The 2024 winners were presented by the Governor of South Australia, her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC at a Government House ceremony on 25 October.

The Augusta Zadow Awards have been run by SafeWork SA since 2005 and provide grants of up to $25,000 to help meet the costs of a work health and safety initiative.

Presented each October during National Safe Work Month, the awards support initiatives, research or further education that improve health and safety for women and young workers in South Australia.
The 2024 winners are:

• • Jackie Wood, Wendy Foster, Nicola Williams (pictured below from left to right) and Micah Peters ($22,500 grant). This collaboration between the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and UniSA aims to answer the question of whether the historic caseload model for midwives is aligned to the changes to modern care requirements. Findings will be used as the basis for negotiating changes in midwife caseloads, leading to a decrease in risk factors causing burnout and work overload.

    Matt Lowe (pictured below) from the Apprentice Employment Network ($10,500 grant). The SMART Kit Upgrade Project is a program offered by the Apprentice Employment Network to help host employers identify gaps in their WHS systems and provide them with the tools needed to improve. The Augusta Zadow Awards grant will allow the kits to be updated in line with new regulations and also fund consultation with host employers to develop resources to be added to the kit.
    

• Alison Hunter (pictured below) from Alison in the Universe ($12,000 grant). Burnout Resilience for Support Workers and Carers is a health and safety training package for workers in the care sector being developed by social worker Alison Hunter. The training focuses on ego-resilience, compassion satisfaction, and the creation of a personal self-care toolkit for each participant. The funding will allow the training to be rolled out.

Augusta Zadow was an advocate and safety champion for women’s rights in the workplace as South Australia’s “First Lady Inspector of Factories” in 1895. She was a woman ahead of her time, with many of the working conditions today, attributable to her advocacy.
The 2024 awards generated a host of innovative ideas from a wide range of applicants.

Quotes attributable to Industrial Relations and Public Sector Minister Kyam Maher
The Augusta Zadow Awards turn innovative ideas into tangible projects to protect women and young people in the workplace.
I congratulate the winners and thank everyone who submitted a nomination.
The awards encourage new ideas and reinforce the importance of workplace health and safety.

Quotes attributable to SafeWork SA Executive Director Glenn Farrell
It is exciting to see such a diverse range of winning submissions, aimed to proactively improve workplace health and safety.
SafeWork SA is proud to run the awards and looks forward to seeing the winning projects come to fruition.
These projects can enable change across many workplaces and benefit countless workers.