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24 essays · Names and companies as listed in each award year.

  • 2025

    Holly Gregory

    Arnott’s Group · Winner · 10 pages · 638 KB

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  • 2025

    Wade Rule

    Coles · Finalist · 11 pages · 1.0 MB

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  • 2025

    Ellyn Bruce

    SC Johnson · Finalist · 11 pages · 589 KB

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  • 2025

    James Gardner

    Woolworths · Finalist · 9 pages · 450 KB

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  • 2025

    Jay Allison

    Amazon Australia · Finalist · 10 pages · 435 KB

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  • 2025

    Melissa Matteo

    Coles · Finalist · 9 pages · 362 KB

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  • 2024

    Olivia Grey

    SunRice Global · Winner · 9 pages · 812 KB

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  • 2024

    Gabrielle Dunn

    Ferrero · Finalist · 8 pages · 683 KB

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  • 2024

    Maria Tremoulas

    Coles Group · Finalist · 9 pages · 756 KB

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  • 2024

    Steven Hunt

    Coles Group · Finalist · 7 pages · 517 KB

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  • 2024

    Erica Gillis

    Simplot Australia · Finalist · 8 pages · 675 KB

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  • 2024

    Pavlos Tsathas

    Kellanova · Finalist · 9 pages · 829 KB

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  • 2023

    Karolina Trofiniak

    Woolworths · Winner · 11 pages · 696 KB

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  • 2023

    Samantha Corrigan

    SC Johnson · Finalist · 13 pages · 877 KB

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  • 2023

    Amy Wagner

    Arnott’s Group · Finalist · 12 pages · 1.2 MB

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  • 2023

    Anthony Venuto

    7-Eleven · Finalist · 10 pages · 929 KB

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  • 2023

    Sofia Kailis

    Coca-Cola Europacific Partners · Finalist · 9 pages · 522 KB

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  • 2023

    Melissa Sharwood

    One Harvest · Finalist · 10 pages · 837 KB

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  • 2022

    Ben Jacobs

    ALDI Australia · Winner · 13 pages · 415 KB

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  • 2022

    Amy Knight

    Simplot · Finalist · 10 pages · 388 KB

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  • 2022

    Laura Moller

    Coles · Finalist · 8 pages · 229 KB

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  • 2022

    Kieran Best

    Woolworths · Finalist · 8 pages · 210 KB

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  • 2022

    Julia Wood

    Simplot · Finalist · 8 pages · 410 KB

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  • 2022

    Enrico Coquico

    Goodman Fielder · Finalist · 11 pages · 846 KB

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2025

2025 finalist collection

All six finalist essays in one PDF · 60 pages · 2.6 MB

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2024

2024 finalist collection

All six finalist essays in one PDF · 50 pages · 2.6 MB

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2023

2023 finalist collection

All six finalist essays in one PDF · 65 pages · 3.1 MB

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2022

2022 finalist collection

All six finalist essays in one PDF · 59 pages · 1.8 MB

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