Awards and IPAA
Fellow
National Awards
Each year IPAA provides members with opportunities through national
awards. These include the award of National Fellow FIPAA, The Sam
Richardson Award, The Sir George Murray Award Competition and Public Administration Research Trust Fund grants.
Click here for more information on these awards.
IPAA Fellow
The IPAA Fellow is the highest national award bestowed by
the Institute in recognition of an individual’s outstanding
contribution to the study or practice of public administration.
Recipients of this prestigious award are entitled to use
the postnominal letters "FIPAA". NSW recipients
are as follows:
| Tim Farland |
2007 |
| Deborah Sanders |
2006 |
| Robyn Kruk AM |
2005 |
| Andrew Cappie-Wood |
2004 |
| Lisa Corbyn |
2004 |
| Percy Allan AM |
2003 |
| Carolyn Burlew |
2002 |
| David Richmond AO |
2002 |
|
Carolyn Bloch |
2001 |
| Dr Hal Colebatch |
2001 |
|
Helen Bauer |
2000 |
|
Colleen Moore PSM |
1999 |
| Jan Smith PSM |
1998 |
|
Dr Colin Gellatly |
1997 |
| Jane Diplock AO |
1996 |
| Leslie Quinnell AO |
1996 |
| Dr Helen Nelson |
1995 |
| George Bawtree |
1995 |
|
Philip Wheeler PSM |
1994 |
| Alison Crook AO |
1993 |
| Richard Humphry AO |
1992 |
| Graham Pratt |
1988 |
| Martin Painter |
1988 |
| Pamela Grant |
1988 |
| Raymond Hodgkinson |
1988 |
|
Norm Oakes AO |
1987 |
| Jack O'Donnell |
1985 |
| Richard Conolly AM |
1985 |
|
Dr Keith Knight AM |
1983 |
| Edwin Walder |
1983 |
| Dr Ross Curnow |
1983 |
| Gerald Gleeson AC |
1983 |
| Jack Watson |
1983 |
| Lionel Milsop |
1983 |
| The Hon. Rae Else-Mitchell CMG, QC |
1983 |
| Thomas Kewley |
1983 |
| Victor Cohen |
1983 |
Prizes
IPAA awards prizes for academic excellence in the study of government.
University of Sydney
Faculty of Economics and Business
The RC Remington prize is donated in memory of the co-founder
of IPAA NSW Division. The prize is awarded by government
and international relations to the most distinguished student
in the study of government, especially in its administrative
aspects.
| Past prize winners/recipients |
| 2007 | Bronwyn Weir | | 2006 | Kate Lesley Glazebrook |
| 2005 |
Alexandra Jane Mason |
| 2004 |
Pia Brunner |
| 2003 |
Rachel Cadden Adams |
| 2002 |
Kristen Porter & Tom Glasson |
| 2001 |
Dominque Palla-Pozza |
School of Economics and Political Science
An undergraduate essay prize for the online
public affairs journal, the Drawing Board, an Australian
review of public affairs.
The inaugural prize will be awarded at the
end of 2002.
University of NSW
Awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences awards
the IPAA prize to the best intern student or research essay
involving primary research in the area of public administration.
| Past prize winners/recipients |
| 2007 | Karin Genevieve Ragel | | 2006 | Sharon Bicknell |
| 2005 |
Barbara Ann Wiczek |
| 2004 |
Laura Houlton |
| 2003 |
Gemma Tasmin Edgar in the School of Political
Science |
| 2002 |
Lillian McCombs |
| 2001 |
Lucy Greig |
Graduate Program in Policy Studies for highest aggregate
marks in policy analysis, information and research for policy
and management and policy in organisations. This is a new
prize category that will be awarded in 2002.
| Past prize winners/recipients |
| 2007 |
No prize awarded |
| 2006 | No prize awarded | | 2005 | Clyde Lettsome |
| 2004 |
No prize awarded |
| 2003 |
Katherine Isobel Mckernan |
University of New England
Awarded to the Faculty of Arts undergraduate with the best
result in politics units.
| Past prize winners/recipients |
| 2007 | Chloe Burton | | 2006 | No prize awarded |
| 2005 |
Gary Essenstam; Lorna Johnson; Darrell Muche |
| 2004 |
No prize awarded |
| 2003 |
No prize awarded |
| 2002 |
No prize awarded |
| 2001 |
Diane O'Shaughnessy |
Macquarie University
For academic excellence in public sector research for the
Master of Business Management.
| Past prize winners/recipients |
| 2007 | No prize awarded | | 2006 | No prize awarded |
| 2005 |
No prize awarded |
| 2004 |
No prize awarded |
| 2003 |
Suzanne Erina Ryan |
| 2002 |
No prize awarded |
| 2001 |
No prize awarded |
Public Sector Management Course
Awarded to the highest achieving graduate.
| Past prize winners/recipients |
| 2007 | Carolyn Murphy |
| 2006 |
Pauline Foote |
| 2005 |
Kathryn Gott |
| 2004 |
No prize awarded |
| 2003 |
Deborah Ward |
| 2002 |
Jan Douglas |
| 2001 |
Jean Bakie |
| 2000 |
Melinda Savvides |
Young Leader's Award
The
IPAA NSW Young Leaders Award, which is currently sponsored by
KPMG, provides two scholarships for young public sector professionals
to undertake the Executive Development Program (EDP). The Award
includes a two-week secondment to KPMG, during which the successful
applicants will engage with KPMG partners and senior managers and
undertake training offered by KPMG.
| Past awardees |
| 2006 |
Galina Laurie, Department of Housing; Louisa Mamouney, Department of Environment and Conservation. |
Young Tall Poppy Awards
The
Young Tall Poppy Awards are jointly sponsored by IPAA and the Australia
Institute of Policy and Science. The Awards aim to recognise
achievement within the public service and the future leadership
potential of recipients, as well as outstanding commitment,
communication skills and attainment of high distinctions in the ANZSOG
Executive Master of Public Administration course.
| Past NSW awardees |
| 2008 | Kate Jackson |
| 2007 |
Penny Spoedler |
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