home to over 170,000 residents. Its relaxed and tropical lifestyle makes people love to live, work, and play in Cairns.
Cairns Regional Council is dedicated to creating a liveable and prosperous future for all, with a focus on transforming Cairns into a sustainable, globally connected city with a diverse and resilient economy, while protecting and enhancing the region's natural wonders, for current and future generations.
Cairns Regional Council: shaping the future.
Website: www.cairns.qld.gov.au
Phone: 1300 69 22 47
Marketing & Communications Excellence Award
The Cairns Post has evolved from a broadsheet newspaper to a multi-media company producing Cairns' only daily newspaper, both online and in paper, along with many special publications. Cairnspost.com.au delivers to Cairns and surrounding areas the most up to date breaking news in Far North Queensland.
Part of News Corp Australia, The Cairns Post has evolved as a company to reflect the growing, cosmopolitan city of Cairns, with a continued increase in circulation and digital readership growing significantly over the years. Throughout its 141 year history, the paper has endeavoured to reflect and celebrate the community it serves.
The Cairns Post team has a long and proud tradition of covering the whole Far North region, from Cardwell to Cape York and west to the Tablelands. With dedicated journalists living and working here, residents can always stay up-to-date with the issues that affect them.
Website: www.cairnspost.com.au
Phone: 07 4052 6666
People Management Excellence Award
CBC Staff Selection have built a reputation for excellence, not only in terms of matching the best people to the best jobs, but through the exemplary service they provide.
With over 35 years experience in Far North Queensland, CBC Staff Selection take pride in their ability to match skilled candidates to your specialist recruitment requirements. With their in depth knowledge of the local employment market and an established pool of experienced candidates within various professional sectors, CBC Staff Selection can assist you in filling your temporary, permanent or contract vacancy today.
Website: www.cbcstaff.com.au
Phone: 07 4051 9699
Sustainability & Environmental Excellence Award
Star 102.7 is the radio station made for Cairns and created for those who love everything about the unique and vibrant lifestyle in Far North Queensland.
Their music policy is simple, they play nothing but the best music which gives reason to Star being Cairns’ #1 station. Their announcers, Johnny & Inkie for Breakfast, Nikki in the Mornings, and Dylan in the Afternoons, broadcast live each day from their studios on Grafton Street.
Committed to the Cairns community, Star 102.7 continually invests in local community events and charities each year, ensuring they are part of our vibrant growing region.
Star 102.7 would like to thank the Cairns community for embracing their brand and for listening every day.
Website: www.star1027.com.au
Phone: 07 4042 8000
Entertainment Sponsor
At Grant Thornton, care is just as important as capability because they believe that client experience is as important as the outcome. Grant Thornton strive to provide a strikingly different experience – one that’s more personal, proactive, authentic, and agile. To achieve that, they focus on investing in and building their relationship with their clients.
Grant Thornton Australia is a member firm of the Grant Thornton global network – one of the world's leading independently-owned and managed accounting and consulting firms. With over 1,300+ people across five states, Grant Thornton have the scale to meet changing needs – while retaining the agility required to keep their clients one step ahead.
Website: www.grantthornton.com.au
Phone: 07 4046 8888
Trophy Sponsor
Cashcor Engineering is your “One Stop Engineering Shop”. From concept to design to manufacturing, Cashcor provide tailormade solutions to meet each client’s specific needs and time restraints.
Cashcor’s diverse range of machinery and equipment, housed at their locally owned and operated workshops, enables them to carry out all jobs in-house – without the need to outsource – therefore more cost effective for every client with the added ability to maintain quality control on all works.
For more than 40 years, Cashcor has provided their industry in Cairns and the broader regions with professional and highly experienced services.
Website: www.cashcor.com.au
Phone: 07 4035 1588
Master of Ceremonies Sponsor
99.5 Triple M is your home for good times and the greatest hits. Start your day with Tammy and JB for Breakfast from 5.30am and make your way home with AB and Elliott for The Rush Hour in the afternoon.
Triple M has been a proud partner of the Cairns Chamber of Commerce for the past 5 years. They are also heavily invested in local events and organisations with partnerships including Ironman Cairns, AFL Cairns, Northern Pride, the Red Hot Summer tour, Rustys Markets and the Reef Eye.
Website: www.triplem.listnr.com/cairns/
