The 2025 Women in Defence Awards will celebrate talented, determined, successful women who make a positive impact in the defence business arena, as members of Defence industry, Australian Public Service (APS) or in uniform. The Awards will be presented at a gala dinner at The National Arboretum Canberra at 6:30pm on 29 October 2026.
Dress Code: Formal / Evening
Navy: Mess Dress
Air Force: Mess Dress
Army: Winter Mess Dress
The program will recognise women in the following categories:
- Marketing & Communications
- Engineering
- Executive Management
- ICT & Cyber
- Indigenous
- Legal / Contracting
- Operations
- People & Culture
- Project Management
- Rising Star Award (30 years and under)
- Technical Trade
- Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award (This is not a category that can be entered. Judges will select a recipient who will be inducted in the Hall of Fame.)
Australian Defence Magazine (ADM) is dedicated to reporting the business of defence capability planning and procurement as well as reporting the development of infrastructure to support the ADF.
ADM is at the forefront of industry news and prides itself on valuing those in the defence community who make a positive impact on it. This awards program is a celebration of the women who are successful in a role across the defence sector. ADM will recognise and reward the women who play an integral part in various facets of the industry.
Online entries will close at 4pm on Friday, 29 May 2026. Winners will be judged by a panel of industry identities.