Our wonderful sponsors this year include PWCS, Hedweld, RR Murphy, Chandler Macleod, AGL, Verto, Custom Fluid, RDA, Westac, Thales & DSI.
A huge thank you for supporting these awards!
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Sponsoring our Rod Murphy Innovation Award.
R&R Murphy has developed a reputation as a quality provider in metal fabrication and now specialises in a variety of areas including transport, defence, underground mining, architecture and general fabrication.
Our values are safety, people, quality and communication and they all hold equal value in our everyday activities and management style. We take pride in our integrity in all of these areas, and believe this along with good old fashioned service is what has been the foundation of our success.

Sponsoring our Harvey Knox Award!
Port Waratah has been part of Newcastle and the Hunter region for over 45 years, connecting the Hunter Valley Coal Chain to the world, playing an active part in our local community and advocating for the region.
Our purpose is to deliver a high-quality, cost-effective service to our customers, which meets their need for reliable access to contracted terminal capacity.
At Port Waratah, we believe in our obligation to operate responsibly and sustainably, and we encourage a culture of shared responsibility and accountability through all levels of our business.
We responsibly manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of our business, creating value for our community and stakeholders. Being a sustainable business enables us to live our values and deliver on our purpose, while meeting the changing expectations and demands of our employees, customers and communities. Our focus is working collaboratively with our stakeholders to continuously improve our operational, environmental and social performance.
We have approximately 330 employees working across our business, operating our Carrington and Kooragang terminals 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

Sponsoring our Networking Award!
Chandler Macleod Group is one of Australia’s largest sourcing, assessment, development and HR outsourcing organisations.
We focus on the provision of best fit sourcing, assessment, people and organisational development and HR outsourcing solutions across all Professional Executive, Workforce and Office Support sectors.
Our recruitment and assessment services are complemented by our comprehensive people and organisation development services incorporating human resources, learning and development, leadership, culture and organisation design consulting.

Sponsoring our Apprentice of the Year Award!
DSI Underground is the world’s leading supplier of ground support products, systems and solutions for the underground mining and tunneling industry. We are present in 70 countries and employ over 2,500 people, including engineers and technical specialists with in-depth experience of the underground industry.
With market-leading brands covering everything from bolting systems through to injection chemicals and resin capsules, we reinforce mines, tunnels and underground structures, helping our customers advance underground, and advance towards their objectives – faster and more efficiently than ever.

Sponsoring our Export Award!
Hedweld has been locally servicing NSW customers since the 1980s.
In 1980 the Hedweld business commenced under a sole trader arrangement by Ian Hedley.
The first Trilift® Variable Work Table was built in 1986 and supplied to RW Miller Mine (it is still in use today at Mt Thorley Warkworth Mine). The first Safe-Away® Access System was built in 1995 and supplied to RW Miller Mine (now Mt Thorley Warkworth Mine) for a water truck.

Sponsoring our Excellence in WHS Award!
AGL is a leading integrated essential service provider, with a proud 185-year history of innovation and a passionate belief in progress – human and technological.
We deliver 4.2 million energy and telecommunications services to our residential, small and large business, and wholesale customers across Australia.
We operate Australia’s largest electricity generation portfolio, with an operated generation capacity of 10,330 MW, which accounts for approximately 20% of the total generation capacity within Australia’s National Electricity Market.

Sponsoring our Trainee of the Year Award!
Thales is one of Australia’s largest defence partners, a major provider of air traffic management systems in the Asia-Pacific region, and a growing force in the commercial sector. Thales is one of very few companies in Australia with the expertise and infrastructure to develop and deliver complex systems that push the boundaries of technological excellence.
The company generates approximately A$1 billion in revenues annually, and has exported well over A$1 billion of technology based systems and products during the past ten years. This year the company will achieve approximately A$160 million in exports.
Thales has made a strategic investment in Australia over the past 20 years. This investment has built Thales Australia into a nationwide company with 3,500 employees in over 35 sites.

Sponsoring our Women in Industry Award!
As one of the largest authorised Cat equipment dealers in the world, WesTrac provides customers with a wide range of machinery and construction equipment as well as comprehensive whole-of-life management solutions designed to make owning and operating equipment as easy, profitable and safe as possible.
With more than 3,500 team members, WesTrac is dedicated to creating and delivering outstanding value for our team, customers, shareholders and the community.